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Books and More for Children and Teens

The 2006 Orbis Picture Books Winners have been announced.  The award is given to excellence in writing nonfiction for children. 

The winners is Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman. 

The honor books are:

ER Vets: Life in an Animals Emergency Room by Donna Jackson. 
Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain.
Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein by Marfe Ferguson Delano.
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy.

There is also a length of recommended titles on the website. 

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