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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2007

The 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children went to Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop. 5 books were Honor Books and 8 books were selected.

Winner

  1. Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishopsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

  1. Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedmansource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe and Jos. A. Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist by Kathryn Lasky and Stan Fellowssource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium by Carla Killough McClaffertysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmeshsource (opens in a new tab)

Selections

  1. An Egg is Quiet by Diana Hutts Aston and Sylvia Longsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Construction Zone by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Richard Sobolsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausumsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Onward: A Photobiography of African-American Polar Explorer Matthew Henson by Delores Johnsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbusource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Rescues by Sandra Marklesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Saving the Buffalo by Albert Marrinsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin by Susan Goldman Rubin and Ela Wiessbergersource (opens in a new tab)

About the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Winner, Honor Books and Recommended Books from NCTE's past-winner lists (PDFs for 2000-2010, 2010-2014, 2015-2021 and 2022-2026); this file covers 2006-2025. Year is the award year NCTE uses (books published the prior calendar year). Recommended Books are recorded at level Selection. Author field names the writers, then illustrators or photographers when different, as credited.

Organization: National Council of Teachers of English. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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