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NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children 2022

The 2022 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children went to Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinson. 5 books were Honor Books and 8 books were selected.

Winner

  1. Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Christian Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

  1. Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter by Veronica Chamberssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell and Natasha Donovansource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and The Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkinsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers by Juliet Menéndezsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Unbound: The Life & Art of Judith Scott by Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler and Melissa Sweetsource (opens in a new tab)

Selections

  1. Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawai’i’s Kamehameha Butterflies by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumboresource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Make Meatballs Sing: The Life & Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess and Kara Kramersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana by Brian K. Mitchell, Barrington S. Edwards and Nick Weldonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawleysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Pura’s Cuentos: How Pura Belpré Reshaped Libraries with Her Stories by Annette Bay Pimentel and Magaly Moralessource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Sakamoto’s Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory by Julie Abery and Chris Sasakisource (opens in a new tab)
  7. We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance by Deborah Hopkinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. What’s In Your Pocket? Collecting Nature's Treasures by Heather L. Montgomery and Maribel Lechugasource (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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