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Environmentalist: Children's and Young Adult Books

from around the Globe

Read Green

A list of books for young readers from around the world that deal with the issue of environmental stewardship. A group of teachers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland are working with these books with aid from the Longview Foundation (via a grant awarded to the World of Wonder Literacies Community are University of Arizona http://wowlit.org/) and with the cooperation of Salisbury University.

Australia	Canada	Cuba	England	Eritrea	France
Haiti	Iceland	Ireland	Kenya	New Guinea	New Zealand
	Scotland	South Africa	South Korea	USA

Australia:

Belonging Jeannie Baker (2004) Australia
Birdman Jiri Tibor Novak (1994) Australia
Blue Skies green days Jillian De Muth ill Kim Gamble (little Ark 1992) Australia
Cat on the Island by Gary Crew. Illustrations Gillian Warden & Liz Kemp; HarperCollins Publishers Australia
Eco-Warrior by Skye Bortoli; ABC Books
Chelonia Green, Champion of Turtles by Christobel Mattingley Allen & Unwin
Finding Home by Gary Crew and Susy Boyer (Ford St, 2009) Australia
Going Bush by Nadia Wheatley and Ken Searle (Allen & Unwin) (Environment Award for Children's Literature 2008)

Connections: Publisher site with teacher's notes http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?book=9781741149111&page=94

The Great Barrier Reef Book: Solar Powered by Dr Mark Norman (Environment Award for Children's Literature 2010)
I did nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
I heard nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
I saw nothing Gary Crew, Mark Wilson (2004?) Australia
The Last Tree Mark Wilson (2007) Australia
The last tree in the city Peter Carnavas (New Frontier 2010) Australia
Noah’s Boat Louise Elliott (Lothian 2005?) Australia
Nyuntu Ninti (What You Should Know) by Bob Randall and Melanie Hogan; ABC Books
One child Christopher Cheng, Stephen Woolard (1997) Australia

Connections: Website http://www.chrischeng.com/books/one-child.htm

The Paddock Lilith Norman, Robert Roennfeldt (Random House 1992) Australia
Refugees David Miller (Lothian 2003) Australia
Something About Water by Penny Matthews, illustrated by Tom Jellett (Environment Award for Children's Literature 2010)
The Story of Rosy Dock Jeannie Baker (1995) Australia
The Tomorrow Book Jackie French and Sue DeGennero (Angus and Robertson 2010) Australia
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)
Uno’s Garden by Graeme Base (Viking) Penguin Books (GEBA; Environment Award for Children's Literature 2007)
V for Vanishing: an alphabet Patricia Mullins (Margaret Hamilton Books 1993) Australia
The Vegetable Ark Kim Kane, Sue DeGennero (Allen & Unwin 2010) Australia
The Water Hole by Graeme Base
Where the forest meets the sea Jeannie Baker (1987) Australia
The World that We Want by Kim Michelle Toft (University of Queensland Press) (GEBA; Environment Award for Children's Literature 2007)

Canada

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
The Good Garden by Katie Milway and Sylvie Daigneault (set in Honduras)
Lessons from Mother Earth by Elaine McLeod; Illustrated by Colleen Wood; Groundwood Books, 2010
Life in the Boreal Forest by Brend Guiberson illus by Gennady Spirin
Not Your Typical Book About the Environment written by Elin Kelsey and illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (published by Owlkids Books) (GEBA)
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)
Sandy's Incredible Shrinking Footprint by Femida Handy and Carole Carpenter; Illustrated by Adrianna Steele-Card; Second Story Press, 2010
Sila's Revenge by Jamie Bastedo (Canada: Red Deer Press) 2010
There's a Barnyard in my Bedroom by David Suzuki (Greystone)
You are the Earth by David Suzuki (Greystone)
Wild Ride http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/full_book.asp?ProductID=3981

Cuba

Raining Sardines by Enrique flores-galbis. Roaring Brook, 2007.

England

The Carbon Diaries: 2015 by Saci Lloyd (GEBA)
Charlie and Lola: Look After Your Planet  by Lauren Child (2011) 
Gaia Warriors by Nicola Davies (2011)
Green Poems for a Blue Planet  by Martin Kiszko, illustrated by Nick Park (2010)
Let's Save the Animals by Frances Barry (GEBA honor)
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) 
Ten Things I Can Do to Help my World by Melanie Walsh (GEBA honor)
The Valley of Secrets by Charmian Hussey
Varmints by Helen Ward and Marc Craste (GEBA)
Why the Animals Came to Town  by Michael Foreman (2011)

Eritrea

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan Roth and Cindy Trumbore

France

Je serai les yeux de la terre  by Alain Serres, Zaü with photographs from l'agence Altitude, Éditions Rue du monde, 2008
Les énergies  by Emilie Beaumont, Emmanuelle Lepetit et Yves Lequesne (Editions Fleurus)  Collection Pourquoi, comment?, FLEURUS / Septembre 2009
Le grand livre pour sauver la planète by Brigitte Bègue and Anne-Marie Thomazeau. Ducument jeunnesse, 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)

Connections: Author's website http://www.ormelling.com/Book%20Pages/Book%20Details%20Pages/thelight-bearer'.html

Kenya

Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola; FSG (GEBA)
Seeds of Change  by Jen Cullerton Johnson, illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler (GEBA)

Connections: Author's website http://jencullertonjohnson.com/

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa  by Jeanette Winter

New Guinea

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery photos by Nic Bishop (GEBA; published in the USA, focused on New Guinea)

Connections: Author's website with class activities http://symontgomery.com/?page_id=240

New Zealand

The Call of the Kokako by Maria Gill

Connections: Author's website http://www.mariagill.co.nz/kokako.php

Dinosaur Rescue series by Kyle Mewburn
Eco-Rangers Save the Planet by Maria Gill

Connections: Author's website http://www.mariagill.co.nz/ecorangers.php

Koro's Medicine by Melanie Drewery and Sabrina Malcolm
Nest of Lies by Heather McQuillan
The Stuck There Forever Book by Gillian Torkler, illustrated by Bruce Potter
Whetu: The Little Blue Duck by Jennifer Beck

Scotland

Wild Wings by Gill Lewis Atheneum Books for Young Readers (May 24, 2011)

South Africa

One Child One Seed by Kathryn Cave

<>Connections: Google books preview

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

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
The Earth Book by Todd Parr; Little, Brown (GEBA)
Earth in the Hot Seat: Bulletins from a Warming World by Marfe Ferguson Delano; National Geographic (GEBA)
Flash Point by Sneed B. Collard (GEBA)
Heroes of the Environment by Harriet Rohmer, illustrated by Julie McLaughlin; Chronicle (GEBA honor)
Mallory Goes Green by Laurie B. Friedman; Lerner (GEBA)
Miss Fox’s Class Goes Green by Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Anne Kennedy; Albert Whitman (GEBA)
Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley; Peachtree (GEBA)
Operation Redwood by S. Terrell French; Abrams (GEBA)
A Place for Frogs by Melissa Stewart; illustrated by Higgins Bond; Peachtree (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)
The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle by Lynne Cherry (GEBA)
Winston of Churchill by Jean Davies Okimoto, illus by Jeremiah Trammell; Sasquatch Books (GEBA)

for more see the Green Earth Book Award at http://www.newtonmarascofoundation.org/programs/a_ge_pw.cfm
See also the Read Green: Children's and Young Adult Literature Festival at Salisbury University http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/childlitfestival.html