Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2018 winners announced

Source : 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.