Tucson Festival of Books

Teaching with Award-Winning Nonfiction


The nonfiction books selected for the 2026 NCTE Orbis Pictus Awards include scientific, historical, and cultural topics important to K-8 classrooms. Get a close look at the award-winning books and explore how to use them in the classroom.


Panelist
Caryl Crowell

Caryl Crowell is a retired TUSD teacher who continues to be active in the education community as a volunteer and the Chair of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Committee.  She is a Credentialed Systems Thinking associate trainer for the Waters Center for Systems Thinking and a docent at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum....

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