On World Environment Day each year, the Wilderness Society announces the winner of its Environment Award for Children’s Literature.
The award honours books that promote a sense of caring and responsibility for the environment through quality Australian children's books. View previous Award winners >>
The 2008 winners were True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet by Kim McKay and Jenny Bonnin (published by ABC Books) and Tuart Dwellers by Jan Ramage (Department of Environment and Conservation). Find out more about these stunning publications and previous years’ winners below.
To be eligible for the award a book must encourage caring for the natural environment. A book might highlight an environmental issue or create a sense of awe and wonder for the natural world.
The award is open to fiction and non-fiction in the categories of picture book, primary readers and secondary readers.
Invitations for submissions are sent to publishers in October, and the closing date is December 15.
To be considered for the award, find out more about the judging criteria, or for any other enquiries please contact our member relations coordinator, Laura Davison;
email: laura.davison@wilderness.org.au
phone: (03) 9838 0123
Award Winners
A list of the winners ofthe Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children's Literature. The award honours books that promote a sense of caring and responsibility for the environment through quality Australian children's books.
- 2009 Environment Award for Children's Literature - June 12, 2009
- 2008 Environment Award for Children's Literature - June 11, 2009
- 2007 Environment Award for Children's Literature winners - June 04, 2007
- 2006 Environment Award for Children's Literature winners - June 04, 2007
- 2005 Environment Award for Children's Literature winners - June 04, 2007
- 2004 Environment Award for Children's Literature winners - June 04, 2006
- 2003 Environment Award for Children's Literature Winners - June 04, 2006
- 2002 Environment Award for Children's Literature winners - June 04, 2006
This World Environment Day, the Wilderness Society is pleased to announce that True Green Kids: 100 Things You Can Do to Save the Planet and Tuart Dwellers are the joint winners of the 2009 Environment Award for Children’s Literature.
‘No life without habitat’ is a recurring theme in books submitted for the Wilderness Society's Environment Award for Children’s Literature. This year is no exception. The 2008 winner is Going Bush by Nadia Wheatley, Ken Searle and sixteen primary children from diverse cultural backgrounds (published by Allen & Unwin).
The winners for 2007:
Picture Book Award winner
Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base (Viking) Penguin Books
Non-Fiction Award Winner
Leaf Litter: Exploring the Mysteries of a Hidden World by Rachel Tonkin (Angus & Robertson)
The winners for 2006:
Non-fiction Picture Book The Big Picture Book by John Long, illustrations Brian Choo (Allen & Unwin)
Secondary Readers Hope Bay by Nicole Plüss (Puffin)
The winners for 2005:
Picture Book Award (joint winners) Belonging by Jeannie Baker (Walker Books Australia) and The World that we Want by Kim Michelle Toft (University of Queensland Press)
Non-Fiction Award The non-fiction winner this year is Greg Pyers
Picture Book Award The Extinction Series by Gary Crew. Ill Mark Wilson (Lothian Books)
Non-Fiction Award Antarctica: The Heart of the World by Coral Tulloch (ABC Books)
Lifetime Achievement Tricia Oktober for Bush Secrets, Wetlands, Rainforest, Reef, etc. (Hodder Headline)
Fiction Blotsvilleby Mary Steele. Illustrations Jiri Tibor Novak (Hyland House).
Non-fiction Solo Wildlife series by David Kennet (Omnibus Books).
Publishing Steve Parish for his outstanding contribution to environmental publishing.
Picture book Yellow-eye by David Spillman, illustrated by Mark Wilson (Era).
Non-fiction Greg Pyers for his outstanding contribution to environmental non-fiction for children.
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