Green Earth Book Award Nominees for 2015: K-12

On April 22, 2015 winners and honor books for each category will be determined.  These are the nominated books.

 PICTURE BOOK

• A Bird on My Hand by Mary Bevis and illustrated by Consie Powell
• A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz and Catia Chien
• Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm and illustrated by Molly Bang
• E-I-E-I-O:  How Old MacDonald Got His Farm by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Matthew Myers
• Five Famous Mice Meet Winston of Churchill by Jean Davies Okimoto and illustrated by Jeremiah Trammell
• Hope Springs by Eric Walters and illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
• Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by G. Brian Karas
• Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
• Old Manhattan Has Some Farms by Susan Lendroth and illustrated by Kate Endle
• Sequoia by Tony Johnson and illustrated by Wendall Minor
• The Great Big Green by Peggy Gifford and illustrated by Lisa Desimini
• The Promise by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Laura Carline
• Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube by Pat Mora and illustrated by Melio So
• The Cod’s Tale by Mark Kurlansky and illustrated by S.D. Schindler

 CHILDREN’S FICTION

• A Bird On Water Street by Elizabeth O. Dulemba
• Josie and the Fourth Grade Bike Brigade by Beth Handman, Kenny Bruno, and Antonia Bruno and illustrated by Janet Pedersen
• Mystery of the Eagle’s Nest by Tamra Wight and illustrated by Carl DiRocco
• Ospreys in Danger by Pamela McDowell and illustrated by Kasia Charko
• Saving Sammy by Eric Walters and illustrated by Amy Meissner
• TreeCat by Jackie McFadden and illustrated by Tara Thelen
• Violet Mackerel’s Pocket Protest by Anna Branford and illustrated by Elanna Allen
• Waterfire Saga: Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly

CHILDREN’S NONFICTION

• Because I Am a Girl: I Can Change the World by Rosemary McCarney and Jen Albaugh
• Every Last Drop:  Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder
• Kali’s Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis and John Gomes
• Plastic, Ahoy!:  Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman and Annie Crawley
• Recycling Day by Edward Miller
• Skydiver:  Saving the Fastest Bird in the World by Celia Godkin
• The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees:  A Scientific Mystery by Sandra Markle
• The Kid’s Guide to Exploring Nature by Education Staff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Sarah Schmidt, Editor; and Laszlo Veres
• Who Needs A Reef? by Karen Patkau

Young Adult

YOUNG ADULT FICTION

• Blue Iguana by Wendy Townsend
• Parched by Georgia Clark
• Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet
• Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal by Margarita Engle
• The Starling God by Tanya Sousa and illustrated by Jacob Grant
• Threatened by Eliot Schrefer

YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION

• Beetle Busters by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz
• Breath of Wilderness by Kristin Eggerling and the Olson Family
• Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cat by Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop
• Eyes Wide Open:  Going Behind the Environmental Headlines by Paul Fleischman
• Severn and the Day She Silenced the World by Janet Wilson and Janet Wilson
• The Changing Climate of Asia by Patricia K. Kummer
• The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans by Elizabeth Rusch
• Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays, and Other Endangered Sea Creatures by Matt Dembicki