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Wilderness Society announces shortlists for Environment Award for Children’s Literature

Tuesday, 6 June 2023   Books+Publishing
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The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Environment Award for Children’s Literature (EACL).

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

Picture fiction

  • Say No to Plastic! (Ned Heaton & Shane Heaton, illus by Tamzin Barber, Little Steps)
  • The Tree at Number 43 (Jess McGeachin, Puffin)
  • A Shorebird Flying Adventure (Jackie Kerin & Milly Formby, CSIRO)
  • Looking After Country with Fire (Victor Steffensen, illus by Sandra Steffensen, Hardie Grant Explore)
  • Kind (Jess McGeachin, A&U Children’s)

Nonfiction

  • We Are Australians (Duncan Smith & Nicole Godwin, illus by Jandamarra Cadd, Wild Dog)
  • The ABC Kids Guide to Loving the Planet (Jaclyn Crupi, illus by Cheryl Orsini, ABC Books)
  • On the Trail of the Plains-Wanderer (Rohan Cleave, illus by Julian Teh, CSIRO)
  • Australia’s Endangered Bush Creatures (Myke Mollard, Woodslane)

Fiction

  • Sunny The Shark (Remy Lai, A&U Children’s)
  • Dear Greta (Yvette Poshoglian, Puffin)
  • Tyenna: Through my eyes—Australian disaster zones (Julie Hunt & Terry Whitebeach, A&U Children’s)
  • Berani (Michelle Kadarusman, A&U Children’s)

Karajia Prize for First Nations children’s storytelling

  • The Heartbeat of The Land (Cathy Freeman, Coral Vass & Tannya Harricks, Larrikin House)
  • Come Together (Isaiah Firebrace, illus by Jaelyn Biumaiwai, Hardie Grant Explore)
  • Ninni Yabini (Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, illus by Tyrown Waigana, Fremantle Press)
  • The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale (Aunty Shaa Smith, Neeyan Smith, Uncle Bud Marshall, with Yandaarra including Sarah Wright, Lara Daley and Paul Hodge, A&U)
  • Our Dreaming (Kirli Saunders, illus by Dub Leffler, Scholastic)
  • Looking After Country with Fire (Victor Steffensen, illus by Sandra Steffensen, Hardie Grant Explore)
  • Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth (Melissa Greenwood, ABC Books)
  • We Are Australians (Duncan Smith & Nicole Godwin, illus by Jandamarra Cadd, Wild Dog)
  • Open Your Heart to Country (Jasmine Seymour, Magabala).

Now in its 30th year, the EACL ‘promotes a love of nature in kids’ by showcasing the best children’s nature books.

The winners will be announced during Nature Book Week in September. For more information about the award, see the Wilderness Society website.

 

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