Outstanding Nonfiction Award Announced by the National Council of Teachers of English
-- School Library Journal, 2/18/2009
Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator by Shelley Tanaka, illustrated by David Craig, has been given the 2009 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In addition, five titles have been named Honorable Mention books: George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden; The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming; Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman; We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson; and When the Wolves Returned: Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, illustrated by Dan and Cassie Hartman.For a list of all Orbis Pictus recommended books, and information on how to nominate titles for 2010, visit the NCTE Awards Website.
