Picture Book Winners

The Sea, the Storm and the Man-grove Tan-gle, Lynne Cherry Chil-

dren learn to protect endan-gered mangroves (2005)

The Earth Book, Todd Parr Introduces young readers to the concept of going green (2011)

Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green, Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Anne Kennedy Class works to keep the earth healthy (2010)

Planting the Trees of Kenya Claire Nivola Villagers

learn to plant trees (2009)

Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story, Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus; illustrated by Evan Turk (2017) Green City, written and illustrated by Allan Drummond (2017) Crane Boy, Diana Cohn; illustrated by Youme (2016) The Seeds of Friendship, Michael Foreman (2016) A Boy and a Jaguar, Alan Rabinowitz; illustrated by Catia Chien (2015) Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla, Katherine Applegate; illustrated by G. Brian Karas (2015) Ellie’s Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell, Judith L. Li; illustrated by M.L. Herring (2014)

Parrots Over Puerto Rico, Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trombore; illustrated by Susan L. Roth (2014) Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World, Laurie Lawlor; illustrated by Laura Beingessner (2013) Riparia's River, Michael J. Caduto; illustrated by Olga Pastuchiv (2012) Let's Save the Animals, Frances Barry (2011) Seeds Of Change: Planting a Path to Peace, Jen Cullerton Johnson; illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler (2011) The Curious Garden, Peter Brown (2010) When Santa Turned Green, Victoria Perla; illustrated by Mirna Kantarevic (2009) Tin Lizzie, Allan Drummond (2009)

The Wolves Are Back, Jean Craighead George; illustrated by Wendell Minor (2009) On Meadowview Street, Henry Cole (2008) Adventures of Riley: Polar Bear Puzzle, Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz (2008) All the Way to the Ocean, Joel Harper; illustrated by Marq Spusta (2007) Abigale the Happy Whale, Peter Farrelly; illustrated by Jamie Rama (2007)

Circles of Hope, Karen Lynn Williams; illustrated by Linda Sport (2006) The World That We Want, Kim Michelle Toft (2006) Tree of Life, Rochelle Strauss; illustrated by Margot Thompson (2005) Garden of the Spirit Bear, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent; illustrated by Deborah Milton (2005)

Uno’s Garden, Graeme Base As more peo-ple move to the forest, plants and

animals disappear (2007)

Winston of Churchill, Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Jere-miah Trammell Winston convinces

humans to save his Arctic home (2008)

Near One Cattail, Antho-ny Fredericks, illustrated by Jennifer DiRub-bio Poetry

about the creatures of the wetland (2006)

Inspiring Environmental Stewards Green Earth Book Award Winners

The Family Tree, David McPhail A boy and his animal friends that gave them

The Eye of the Whale, Jennifer O’Connell The res-cue of a whale found tangled in trap lines (2014)

Honors

Follow the Moon Home, Philippe Cousteau & Deborah Hopkinson,

illustrated by Meilo So Saving South Carolina sea turtles (2017)

The Promise, Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin A thief gets chance to change the world (2015)

Varmits, Helen Ward, illustrated by Marc Craste A threatened world and a hopeful new start (2009)

Arthur Turns green, Marc Brown Arthur makes a poster listing ways to save energy and go green! (2012)

The Stranded Whale Jane Yolen, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo A child’s effort to rescue a beached whale (2016)

Children’s Fiction Winners

Wild Wings by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Yuta Onoda Iona McNair is desperate to keep the endangered

osprey bird safe from poachers (2012)

Mallory Goes Green by Laurie Friedman; illustrated by Jennifer Kalis Mallory and her friends make their

school more eco-friendly (2011)

Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French A group of kids work together to stop plans to cut

down a redwood tree forest (2010)

The Night of the Spadefoot Frogs by Bill Harley Tells of a coura-geous act that Ben takes to protect the endangered

spadefoot toads’ habitats (2009)

Sydney & Simon Go Green! Paul A. Reynolds; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds (2016) The Order of Trees, Katy Far-ber (2016) A Bird On Water Street, Eliza-beth O. Dulemba (2015) Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade, Beth Handman, Kenny Bruno, and Antonia Bruno (2015)

