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Orbis Pictus Award: 1996
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From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 15:38:00 -600
The 1996 Orbis Pictus Award for excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children was presented last week to Jim Murphy for the book The Great Fire (Scholastic, 1995).
Two Honor Books were also acknowledged for excellence: 1) Dolphin Man by Laurence Pringle, photos by Randall S. Wells
(Atheneum, 1995); and 2) Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman (Crown, 1995).
The Orbus Pictus Award has been given annually since 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. The name, Orbis Pictus, commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius (Orbis Pictus - The World in Pictures, 1657) considered to be the first book actually planned for children. (from information provided by the National Council of Teachers of English)
****************************** Ginny Moore Kruse, Director (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
Received on Fri 29 Nov 1996 03:38:00 PM CST
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 15:38:00 -600
The 1996 Orbis Pictus Award for excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children was presented last week to Jim Murphy for the book The Great Fire (Scholastic, 1995).
Two Honor Books were also acknowledged for excellence: 1) Dolphin Man by Laurence Pringle, photos by Randall S. Wells
(Atheneum, 1995); and 2) Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II by Penny Colman (Crown, 1995).
The Orbus Pictus Award has been given annually since 1990 by the National Council of Teachers of English to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. The name, Orbis Pictus, commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius (Orbis Pictus - The World in Pictures, 1657) considered to be the first book actually planned for children. (from information provided by the National Council of Teachers of English)
****************************** Ginny Moore Kruse, Director (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison 4290 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St. Madison, WI 53706 USA
Received on Fri 29 Nov 1996 03:38:00 PM CST
