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The Blueberry Award Winner, Honors and Changemakers!
The Blueberry Award is a brand new children’s book prize in its inaugural year. The Blueberry is given to the children’s book that best engenders a love of nature in children ages 3 – 10. There is one winner and 25 Honor Books PLUS a list of Changemaker books that help children act in response to climate change. A 2020 BBC poll found 80% of kids are concerned about the environment. This new award aims to give kids the highest quality materials to learn and to act!
The 2022 Blueberry Award Winner, Honors and Changemakers!
Kids deserve the very best books to learn more about nature and to start some action for the planet! The Blueberry Awards, begun by Evanston Public Library in 2021, annually showcase the best in kids’ literature about the earth and its protectors.
2023 Blueberry Award Booklist!
Drumroll! Here are the 2023 Blueberry Awards winners, honors and change makers, the best nature and climate books for kids 3 – 10+! This list has been curated by librarians, collection development managers, our city’s Sustainability Manager, our school’s sustainability manager, dedicated staff from the Evanston Ecology Center, and early childhood development experts to assure parents, teacher and kids that these books are excellent and truthful, but in age-appropriate ways, designed to support delight first and group climate action second.
3rd Annual Blueberry Awards to be announced live on March 14
Blueberry Awards honor excellence in environmental literature for children EVANSTON, ILL. – The Evanston Public Library is pleased to announce that the 3rd Annual Blueberry Awards, recognizing excellence in children’s literature about nature and climate stewardship, will be announced live on Thursday, March 14, with an awards ceremony and party celebrating the authors, their work, […]
A sneak peek of the 3rd Annual Blueberry Award winners
Why would one relatively small, suburban library launch its own national children’s book award full of bugs, trees, and climate heroes? “The American Library Association does not have an award that’s specifically for nature and climate books,” said Evanston Public Library Children’s Library Assistant Martha Meyer, the force behind the Blueberry Awards, at a special […]