Green Earth Book Award
The Green Earth Book Award (GEBA) is an American literature award for children and young adult books focused on environmental leadership. The award was founded in 2005 by the Newton Marasco Foundation and became the nation's first environmental stewardship award.[1][2] The GEBA ceremony is held annually in collaboration with The Nature Generation[3] and Salisbury University at the EnviroKids Literacy Festival in Wicomico County, Maryland.[4][5]
Entrants books are judged by a panel of educational professionals, authors, and librarians[6] who are volunteers for the program. Judges review the books using a set of criteria in categories such as environmental stewardship, defense of nature, and the plot's inclusion of environmental awareness.[4]
The first year of the competition held only one winner in the picture book category but the awards program has since grown to four categories with one winner in each category.[7]
Categories
| Categories | Current Description |
|---|---|
| Picture Book | books for young readers told by both visual and narrative elements |
| Children's Fiction | novels for young readers up to age 12 |
| Young Adult Fiction | novels for readers aged 13 to 21 |
| Children's and Young Adult Nonfiction | nonfiction books for readers from ages 0 to 21 |
Picture Book Winners
Awarded books for picture books designed for children from ages 3 to 8.
| Year | Author | Illustrator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Lynne Cherry | Lynne Cherry | The Sea, the Storm and the Mangrove Tangle |
| 2006 | Anthony Fredericks | Jennifer DiRubbio | Near One Cattail |
| 2007 | Graeme Base | Graeme Base | Uno's Garden |
| 2008 | Jean Davies Okimoto | Jeremiah Trammell | Winston of Churchill |
| 2009 | Helen Ward | Marc Craste | Varmints |
| 2010 | Eileen Spinelli | Anne Kennedy | Miss Fox's Class Goes Green |
| 2011 | Todd Parr | Todd Parr | The Earth Book |
| 2012 | Marc Brown | Marc Brown | Arthur Turns Green |
| 2013 | David McPhail | David McPhail | The Family Tree |
| 2014 | Jennifer O'Connell | Jennifer O'Connell | The Eye of the Whale |
| 2015 | Nicola Davies | Laura Carlin | The Promise |
| 2016 | Jane Yolen | Melanie Cataldo | The Stranded Whale[8] |
| 2017 | Phillippe Cousteau, Deborah Hopkinson | Meilo So | Follow the Moon Home |
| 2018 | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Claudia McGehee | Creekfinding: A True Story |
| 2019 | Kate Messner | Matthew Forsythe | The Brilliant Deep, Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs[9] |
| 2020 | Elizabeth Rusch | Teresa Martinez | Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet |
| 2021 | Deborah Hopkinson | Meilo So | Butterflies Belong Here |
Children's Fiction Winners
Awarded books for children's fiction novels designed for children up to age 12.
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bill Harley | The Night of the Spadefoot Frogs |
| 2010 | S. Terrell French | Operation Redwood |
| 2011 | Laurie Friedman | Mallory Goes Green |
| 2012 | Gill Lewis | Wild Wings |
| 2013 | Gill Lewis | One White Dolphin |
| 2014 | Kathi Appelt | The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp |
| 2015 | Jennifer Donnelly | Deep Blue |
| 2016 | Ali Benjamin | The Thing About Jellyfish[8] |
| 2017 | Mary Knight | Saving Wonder |
| 2018 | Margarita Engle | Forest World |
| 2019 | Mardi McConnochie | The Flooded Earth[9] |
| 2020 | Jenny Goebel | Out of My Shell |
| 2021 | Michele Weber Hurwitz | Hello from Renn Lake |
Young Adult Fiction Winners
Awarded books for young adult fiction novels designed for children aged 13 to 21.
| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Carl Hiassen | Flush |
| 2007 | Sneed B. Collard III | Flash Point |
| 2008 | O.R. Melling | The Light-Bearer's Daughter |
| 2009 | Peter Gould | Write Naked |
| 2009 | Pamela Todd | Blind Faith Hotel |
| 2010 | Saci Lloyd | The Carbon Diaries: 2015 |
| 2011 | Abby McDonald | Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Books |
| 2013 | Eliot Schrefer | Endangered |
| 2014 | Suzanne Goldsmith | Washashore |
| 2015 | Eliot Schrefer | Threatened |
| 2016 | Todd Strasser | The Beast of Cretacea[8] |
| 2017 | Amy Allgeyer | Dig Too Deep |
| 2019 | Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman | Dry[9] |
| 2020 | Adrienne Kisner | The Confusion of Laurel Graham |
| 2021 | Josh Swiller[10] | Bright Shining World |
Children's Nonfiction Winners
Awarded books for non-fiction books designed for children aged from 0 to 12.
| Year | Author | Illustrator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Melissa Stewart | Higgins Bond | A Place for Butterflies |
| 2008 | Laurie David, Cambria Gordon | N/A | The Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming |
| 2010 | Marfe Ferguson Delano | N/A | Earth in the Hot Seat |
| 2011 | Elin Kelsey | Clayton Hanmer | Not Your Typical Book About the Environment |
| 2012 | Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth | Susan L. Roth | The Mangrove Tree |
| 2013 | Loree Griffin Burns | Ellen Harasimowicz | Citizen Scientists |
| 2014 | Melissa Stewart | Higgins Bond | A Place for Turtles |
| 2015 | Patricia Newman | Annie Crawley | Plastic Ahoy! Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch |
| 2016 | Karen Romano Young, Daniel Raven-Ellison | N/A | Mission: Sea Turtle Rescue[8] |
| 2017 | Maris Wicks | Maris Wicks | Science Comics: Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean |
| 2018 | Patricia Newman | N/A | Sea Otters: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem |
| 2019 | Erica Fyvie | Bill Slavin | Trash Revolution[9] |
References
- ↑ Torgerson-Lundin, Jessica. "LibGuides: Children/Young Adult Book Awards: Green Earth Book Award". libguides.msubillings.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ Chapel, Fred; James, Sharon; McDermott, J. Cynthia (March 2008). "The Green Earth Book Award". Book Links. Chicago. 17 (4): 26.
- ↑ "Green Earth Book Award Winners Announced". GFWC. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Green Earth Book Award | The Nature Generation". www.natgen.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ University, Salisbury. "EnviroKids Literacy Festival". Salisbury University. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "Lewes librarian selected as Green Earth Book Awards judge". Cape Gazette. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ Meadows, Rebecca. "UCF Research Guides: Award Winning and Notable Children's Books PreK - 8: Green Earth Book Award". guides.ucf.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Green Earth Book Award Winners Announced". GFWC. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "2019 Green Earth Book Award Winners Announced". Canadian Children's Book Centre. 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ↑ "2021 Green Earth Book Award Winner — Josh Swiller (Zambia) | Peace Corps Worldwide". peacecorpsworldwide.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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