Orbis Pictus Award Winners Announced

The National Council of Teachers of English has announced the winners of the 2007 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. The medal book is:

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea - Sy Montgomery (on order)
Full-color, illustrated photographs provide detailed information on the search for the tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea's cloud forest, and describes its habits, behaviors, and characteristics. Also a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor book.

The honor books are:

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas - Cheryl Bardoe (on order)
The story of genetics pioneer Gregor Mendel and his experiments with peas.

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott - Russell Freedman
Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.

John Muir: America's First Environmentalist - Kathryn Lasky (on order)
A brief, illustrated, look at the life and work of environmentalist John Muir, describing his early life in Scotland, his move to America, his appreciation of nature, and his work to establish Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Club.

Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium - Carla Killough McClafferty (on order)
Chronicles the life of Marie Curie, discussing her childhood in Poland, schooling in France, discovery of the element radium, efforts to create mobile X-ray units during World War I, and eventual death from radium poisoning.

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 - Catherine Thimmesh
Culled from direct quotes from the people behind the scenes, NASA transcripts, national archives and NASA photos, the whole story of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing emerges. Also Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Award book.