According to the National Council of Teachers of English website: "The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children was established in 1989 to promote and recognize excellence in the writing of nonfiction for children. Orbis Pictus commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius: Orbis Pictus—The World in Pictures (1658), considered to be the first book actually planned for children."
The following Orbis Pictus Award Winners and Honor Books can be found in the CRC:
2025:
Stealing Little Moon: the Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools (Scholastic Focus) by 
Behold the Hummingbird by 
Borderlands and the Mexican American Story by 2024:
2023:
2022:
2021:
All Thirteen: the Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by 2020:
Planting Stories: the Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by 2019:
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