Activities for kids!🎨
Bring Nature Book Week into your home, school or library with these fun and educational activities for the young & young at heart 💚
Nature Book Week
Our annual celebration of nature and storytelling
We hope you enjoyed Nature Book Week 2023! Some things are still available to watch and listen to below—and don't forget to fill out the form for updates on next year's program.
Nature Book Week is a series of exciting storytelling events for readers of all ages, culminating in the announcement of the winners of our Karajia and Environment Awards for Children's Literature.
Let's get on the same page!
To keep in the loop about next year's program, please sign up below, or you can email us at nbw@wilderness.org.au.
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A taste of NBW 2023
#AskAnAuthor: Duncan Smith OAM ('We Are Australians'). Two Grade 6 students from Darlington Public School interview shortlisted author Duncan Smith!
A taste of NBW 2023
#AskAnAuthor: Yvette Poshoglian ('Dear Greta'). Two Grade 6 students from Darlington Public School interview shortlisted author Yvette Poshoglian!
A taste of NBW 2023
#AskAnAuthor: Dr Sarah Pye—How can storytelling inspire action for nature?
A taste of NBW 2023
#AskAnAuthor: Milly Formby (A Shorebird’s Flying Adventure). Two Grade 6 students from Darlington Public School interview shortlisted author Milly Formby!
A taste of NBW 2023
#AskAnAuthor: Jessie Panazzolo—Threatened Species Day: Books to help conservationists cope, with Associate Professor Jen Martin!
Grow your child's love of nature🌱
Own your own copies of the best new nature-themed children's books from our 2023 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children's Literature shortlists.
5 ways for schools & libraries to participate!
From creating a 'Nature Book' section to hosting a green reading challenge, here are 5 ideas to help grow a love of nature in readers of all ages—during Nature Book Week and beyond 🌱📚 You can even take this printable list to your local school or library!
Meet Dr Jen Martin, Nature Book Week Ambassador
“When we read about our natural world, we feel more connected to nature. And feeling connected to nature helps us all to understand how precious our natural environment is, and how important it is we protect it.”
Dr Jen Martin spent many years working as a field ecologist until she decided the most useful thing she could contribute as a scientist was to teach other scientists how to be effective and engaging communicators. To that end, she founded and leads the University of Melbourne's acclaimed Science Communication Teaching Program.<br><br>Jen also practises what she preaches: for nearly 15 years she’s been talking about science each week on 3RRR, Australia’s largest community radio station, she writes a popular science blog, is a member of the Science Gallery Melbourne Leonardos and writes for CSIRO's <em>Double Helix Magazine</em>. She was named the 2019 Unsung Hero of Science Communication.
3 decades of nature stories
Explore nearly 30 year’s worth of winning and shortlisted kids' nature books.
Books to good places
As part of Nature Book Week the Wilderness Society is working with First Nations communities and schools, like the Nawarddeken Academy in Arnhem Land and Deadly Science, to give the fantastic nature books we received for consideration a good home.
“The Nawarddeken Academy is thrilled to be receiving a donation of books from The Wilderness Society. Being located on an Indigenous ranger base in west Arnhem Land, we have limited access to quality printed texts that embrace the natural environment,” says Olga Scholes, Nawarddeken Academy Executive Officer.
“Our country is our classroom and local ecological knowledge is critical to Indigenous Language and Culture. In a remote bicultural school like ours, reading stories about nature from other parts of the world highlights the importance of caring for our local environment.”
Corey Tutt CEO and Founder of Deadly Science says the donation of books is “Incredible! Books are freedom. To provide these Deadly books to our students is just amazing. Who knows, maybe this might be the thing that helps our students find their deadly passion.”
Wilderness Journal
Get lost in our special issue of Wilderness Journal, all about storytelling and nature. You'll find fascinating feature articles, stunning photography and a poem!
