Part 2

Question 1

The history of children’s informational literature begins in ____ with the publication of John Amos Comenius’s Orbis Pictus (The World in Pictures).

Answer 1

1657

Question 2

Rapid development of informational literature as a genre began in the

Answer 2

1950s and 1960s in response to the launching of Sputnik, the first artificial space satellite, by the former Soviet Union.

Question 3

Who established the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.

Answer 3

In 1990, the National Council of Teachers of English

Question 4

In 2001, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, sponsored by the

Answer 4

American Library Association

Question 5

One of the most noticeable and significant trends in the development of informational books in the last decade is the

Answer 5

Burgeoing growth of informational series books