This Council Chronicle article lists the 2024 Orbis Pictus winner and honorees for outstanding nonfiction for children (click the link below for cover images and brief summaries). This award commemorates the first children’s book, which was published in 1658.
Winner:
- Border Crossings by Sneed Collard III, illustrated by Howard Gray
- The Fire of Stars: The Life and Brilliance of the Woman Who Discovered What Stars Are Made Of by Kirsten Larsen, illustrated by Katherine Roy
- Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira by Duncan Tonatiuh
- Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day by Dan Nott
- Indigenous Ingenuity: A Celebration of Traditional North American Knowledge by Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay, illustrated by Kalila Fuller
- Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Justice for All by Tami Charles, illustrated by Jemma Skidmore
- The Bees of Notre Dame by Meghan Browne, illustrated by E.B. Goodale
- Benito Juárez Fights for Justice by Beatriz Gutierrez Hernandez
- Breaking the Mold: Changing the Face of Climate Science by Dana Alison Levy
- Cool Green: Amazing Remarkable Trees by Lulu Delacre
- On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei’s Art Is Changing the Tide by Joanna Ho, illustrated by Cátia Chien
- Polar! Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth by L.E. Carmichael, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler
- Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson, illustrated by Selina Alko
- This is Tap: Savion Glover Finds His Funk by Selene Castrovilla, illustrated by Laura Freeman
Please Note: This summary is reprinted with permission from issue #1024 of The Marshall Memo, an excellent resource for educators.
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