Congratulations to all the authors and illustrators shortlisted for this year’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature.

The Wilderness Society’s annual Award encourages children to take an interest in nature and feel a sense of responsibility for the places we love and our unique wildlife. This year, the Award includes three categories.

Here are the shortlists for each category.

Non-fiction

• Atmospheric by Carole Wilkinson (Read our review)
• Platypus by Sue Whiting and Mark Jackson
• Phasmid by Rohan Cleave and Coral Tulloch

Picture Fiction

• Seagull by Danny Snell
• A River by Marc Martin (Read our review)
• Once I Heard a Little Wombat by Renee Treml

Fiction

• Thirst by Lizzie Wilcock
• The River and the Book by Alison Croggon (Read our review)
• Mister Cassowary by Samantha Wheeler (Read our review)

Find out more about the Environment Award for Children’s Literature here.