Mousemobile, Prudence Brei-trose; illustrated by Stephanie Yue (2014) The Hop, Sharelle Byars Mo-ranville; illustrated by Niki Daly (2013) The Story of the Blue Planet, Andri Snaer Magnason; illustrat-ed by Aslaug Jonsdottir (2013) Luz Sees The Light, Claudia Davila (2012) Ancient, Strange and Lovely, Susan Fletcher (2011)

The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge, Joanna Cole; illustrated by Bruce Degen (2011) Redwoods, Jason Chin (2010) SCAT, Carl Hiaasen (2010) A Summer of Silk Moths, Mar-garet Willey (2010) Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery, David A. Ad-ler; illustrated by Joy Allen (2009)

Fern Verdant and the Silver Rose, Diana Leszczynski (2009) The Last Wild Place, Rosa Jordan (2009) The Sorta Sisters, Adrian Fogelin (2008)

Honors

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The Nature Generation

Youth have a natural affinity and curiosity about the world. These Green Earth Book Award winning books teach

them how to appreciate and care for the nature that surrounds us. The

annual award is the nation’s first given to children and young adults books

that best convey the message of environmental stewardship.

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The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt Chap loves the swamp something fierce and he’ll do

anything to help protect it (2014)

Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly Richly imagined nov-el with themes of conquering fear, and humans' environ-mental impact on

the sea and its inhabitants (2015)

The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin After a tragedy, Suzy travels the globe in search of answers and gets

a closer look at nature and sci-ence (2016)

One White Dolphin by Gill Lewis Story of friendship and com-munity taps into the radiance of nature and explores timely

environmental issues (2013)

Saving Wonder by Mary Knight Curly Hines must decide whether to fight to save the mountain he calls home (2017)

Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Gar-bage Patch, Patricia New-

man,; illustrated by Annie Craw-ley Follows three female scien-tists a small research ship learn-ing about the impact of the Gar-bage Patch on marine life (2015)

Children’s Non-Fiction Winners

Citizen Scientists, Loree Griffin Burns;

photographed by Ellen Harasimowicz Shows kids how to perform field experiments to help scien-tists (2013)

The Mangrove Tree, Cindy Trumbore and Susan L. Roth;

illustrated by Susan L. Roth How the lives of African villagers improved with a mangrove tree-planting project (2012)

Not Your Typical Book About the Environ-ment, Elin

Kelsey; illustrated by Clayton Hanmer Comic book-like illustrations give achievable ideas on how to help protect the environment (2011)

Earth in the Hot Seat by Marfe Fer-guson Delano A

call-to-arms to help the Earth, explains the sci-ence of this threat visually (2010)

The Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming, Laurie David

and Cambria Gordon Details global warming with fun facts, photos and illustrations (2008)

A Place for Butterflies, Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond

A pictorial introduction to butterflies and their habitats (2007)

Honors Pocket Change: Pitching in for a Better World, Michelle Mulder (2017) One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia, Miranda Paul; illus-trated by Elizabeth Zunon (2016) Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall, Anita Silvey (2016) The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mys-tery, Sandra Markle (2015) The Kid’s Guide to Exploring Nature, the Education Staff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden; edited by Sarah Schmidt; illustrated by Laszlo Veres (2015) The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America’s Largest Mammal, Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop (2014 )

Frog Song, Brenda Guiberson; illustrated by Gennady Spirin (2014) A Place for Bats, Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond (2013) Puffling Patrol, Ted Lewin; illus-trated by Betsy Lewin (2013) Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime, Ellen Kirk (2012) 101 Ways to Save the Planet, Deborah Underwood (2012 ) A Place for Frogs, Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond (2011) Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story, Linda Glaser; photos by Shelley Rotner (2011)

A Place for Birds, Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond (2010) Mission: Save the Planet, Sally Ride and Tom O'Shaughnessy (2010) Recycle this Book: 100 Top Children's Authors Tell You How to Go Green, Dan Gutman (2010) The Frog Scientist, Pamela S. Turner; photographed by Andy Comis (2010) Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species, Sneed B. Collard III (2009) 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World, Melanie Walsh (2009) How We Know What We Know About Our Changing

Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch (2009) Frog Heaven, Doug Wechsler (2007) Saving the Buffalo, Albert Marrin (2007) Quest for the Tree Kangaroo, Sy Montgomery; illustrated by Nic Bishop (2007) Let the River Run Silver Again!Sandy Burk (2006)

