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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2013

The 2013 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children went to Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words by Leda Schubert and Gérard DuBois. 5 books were Honor Books and 8 books were selected.

Winner

  1. Monsieur Marceau: Actor without Words by Leda Schubert and Gérard DuBoissource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

  1. Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowiczsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrdsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity by Elizabeth Ruschsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Those Rebels, John & Tom by Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringhamsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Selections

  1. A Black Hole is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano and Michael Carrollsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship by Russell Freedmansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust by Doreen Rappaportsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Closesource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books by Karen Leggett Abouraya and Susan L. Rothsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivolasource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician by Gail Jarrowsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Case of the Vanishing Golden Frogs: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Marklesource (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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