The Wilderness Society has announced the shortlist for the 2020 Environment Award for Children’s Literature.
This award is presented annually to fiction and nonfiction books that ‘foster a love of wild places and wildlife in young Australians’ and ‘encourage a sense of responsibility for our natural world’.
Here are the shortlisted books for each category…
Picture fiction
- One Tree by Christopher Cheng & Bruce Whatley
- Wilam by Andrew Kelly, Aunty Joy Murphy & Lisa Kennedy
- One Careless Night by Christina Booth
- The Fate of Fausto by Oliver Jeffers
Non-fiction
- You Can Change the World by Lucy Bell
- Fauna: Australia’s Most Curious Creatures by Tania McCartney
- A Hollow is a Home by Abbie Mitchell & Astred Hicks
- Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing! by Tim Flannery & Sam Caldwell
Fiction
- Eco Rangers: Microbat Mayhem by Candice Lemon-Scott & Aśka
- Super Sidekicks 2: Ocean’s Revenge by Gavin Aung Than
The 2020 winners will be announced in September of this year. Find out more about this year’s shortlisted titles here.
