Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison, has won the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Orbis Pictus Award. The award was established in 1989 to promote and recognize excellence in writing of nonfiction for children. Orbis Pictus commemorates the work of Johannes Amos Comenius: Orbis Pictus; The World in Pictures (1658), considered to be the first book actually planned for children.
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