Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2018 winners announced

9 November 2018 Books+Publishing

The Wilderness Society has announced the winners of the 2018 Environment Award for Children’s Literature.

The winners are:

Picture fiction

Florette (Anna Walker, Viking)

Fiction

Wombat Warriors (Samantha Wheeler, UQP)

Nonfiction (tie)

Rock Pool Secrets (Narelle Oliver, Walker Books)
Coral Sea Dreaming: The Picture Book (Kim Michelle Toft, Silkim Books).

Celebrating its 25th year, the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, is a ‘celebration of books that promote a love of nature in children’. Chosen from shortlists released in early July, the winners were announced at an event at Melbourne children’s bookshop The Younger Sun.

For more information about the award, visit the website.

Category: Junior Local news