The winners of the Green Earth Book Award were recently announced. Given by the Newton Marasco Foundation in partnership with Salisbury University, this award recognizes books that inspire children and young adults to appreciate and care for the natural environment.
2008 Winners
Children's Fiction
Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warming
written by Jean Davies Okimoto and illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell
Young Adult Fiction
Chronicles of Faerie: The Light-Bearer’s Daughter
written by O. R. Melling
Nonfiction
Winston of Churchill: One Bear’s Battle Against Global Warmingwritten by Jean Davies Okimoto and illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell
Young Adult Fiction
Chronicles of Faerie: The Light-Bearer’s Daughterwritten by O. R. Melling
Nonfiction
The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warmingwritten by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
Honor Books
- Adventures of Riley: The Polar Bear Puzzle, written by Amanda Lumry and Laura Hurwitz
- An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, written by Al Gore and adapted by Jane O’Connor
- On Meadowview Street, written and illustrated by Henry Cole
- The Companions Quartet, Book One: Secrets of the Sirens, written by Julia Golding
- The Sorta Sisters, written by Adrian Fogelin
The most recent issue of Book Links (March 2008) has an article by Fred Chapel, Sharon James, and J. Cynthia McDermott on previous winners of this award.
More books to read! I'm curious in particular about The Light-Bearer's Daughter. On the other hand, I'm still rather disinclined to curl up with An Inconvenient Truth. I'm already a member of the choir...
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