The Blueberry Award Winner, Honors and Changemakers!
Title: How to Find a Fox
By: Kate Gardner, with photographer Ossi Saarinen
Published: 2021
THE BLUEBERRY WINNER! This book celebrates one of our planet's most graceful and enchanting creatures: the red fox. Ossi Saarinen's stunning wildlife photos and Kate Gardner's lively and informative words capture the magical and profound connection between animals and humans. Readers will be inspired to get outside and make their own discoveries--maybe with a camera in-hand, just like Ossi! Age Range: 4 - 8 years, but all ages will love this book!
Call Number: x599.775 Gardn.K
Title: Grasshopper
By: Tatiana Ukhova
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. In this colorful and moving wordless picture book told from the up-close perspectives of a young girl and a grasshopper, a garden comes alive with creatures, plants, and (violent) surprises of nature. As the day progresses, the girl learns the profound effect she has on the natural world around her. Age Range: 4 -7 years
Call Number: JPicture Ukhov. T
Title: I Eat Poop, A Dung Beetle Story
By: Mark Pett
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. Dougie has a secret: he’s not a ground beetle. He’s a dung beetle, and he loves eating poop. Dougie knows he should be proud. Dung beetles help process waste and do other extraordinary things! But Dougie also knows that if anyone at school saw his lunch, he’d be an outcast. Learn about real bug superpowers in this hilarious book! Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Call Number: JPicture Pett.M
Title: Jayden's Impossible Garden
By: Mélina Mangal
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. Timeless and vibrant, this story highlights the beauty of intergenerational relationships and the power of imagination and perseverance in bringing the vision of a community garden to life. Jayden’s love of nature in the city will inspire readers to see their environment as bursting with opportunities for growth and connection. Age Range: 4 - 9 years
Call Number: JPicture Manga.M
Title: Fatima's Great Outdoors
By: Ambreen Tariq
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. An immigrant family embarks on their first camping trip in the Midwest in this picture book by Ambreen Tariq, outdoors activist and founder of @BrownPeopleCamping. Fatima is excited for the weekend. Her family is headed to a local state park for their first camping trip! The school week might not have gone as planned, but outdoors, Fatima feels stronger and more peaceful. Includes lovely elements of Pakistani culture. Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Call Number: JPicture Tariq.A
Title: Let it Grow
By: Mary Ann Fraser
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. A young boy has a pumpkin seed. And what will become of this very small but special seed? He'll only find out if he lets it grow...and grow...and grow! Because sometimes the smallest things can lead to the biggest adventures! Age Range: 4 - 7 years
Call Number JPicture Frase.M
Title: Night Walk
By: Marie Dorléans
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. "Mama opened our bedroom door. 'Wake up, you two,' she whispered. 'Let's go, so we get there on time.'" Excited, the sleepy family step outside into a beautiful summer night. The world is quiet and shadowy, filled with fresh smells and amazing sights. What will we find in the dark night? This book is a graceful, perfectly paced appreciation of nature. Age Range: Ages 3–7 years
Call Number: JPicture Dorle.M
Title: On the Trapline
By: David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, illustrator
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. (Winner of the Governor General Award for Children's Literature in Canada). David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation, and this book was inspired by a trip the author took with his late father. Julie Flett is Cree-Métis and this is her strongest book yet. Age Range: 4 - 8 years, but this book is so moving and powerful, no age is immune.
Call Number: JPicture Rober.D
Title: What Can You Do with A Rock?
By: Pat Zietlow Miller
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. This is a timeless story about creativity, exploration, and friendship: What can you do with a rock?
You can skip them.
You can sort them.
Best of all, you can share them. Age Range: 4 - 7 years
Call Number: JPicture Mille.P
Title: Wonder Walkers
By: Micha Archer
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor Book/Picture Book. When two curious kids embark on a wonder walk, they let their imaginations go as they look at the world in a whole new light. They have thought-provoking questions for everything they see: Is the sun the world's light bulb? Is dirt the world's skin? Is the wind the world breathing? I wonder. A brilliant introduction to metaphor and one way we can experience nature! A 2022 Caldecott Honor book. Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Call Number: JPicture Arche.M
Title: Fourteen Monkeys: A Rainforest Rhyme
By: Melissa Stewart Illustrated by Steve Jenkins
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/Nonfiction Picture Book. In Manú National Park in Peru, an amazing fourteen different species of monkeys live together. That's more than in any other rainforest in the world! How do they coexist so well? Find out in this lyrical, rhyming picture book that explores each monkey's habits, diet, and home, illustrating how this delicate ecosystem and its creatures live together in harmony. Age Range: 3 - 8 years but adults learn a lot too!
