In this Language Arts feature, Julia López-Robertson and six committee members announce the Orbis Pictus Award book for 2025, followed by recommended and honor titles:
- Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools by Dan SaSuWeh Jones
- Yasmeen Lari, Green Architect: The True Story of Pakistan’s First Woman Architect by Marzieh Abbas, illustrated by Hoda Hadad
- Urban Coyotes by Mary Kay Carson, photographs by Tom Uhlman
- A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen by Erin Frankel, illustrated by Paola Escobar
- Wat Takes His Shot: The Life and Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka by Cheryl Kim, illustrated by Nat Iwata
- Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramirez by Belen Medina, illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro
- Listening to Trees: George Nakashima, Woodworker by Holly Thompson, illustrated by Toshiki Nakamura
- Sleepy: Surprising Ways Animals Snooze by Jennifer Ward, illustrated by Robin Page
- We Sing from the Heart: How the Slants Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Victor Bizar Gómez
- Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White, illustrated by Lars Kenseth
- Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Jason Chin
- Race to the Truth: Borderlands and the Mexican American Story by David Dorado Romo
- Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice by Kari Lavell, illustrated by Bryan Collier
- Behold the Hummingbird by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez
“Orbis Pictus Award 2025” by Julia López-Robertson, Caryl Crowell, Jason Griffith, Janelle Mathis, Yoo Kyung Sung, Mellissa Summer Wells, and Becki Maldonado in Language Arts, November 2025 (Vol. 103, #2, pp. 126-131)
Please Note: This summary is reprinted with permission from issue #1132 of The Marshall Memo, an excellent resource for educators.
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