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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2019

The 2019 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children went to Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier. 5 books were Honor Books and 8 books were selected.

Winner

  1. Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Colliersource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

  1. Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree by Sally M. Walkersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Pass Go and Collect $200: The Story of How Monopoly was Invented by Tanya Lee Stone and Stephen Salernosource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art by Barb Rosenstock and Claire A. Nivolasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Thirty Minutes Over Oregon: A Japanese Pilot’s World War II Story by Marc Tyler Nobleman and Melissa Iwaisource (opens in a new tab)
  5. We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorrel and Frané Lessacsource (opens in a new tab)

Selections

  1. Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridgesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental Man by Tonya Boldensource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransomesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles by Patricia Valdez and Felicita Salasource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of the Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain by Cheryl Bardoe and Barbara McClintocksource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere by Barb Rosenstock and Katherine Roysource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather L. Montgomery and Kevin O’Malleysource (opens in a new tab)
  8. What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton and Ekua Holmessource (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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