Call Number: x599.8 Stewa.M
Title: I am Smoke
By: Henry Herz
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/ Nonfiction Picture Book. Smoke itself narrates this story about all the ways that humans have used the “swirling, roiling mist of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ash” in this extensive treatment of the elusive material. Debuting artist López integrates photographic images of smoke into earth-toned spreads, creating realistic-looking effects. Named to the ALA Notable Children's Books 2022. Age Range: 6-8 years
Call Number: JPicture Herz.H
Title: Out of the Blue: How Animals Evolved from Prehistoric Seas
By: Elizabeth Shreeve
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/Nonfiction Picture Book. Graceful, succinct prose and engaging illustrations trace the evolution of life on Earth out of the blue and back again. Age Range: 6 - 9 years
Call Number: x576.8 Shree.E
Title: Strange Nature
By: Gregory Mone Photographs by Levon Biss
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/Nonfiction Picture Book. A stunning collection of amazing, detailed photographs by Levon Biss unlocks the beauty of the insect world. The book also features a kid-friendly text from science writer Gregory Mone. Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: x595.7 Mone.G
Title: Summertime Sleepers: Animals That Estivate
By: Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah S Brannen
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/Nonfiction Picture Book. Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But it's time to discover animals that sleep all summer long! 2022 Sibert Medal Nominee. Age Range: 6 - 9 years
Call Number: x571.786 Stewa.M
Title: The Strangest Thing in the Sea And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep
By: Rachel Poliquin
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor book/Nonfiction Picture Book. A look at some very strange creatures in the sea --- but which is the strangest? Not everything is quite as it seems in this exploration of 12 bizarre and little-known sea animals. Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Call Number: x591.77 Poliq.R
Title: Dear Treefrog
By: Joyce Sidman illustrated by Diana Sudyka
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/ Poetry. With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman tells the story of a lonely girl moving into a new home and the little treefrog that helps her connect to the world around her. Age Range: 4 - 7 years
Call Number: JPicture Sidma.J
Title: Photo Ark A B C: An Animal Alphabet in Poetry and Pictures
By: Debbie Levy (poetry), Joel Sartore (photographs)
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/ Poetry. From armadillo to zebra, this enchanting picture book pairs the stunning nature photography of National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore with playful poems by New York Times best-selling author Debbie Levy to represent the letters of the alphabet and celebrate the diversity of the animal world.
Age Range: 3 - 7 years
Call Number: x590 Levy.D
Title: Design Like Nature: Biomimicry for a Healthy Planet
By: Megan Clendenan and Kim Ryall Woolcock
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Nonfiction. Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such as climate change. Sure to spark an interest in biomimicry, from casual readers to budding scientists. Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Call Number: x608 Clend.M
Title: Mimic Makers: Biomimicry Inventors Inspired by Nature
By: Kristen Nordstrom
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Nonfiction. Who's the best teacher for scientists, engineers, AND designers? Mother nature, of course! Meet ten real-life scientists, engineers, and designers of diverse backgrounds who imitate plants and animals to create amazing new technology. Age Range: 7 - 10 years
Call Number: x610.28 Nords.K
Title: Inside In: X-Rays of Nature's Hidden World
By: Jan Paul Schutten Photography by Arie van' t Riet
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Nonfiction. Discover nature’s secret world with this amazing collection of X-ray photographs of animals and plants! Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: x591 Schut.J
Title: The World's Most Pointless Animals: Or are they?