A Place for Turtles, Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond Introduces

young readers to the ways human action or inaction can affect turtle populations. (2014)

Mission: Sea Tur-tle Rescue, Karen Romano Young and Daniel Raven-Ellison Provides in-depth infor-

mation about the habitats, challenges and successes of sea turtles, so kids can take action to help save these amazing en-dangered creatures (2016)

Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean, Maris Wicks An absorbing look at ocean sci-ence covers the

biology of coral reefs as well as their ecological importance (2017)

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor

B95, Phillip Hoose Explores the tragedy of extinction and ways to save the Moonbird (2013)

Honors

Young Adult Fiction Winners

Endangered, Eliot Schrefer Compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bono-

bos—and herself—from a violent coup (2013)

The Carbon Diaries: 2015, Saci Lloyd Futuristic diary about society’s challenges while living on mandated carbon rations (2010)

Blind Faith Hotel, Pamela Todd Teen and elderly man work together to save the prairies and plants (2009)

Write Naked, Peter Gould Teens write an ecologi-cal fantasy featur-ing a tiny heroic newt (2009)

Rescued, Eliot Schrefer (2017) Pills and Starships, Lydia Millet (2015) Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal, Margarita Engle (2015) The Lord of Opium, Nancy Farmer (2014)

The Unnaturalists, Tiffany Trent (2013)

Momentum, Saci Lloyd (2013)

Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi (2011)

Whirlwind, David Klass (2009) Secret of the Sirens, Julia Golding (2008) Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy Book 1, David Klass (2007)

Home and Other Big Fat Lies, Jill Wolfson (2007) The Secret Under My Skin, Janet McNaughton (2006)

Inside a Bald Ea-gle’s Nest: A Photo-graphic

Journey Through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season, Teena Ruark Gorrow & Craig A. Koppie (2014)

Gaia Warriors, Nicola Da-vies; illus-trated,

James Lovelock Galvaniz-ing look at how and why Earth’s climate is chang-ing with resources that make it easy to join the cause (2012)

The Light-Bearer’s Daughter, O.R. Melling A fantasy tale that calls for environmental protection and

world peace (2008)

Flash Point, Sneed B. Collard III High school football play-er from a logging town learns about forest ecology (2007)

Young Adult Non-Fiction Winners

Flush, Carl Hiassen Young adults discov-er dangers caused by a boat dumping raw sewage into the Florida Keys (2006)

Marie Doucedame (2012) Global Warming: A Personal Guide to Causes and Solutions, Sneed B. Collard III (2012) Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest, Caitlyn

Vernon (2012) Get Real: What Kind of World Are You Buying, Mara Rockliff (2011) Heroes of the Environment, Harriet Rohmer; illustrated by Julie McLaughlin (2010)

Generation Green: The Ultimate Teen Guide to Living an Eco-Friendly Life, Linda and Tosh Siversten (2009) An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, Al Gore; adapted by Jane O’Connor (2008)

Washashore, Suzanne Goldsmith Clem finds a fallen bird and finds a role for her-

self helping to bring back endangered birds (2014)

Threatened, Eliot Schrefer A tale of sur-vival and discovery begins when orphan Luc

helps a researcher study endangered chimpanzees in Gabon (2015)

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the En-vironmental Headlines, Paul Fleischman In-forms students

how to evaluate environ-mental issues using politics, psychology, history, eco-nomics and media (2015)

Inside an Osprey's Nest, Teena Ruark Gorrow & Craig A. Koppie (2017) The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans, Elizabeth Rusch (2015) Extraordinary Endangered Animals, Sandrine Silhol and Gaëlle Guérive, illustration by

The Beast of Cretacea, Todd Strasser This futuristic retelling of

Moby Dicks is an environmental cautionary tale about a dying Earth (2016)

Honors The Story of Seeds, Nancy Castaldo Chronicles where food

comes from and where it is going (2017)

Honors

Dig Too Deep, Amy Allgeyer A teen investigates a Kentucky coal mine and follows in her

mother’s environmental activist footsteps (2017)

Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots, Abby McDonald Teens save the planet by finding balance between

tourism and the environment (2011)