Picture Book Winners

The Family Tree by David McPhail A boy and his animal friends save a tree which has given them so much. (2013)

Arthur Turns Green by Marc Brown Arthur makes a poster listing all the ways to save energy and go green! (2012)

The Earth Book by Todd Parr Playfully introduces young readers to the concept of going green. (2011)

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

Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire Nivola Wangari Maathai teaches

villagers to plant ltrees. (2009)

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

to help protect the endan-gered mangroves. (2005)

A Boy and a Jaguar, by Alan Rabinowitz and illustrated by Catia Chien (2015) Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla, by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by G. Brian Karas (2015) Ellie’s Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell, by Judith L. Li and illustrated by M.L. Herring (2014) Parrots Over Puerto Rico, by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trombore and illustrated by Susan L. Roth (2014)

Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor, illustrated by Laura Beingessner (2013) Riparia's River by Michael J. Caduto, illustrated by Olga Pastuchiv (2012) Let's Save the Animals by Frances Barry (2011) Seeds Of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson, illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler (2011) The Curious Garden by Peter Brown (2010)

When Santa Turned Green by Victoria Perla, illustrated by Mirna Kantarevic (2009) Tin Lizzie by Allan Drummond (2009) The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Wendell Minor (2009) On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole (2008) Adventures of Riley: Polar Bear Puzzle by Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz (2008) All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper, illustrated by Marq Spusta (2007)

Abigale the Happy Whale by Peter Farrelly, illustrated by Jamie Rama (2007) Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn Williams, illustrated by Linda Sport (2006) The World That We Want by Kim Michelle Toft (2006) Tree of Life by Rochelle Strauss, illustrated by Margot Thompson (2005) Garden of the Spirit Bear by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, illustrated by Deborah Milton (2005)

Winston of Churchill by Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Jeremiah

Trammell Winston convinces hu-mans to save his Arctic home. (2008)

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

Near One Cattail by Anthony Fredericks, illus-trated by Jen-nifer DiRubbio Poetry about the creatures of the wetland. (2006)

Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base As more people move to Uno’s forest, plants and animals

begin to disappear. (2007)

Inspiring Environmental Stewards Green Earth Book Award Winners

The Eye of the Whale by Jen-nifer O’Connell The rescue of a whale found tangled in trap lines. (2014)

Honors

The Promise by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin A thief gets chance to change the world for good.

(2015)

Children’s Fiction Winners

One White Dolphin by Gill Lewis Story of friendship and communi-ty taps into the radiance of nature and explores timely environmental issues. (2013)

Wild Wings by Gill Lewis, illus-trated by Yuta Ono-da Iona McNair is desperate to keep the endangered osprey bird safe

from poachers. (2012)

Mallory Goes Green by Laurie Friedman, illus-trated by Jennifer Kalis Mallory and her friends make

their school more eco-friendly. (2011)

Operation Red-wood 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 spade-

foot toads’ habitats. (2009)

A Bird On Water Street by Elizabeth O. Dulemba (2015) Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade by Beth Hand-man, Kenny Bruno, and Anto-nia Bruno (2015) Mousemobile by Prudence Breitrose and illustrated by Stephanie Yue (2014)

The Hop by Sharelle Byars Moranville, illustrated by Niki Daly (2013) The Story of the Blue Planet by Andri Snaer Magnason, illus-trated by Aslaug Jonsdottir (2013) Luz Sees The Light by Claudia Davila (2012) Ancient, Strange and Lovely by Susan Fletcher (2011)

The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole, illustrated by Bruce Degen (2011) Redwoods by Jason Chin (2010) SCAT by Carl Hiaasen (2010) A Summer of Silk Moths by Margaret Willey (2010)

Cam Jansen and the Green School Mystery by David A. Adler, illustrated by Joy Allen (2009) Fern Verdant and the Silver Rose by Diana Leszczynski (2009) The Last Wild Place by Rosa Jordan (2009) The Sorta Sisters by Adrian Fogelin (2008)

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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 imag-ined novel with themes of conquering fear, and humans' environmental impact on the sea and its inhabitants. (2015)

Plastic Ahoy! Inves-tigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia

Newman, illustrated by Annie Crawley Follows three female scientists a small research ship learning about the impact of the Garbage Patch on marine life. (2015)

Children’s Non-Fiction Winners

Citizen Scien-tists by Loree Griffin Burns, photo-

graphed by Ellen Harasimowicz Shows kids how to perform field experiments to help sci-entists. (2013)

The Man-grove Tree by Cindy Trumbore & Susan L. Roth, illus-trated by Susan L. Roth

How the lives of African villag-ers improved with a mangrove tree-planting project. (2012)

Not Your Typi-cal Book About the Environ-ment By Elin Kelsey, illustrat-ed 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 Fergu-son Delano A call-to-arms to help the Earth, explains the science of

this threat visually. (2010)

The Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon De-tails global

warming with fun facts, photos and illustrations. (2008)

A Place for Butter-flies by Melissa Stewart and

illustrated by Higgins Bond A pictorial introduction to butterflies and their specialized habitats. (2007)

Honors The Case of the Vanishing Hon-eybees: A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle (2015) The Kid’s Guide to Exploring Nature by the Education Staff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, edited by Sarah Schmidt, and illustrated by Laszlo Veres (2015) The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America’s Largest Mam-mal by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop (2014 ) Frog Song by Brenda Guiberson and illustrated by Gennady Spirin (2014) A Place for Bats by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Higgins Bond (2013)

Puffling Patrol by Ted Lewin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (2013) Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime by Ellen Kirk (2012) 101 Ways to Save the Planet by Deborah Underwood (2012 )

A Place for Frogs by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Higgins Bond (2011) Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story by Lin-da Glaser, photography by Shel-ley Rotner (2011) A Place for Birds by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Higgins Bond (2010)

Mission: Save the Planet by Sally Ride & Tom O'Shaughnessy (2010) Recycle this Book: 100 Top Children's Authors Tell You How to Go Green by Dan Gutman (2010) Mission: Save the Planet by Sally Ride & Tom O'Shaughnessy (2010) The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner, photographed by Andy Comis (2010) Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species by Sneed B. Collard III (2009) 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh (2009)

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch (2009)

Frog Heaven by Doug Wechsler (2007) Saving the Buffalo by Albert Marrin (2007) Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Nic Bishop (2007) Let the River Run Silver Again! by Sandy Burk (2006)

A Place for Turtles by Melissa Stewart and illustrated by Higgins Bond introduces

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

Honors

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose Through

stirring images and prose, explores the tragedy of extinction and ways to save the Moonbird. (2013)

Honors

Young Adult Fiction Winners

Endangered by Eliot Schrefer The compelling tale of a girl who must save a g group of bono-bos --and herself -- from a violent coup. (2013)

Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDon-ald Teens’ save the planet by finding balance between tourism

and the environment (2011)

The Carbon Diaries: 2015 by Saci Lloyd Futuristic diary about society’s challenges while living on mandated

carbon rations. (2010)

Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd Teen and elderly man work to-gether to save the prairies and plants. (2009)

Write Naked by Peter Gould Teens write an ecological fanta-sy featuring a tiny heroic newt. (2009)

Pills and Starships by Lydia Mil-let (2015) Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle (2015) The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer (2014)

The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent (2013)

Momentum by Saci Lloyd (2013)

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (2011)

Whirlwind by David Klass (2009) Secret of the Sirens by Julia Gold-ing (2008) Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy Book 1 by David Klass (2007)

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

Young Adult Non-Fiction Winners

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

Through the American Bald Eagle Nesting Season by Teena Ruark Gorrow and Craig A. Koppie (2014)

Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies and illustrated by James Lovelock Galvanizing look at how and why Earth’s climate is

changing with resources that make it easy to join the cause. (2012)

The Light-Bearer’s Daughter by O.R. Melling A vivid fantasy tale that calls for environ-mental protection and world peace.

(2008)

Flashpoint by Sneed B. Collard III High school football play-er from a logging town learns about the delicate ecology of the forest. (2007)

Flush by Carl Hias-sen Young adults discover the dan-gers caused by a boat illegally dumping raw sew-age into the Florida

Keys. (2006)

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

Get Real: What Kind of World Are You Buying by Mara Rock-liff (2011) Heroes of the Environment by Harriet Rohmer, illustrated by Julie McLaughlin (2010)

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

Washashore by Suzanne Gold-smith Clem finds a fallen bird and finds a role for herself helping to bring back the endangered birds. (2014)

Threatened by Eliot Schrefer A tale of survival and discov-ery begins when orphan Luc helps a researcher study the endangered chimpanzees in Gabon. (2015)

Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman Informs students how to evaluate environ-

mental issues using politics, psy-chology, history, economics and the media. (2015)

The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans by Elizabeth Rusch (2015) Extraordinary Endangered Animals by Sandrine Silhol & Gaëlle Guérive, illustration by Marie Doucedame (2012)