By: Philip Bunting
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Nonfiction. This is a witty, quirky, colorfully-illustrated book featuring fascinating facts about some very silly animals…and we find that they are perhaps not so pointless after all. Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Call Number: x590 Bunti.P
Title: One Small Hop
By: Madelyn Rosenberg
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Fiction. Ahab and his friends find a bullfrog in their town—a real, live bullfrog, possibly the last bullfrog in North America! This humorous adventure story set in a not-so-distant future celebrates the important differences we can make with small, brave acts. This book also wrestles with how to have hope at all in the face of climate change, species loss, ecological degradation, government ineptitude and human indifference - and succeeds. Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: J Rosen.M
Title: Paradise on Fire
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Fiction. A coming-of-age survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change, this book first shares how empowering being in the wilderness can be and then gives a sense of what running from a California wildfire would be like. Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy’s grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness program. Age Range: 10 - 18 years
Call Number J Rhode.J
Title: Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear
By: Trang Nguyen and Thi Thy Trang Nguyen, illustrated by Jeet Zdung
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Fiction. After learning all about her Vietnamese ecosystem, a young girl is accepted as a volunteer at her local rescue center and is tasked with an incredible job: teach a young sun bear how to live on its own in the wild! The author, also a Vietnamese conservationist, is creating fiction from her own story. With breathtaking art and STEM facts galore, Chang's daring story is for any young reader, animal lover, or intrepid explorer! Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: JGraphic Nguye.T
Title: The Way of the Hive: A Honey Bee's Story
By: Jay Hosler
Published: 2021
Blueberry Honor/Fiction. Nyuki is a brand-new honey bee--and she has a lot of questions. Like how does a bee larva go through metamorphosis? And why do queen bees sometimes leave their hives? Follow Nyuki on a lifelong journey as she annoys her sisters, avoids predators, and learns to trust her inner voice as she masters the way of the hive. Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: JGraphic Hosle.J
Title: The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics
By: Susan Hood
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemaker/Nonfiction Poetry. "Thoughtful and thought-provoking, this book will plant the seeds of environmental activism in young readers." —Kirkus. With The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics, readers will be fascinated as they learn about the growing plastic problem and meet just a few of the young activists who are standing up and speaking out for change. Age Range: 4 -8 years
Call Number: x363.738 Hood.S
Title: The Wild World Handbook: Habitats
By: by Andrea Debbink illustrated by Asia Orlando
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemakers/Nonfiction. Packed with real-life tales of adventure, cool illustrations, and practical tools, this handbook is an inspiring guide for the next generation of climate activists, conservationists, and nature lovers. The Wild World Handbook offers a roadmap for change and an invitation to explore the outdoors, alongside surprising facts and hands-on activities. Age Range: 8 - 14 years
Call Number: x333.9516 Debbi.A
Title: Nature Out of Balance: How Invasive Species are Changing the Planet
By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemakers/Nonfiction. Plants, animals, insects and fish are moving in. Invasive species threaten local ecosystems and the planet’s biodiversity, but are they all as bad as we think they are? Author Merrie-Ellen Wilcox profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Call Number x578.62 Wilco
Title: How Do We Stop Climate Change? Mind Mappers: Making Difficult Subjects Easy to Understand
By: Written by Tom Jackson
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemakers/Nonfiction. A unique and beautiful approach to understanding climate change with practical actions to help protect the planet. Beautiful illustrations from noted picture book illustrator Dragan Kordic combine with a straightforward narrative from science writer Tom Jackson to make this an enticing, fascinating, and illuminating read. Age Range: 8 - 12 years
Call Number: x363.73874 Jacks.T
Title: Green Kids Cook: Simple, Delicious Recipes & Top Tips; Good for you Good, for the Planet
By: Jenny Chandler (Bean Ambassador for the European Union!)
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemakers/Nonfiction. This fun cookbook teaches young people to engage with healthy food and sustainability with over 50 easy and adaptable recipes and special feature spreads on the environment, plus crafts and easy ways to help the planet. This book really engages the next generation of foodies in a positive way! Age Range: 7 - 14 ages
Call Number: x641.5 Chand.J
Title: The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures
By: Curtis Manley, Illustrations by Lucy Ruth Cummins
Published: 2021
Blueberry Changemakers/ Picture Book. Roberta rescues tiny creatures. You know, the ones stranded in the middle of the sidewalk. A lot of the time, that earns her funny looks from kids in school. But when a swarm of baby spiders finds its way into the classroom, Roberta will save the day with her knowledge and creativity, showing everybody that tiny creatures aren't so scary after all. They just need friends who rescue and understand them! Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Call Number: JPicture Manle.C