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Nic Bishop: Awards and Best-of Lists

Nic Bishop has won 2 awards, including the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (2007) for Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea, with 4 shortlist or finalist places and 12 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Sy Montgomery, Joy Cowley

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2017Penguin Day: A Family StoryChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers
2015Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest CatsNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2012SnakesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Informational Books for Younger Readers
2012Nic Bishop SnakesSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2011Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest ParrotRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Informational Book
2011Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest ParrotNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children
2010Nic Bishop LizardsBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Nonfiction, Middle Readers
2009Nic Bishop Butterflies and MothsSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2009Nic Bishop Butterflies and MothsBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Middle Readers
2008Nic Bishop SpidersRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Informational Book
2008Nic Bishop FrogsBoston Globe–Horn Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Nonfiction
2008SpidersNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Nonfiction for Children
2008Nic Bishop FrogsSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction
2007Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New GuineaNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Nonfiction for Children
2007Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New GuineaRobert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal source (opens in a new tab)Honor · Informational Book
2007Nic Bishop SpidersSchool Library Journal Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2007Nic Bishop SpidersKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Children's
2006Chameleon, ChameleonNCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Nonfiction for Children

Books

  1. Nic Bishop Spiders3 sources · 2007 to 2008
  2. Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot2 sources · 2011
  3. Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths2 sources · 2009
  4. Nic Bishop Frogs2 sources · 2008
  5. Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea2 sources · 2007
  6. Chameleon, Chameleon1 source · 2006
  7. Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats1 source · 2015
  8. Nic Bishop Lizards1 source · 2010
  9. Nic Bishop Snakes1 source · 2012
  10. Penguin Day: A Family Story1 source · 2017
  11. Snakes1 source · 2012
  12. Spiders1 source · 2008