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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2015

The 2015 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children went to The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming. 5 books were Honor Books and 8 books were selected.

Winner

  1. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Flemingsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

  1. A Home for Mr. Emerson by Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringhamsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and Gilbert Fordsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuhsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sissonsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweetsource (opens in a new tab)

Selections

  1. Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishopsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World by Steve Jenkinssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Frank Morrisonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Strike!: The Farm Workers’ Fight for Their Rights by Larry Dane Brimnersource (opens in a new tab)
  6. The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement by Teri Kanefieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life by Lois Ehlertsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America’s Hero by Barb Rosenstock and Terry Widenersource (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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