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Aoki, Elaine; Jensen, Julie; Kerper, Richard; Nathan, Ruth; Smith, Karen Patricia; Zarnowski, Myra – Language Arts, 2000
Offers brief descriptions of 20 outstanding nonfiction for children, including the 1999 Orbis Pictus Award winner, and four Orbis Pictus honor books as well as a number of other outstanding nonfiction titles dealing mainly with history and biography. (SR)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Nonfiction
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Kerper, Richard M.; Aoki, Elaine; Duthie, Christine; Jensen, Julie; Lott, Carolyn; Nathan, Ruth; Smith, Karen Patricia; Zarnowski, Myra – Language Arts, 2000
Presents and discusses the book which won the 2000 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children: "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. Discusses the five Honor books chosen by the award committee, and offers descriptions of 14 other nonfiction books selected as outstanding by the award committee. (SR)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Nonfiction, Reading Material Selection
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Aoki, Elaine; Jensen, Julie; Kerper, Richard; Nathan, Ruth; Smith, Karen Patricia; Zarnowski, Myra – Language Arts, 1998
Presents descriptions of (1) the 1997 winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children ("An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly"); (2) the 5 Orbis Pictus Honor Books; and (3) 12 other outstanding nonfiction titles selected by the award committee, 6 dealing with history and biography and 6 dealing with the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Awards, Biographies, Childrens Literature
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Aoki, Elaine; Jensen, Julie; Kerper, Richard; Nathan, Ruth; Smith, Karen Patricia; Zarnowski, Myra – Language Arts, 1997
Presents substantial annotations of outstanding nonfiction books for children published in 1996, including the 1997 Orbis Pictus Award winner and three 1997 Orbis Pictus Honor books. Presents annotations of 14 other outstanding nonfiction titles, grouped in the following categories: understanding the natural world; looking critically at history;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Nonfiction
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Aoki, Elaine; And Others – Language Arts, 1996
Presents annotations of 17 nonfiction books for children published in 1995, selected as outstanding nonfiction choices for 1995 by the Orbis Pictus Award committee. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Nonfiction
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Aoki, Elaine; And Others – Language Arts, 1994
Features the 14 outstanding nonfiction titles published in 1993 and selected by the 1994 Orbis Pictus Award Committee. Presents annotations of the award and honor books, books for all ages, and books for intermediate grades and above. (RS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
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Aoki, Elaine; And Others – Language Arts, 1995
Presents annotations of 19 nonfiction children's books selected as outstanding by the award committee for the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature