Global Environment Literacy Community, 2011
Global Literature about Environmental Stewardship.
Australia:
Where the forest meets the sea Jeannie Baker (1987) Australia
Something About Water by Penny Matthews, illustrated by Tom Jellett (Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2010)
The Great Barrier Reef Book: Solar Powered by Dr Mark Norman (Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2010)
True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin; ABC Books (Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2009)
Tuart Dwellers by Jan Ramage. Illustrations Ellen Hickman; Department of Environment and Conservation (Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2009)
Nyuntu Ninti (What You Should Know) by Bob Randall and Melanie Hogan; ABC Books
Cat on the Island by Gary Crew. Illustrations Gillian Warden & Liz Kemp; HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Eco-Warrior by Skye Bortoli; ABC Books
Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base (Viking) Penguin Books (GEBA; Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2007)
The Water Hole by Graeme Base
Going Bush by Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle (Allen & Unwin) (Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2008)
Chelonia Green, Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley Allen & Unwin-
The World that we Want by Kim Michelle Toft (University of Queensland Press) (GEBA; Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2007)
Blue Skies green days Jillian De Muth ill Kim Gamble (little Ark 1992) Australia
The Paddock Lilith Norman, Robert Roennfeldt (Random House 1992) Australia
V for Vanishing: an alphabet Patricia Mullins (Margaret Hamilton Books 1993) Australia
Birdman Jiri Tibor Novak (1994) Australia
The story of Rosy Dock Jeannie Baker (1995) Australia
One child Christopher Cheng, Stephen Woolard (1997) Australia
Noah’s Boat Louise Elliott (Lothian 2005?) Australia
Refugees, David Miller (Lothian 2003) Australia
Belonging Jeannie Baker (2004) Australia
I saw nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
I heard nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
I did nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
The Last Tree Mark Wilson (2007) Australia
Finding Home by Gary Crew and Susy Boyer (Ford St, 2009) Australia
The Tomorrow Book Jackie French and Sue DeGennero (Angus and Robertson 2010) Australia
The Vegetable Ark Kim Kane, Sue DeGennero (Allen & Unwin 2010) Australia
The last tree in the city Peter Carnavas (New Frontier 2010) Australia
Canada
Life in the Boreal Forest by Brend Guiberson illus by Gennady Spirin
The Good Garden by Katie Milway and Sylvie Daigneault (set in Honduras)
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Straus
The Salmon Bears by Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read
Salmon River by David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis (Greystone)
Not Your Typical Book About the Environment, written by Elin Kelsey and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (published by Owlkids Books) (GEBA)
You are the Earth by David Suzuki (Greystone)
There’s a Barnyard in my Bedroom by David Suzuki (Greystone)
Sila’s Revenge, by Jamie Bastedo (Canada: Red Deer Press) 2010
Claire and the Water Wish by Janice Poon Kids Can Press, 2009
Climate Change (Groundwork Guides) by Shelley Tanaka Groundwood Books, 2006
The Eco-Dairy of Kiran Singer by Sue Ann Alderson;Illustrated by Millie Balance; Tradewind Books, 2007
Lessons from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod; Illustrated by Colleen Wood; Groundwood Books, 2010
Sandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint by Femida Handy and Carole Carpenter; Illustrated by Adrianna Steele-Card; Second Story Press, 2010
Wild Ride http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/full_book.asp?ProductID=3981
Cuba
Raining Sardines by Enrique flores-galbis. Roaring Brook, 2007.
England
Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet by Lauren Child (2011)
Why the Animals Came to Town by Michael Foreman (2011)
Spud Goes Green: The Diary of My Year As A Greenie by Giles Thaxton (2011)
Stories for a Fragile Planet: Traditional Tales About Caring for the Earth by Kenneth Steven, illustrated by Jane Ray (2010)
Green Poems for a Blue Planet by Martin Kiszko, illustrated by Nick Park (2010)
Let’s Save the Animals by Frances Barry (GEBA honor)
Ten Things I Can Do to Help my World by Melanie Walsh (GEBA honor)
The Carbon Diaries: 2015 by Saci Lloyd (GEBA)
The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey
Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste (GEBA)
Gaia Warriors, by Nicola Davies (2011)
Eritrea
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan Roth and Cindy Trumbore
France
Je serai les yeux de la terre Alain Serres, Zaü et les photographes de l’agence ALTITUDE Octobre 2008, Éditions RUE DU MONDE
Les énergies Emilie Beaumont, Emmanuelle Lepetit et Yves Lequesne (Editions Fleurus) Collection Pourquoi, comment ?, FLEURUS / Septembre 2009
Notre planète la Terre aux éditions Bayard Jeunesse. 2007
For more see: Le Prix du Livre Environnement http://www.prixdulivre.veolia.com/historique/prix-2010/laureats/
Haiti
Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn Williams illus by Linda Saport
Iceland
How the Ladies Stopped the Wind by Bruce Mcmillan illus by Gunnella
Ireland
The Light-Bearer’s Daughter, written by O. R. Melling; Abrams (GEBA)
Kenya
Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola; FSG (GEBA)
Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson, illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler (GEBA)
Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter
Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli illustrated by Kadir Nelson
New Guinea
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery photos by Nic Bishop
Scotland
Wild Wings by Gill Lewis Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 24, 2011)
South Africa
One Child One Seed, by Kathryn Cave
South Korea
Ura’s Dream by John Walker, illus by Hee-Jung Sohn http://www.korea4expats.com/news-children-book-ura’s-dream.html
USA
The Earth Book by Todd Parr; Little, Brown (GEBA)
Mallory Goes Green by Laurie B. Friedman; Lerner (GEBA)
Boys, Bears and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald; Candlewick (GEBA) yes she is British but it is set in and published in the US
A Place for Frogs by Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond; Peachtree (GEBA honor)
Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green by Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Anne Kennedy; Albert Whitman (GEBA)
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French; Abrams (GEBA)
Earth in the Hot Seat: Bulletins from a Warming World by Marfe Ferguson Delano; National Geographic (GEBA)
Heroes of the Environment by Harriet Rohmer, illustrated by Julie McLaughlin; Chronicle (GEBA honor)
Recycle this Book: 100 Top Children’s Authors Tell You How to Go Green by Dan Gutman; Random House (GEBA honor)
SCAT by Carl Hiaasen; Random House (GEBA honor)
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley; Peachtree (GEBA)
Flash Point by Sneed B. Collard (GEBA)
The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle by Lynne Cherry (GEBA)
for more see http://www.newtonmarascofoundation.org/programs/a_ge_pw.cfm