Annal:1995 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in the year 1995. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Nonfiction books
- Nonfiction authors.
Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution
- 1995 Golden Kite-nonfiction winner
- 1995 Horn Book-nonfiction winner
- Score: 20.45
Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely is she described as a woman in her own right. Although her primary focus and concerns were in her role as wife and mother, she lives in history because of her extraordinary letters to her family and to her friends.
- 1996 Newbery honor
- 1995 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 12.46
A vertible cinematic account of the catastrophe that decimated much of Chicago in 1871, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes. Jim Murphy tells the story through the eyes of several survivors. These characters serve as dramatic focal points as the fire sweeps across the city, their stories illuminated by fascinating archival photos and maps outlining the spread of fire.
It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley
- 1995 Horn Book-nonfiction honor
- Score: 6.45
Providing accurate, lucid, unbiased answers top nearly every conceivable question children may have about sexuality, It’s Perfectly Normal is here to help. From conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, it is a refreshingly open and thorough presentation of the facts of sex—both biological and psychological—which children need now more than ever. Throughout, two cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, reflect the diverse feelings children often have about sex. Packed with warm, age-appropriate illustations, often humorous but always…
