NCTE, through the Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, has established an annual award for promoting and recognizing 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.

2026 Orbis Pictus Award Winner

Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Written by Megan Clendenan

 

 

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