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FOOD FOR THE FUTURE Makes Green Earth Book Award Long List!

FOOD FOR THE FUTURE Makes Green Earth Book Award Long List!

Posted on March 20, 2024July 2, 2024 by Pragmatic Mom

I am thrilled that Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World has made the Green Earth Book Award long list. Check out this amazing list perfect for Earth Day coming up on April 22nd!

Green Earth Book Award – 2024 Long List

PICTURE BOOK – PRIMARY READERS

Books for young readers in which the visual and verbal narratives together tell the story

 

A Manta Ray’s Journey by Jessica Pate and Allie Brown, illustrated by Larrea Young (Outskirts Press)

Art & Oakie Ask: Do You Speak Bear? by Josh Oaktree, illustrated by Josiane Vlitos (Oak Tree Comics)

Be Thankful for Water by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Brian Fitzgerald (Red Comet Press)

Bee Catastrophe: We’ll Miss them When They’re Gone by Marta Magellan, illustrated by Marta Magellan (Eifrig Publishing)

Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day by Shaunna and John Stith, illustrated by Maribel Lechuga (Little Bee Books)

Composting for Community by Michael Martinez, illustrated by Hannah Abbo (Gloo Books)

Dear Earth by Isabel Otter, illustrated by Clara Anganuzzi (Tiger Tales)

Do You Speak Tree? by Amelia Boscov, Josh Oaktree, and Josiane Vlitos (Oak Tree Comics)

Every Little Seed by Cynthia Schumerth, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli (Sleeping Bear Press)

Flidgywumper Saves the Seas by Karin Westdyk, illustrated by Katharina Pachta(Amazon)

Flitt’s Call by Kara Griffin, illustrated by K. Shawn Larson (Acorn Press)

Food for the Future: Sustainable Farms Around the World by Mia Wenjen, illustrated by Robert Sae-Heng (Barefoot Books)

Ganesha Goes Green by Lakshmi Thamizhmani, illustrated by Debasmita Dasgupta (Barefoot Books)

Giver of Gifts: Nature’s Story of Hope by Everly Cade, illustrated by Sabrina Riegler (Snapdragon Studio)

Great Carrier Reef by Jessica Stremer, illustrated by Gordy Wright (Holiday House)

Harold the Iceberg Melts Down by Lisa Wyzlic, illustrated by Rebecca Syracuse (Feiwel and Friends – an imprint of Macmillan)

I Am a Meadow Mermaid by Kallie George, illustrated by Elly MacKay (Tundra Books)

If the Rivers Run Free by Andrea Debbink, illustrated by Nicole Wong (Sleeping Bear Press)

Listen to the Earth: Caring for Our Planet by Carme Lemniscates, illustrated by Carme Lemniscates (Tilbury House Publishers)

Living Green and the Lake Water by Florian Bushy, illustrated by Ritwij Sasmal (Independent Published)

Mnoomin maan’gowing / The Gift of Mnoomin by Brittany Luby, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Groundwood Books Ltd.)

My First Book of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle by duopress labs, illustrated by Åsa Gilland (Sourcebooks)

My Wish for the World by Kristine A Lombardi, illustrated by Kristine A Lombardi (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

Our Roof is Blue by Sara E. Echenique, illustrated by Ashley Vargas (Charlesbridge Publishing)

Sanctuary: A Home for Rescued Farm Animals by Julie Denos (Harper Collins)

Stand as Tall as the Trees by Patricia Gualinga and Laura Resau, illustrated by Vanessa Jaramillo (Charlesbridge Publishing)

Tadpoles by Matt James, illustrated by Matt James (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)

The Be Kind Alphabet by Anouk Frolic, illustrated by Anouk Frolic (Lantern Publishing & Media)

The Bees of Notre-Dame by Meghan P. Browne, illustrated by E. B. Goodale (Random House Studio)

The City Tree by Shira Boss, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez (Harper Collins)

The ForestGirls, at the Edge of Land of Sea by Sissel Waage, illustrated by Ana-Maria Cosma (Lulu Press)

The Garbage Can That Blew Away by Erica J. Anker, illustrated by Li Liu (Anker Books)

The Girl Who Heard the Music by Marni Fogelson with Mahani Teave, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns (Sourcebooks)

The Penguin of Ilha Grande: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship by Shannon Earle, illustrated by Renato Alarcao (Charlesbridge Publishing)

The Planet We Call Home by Aimee Isaac, illustrated by Jaime Kim (Philomel/Penguin Young Readers/Penguin Random House)

We Need the Amazon Rain Forest by Robert E. Wells, illustrated by Patrick Corrigan (Albert Whitman & Co.)

What Humming-Fish Wish: How YOU Can Help Protect Sea Creatures by Michelle Meadows, illustrated by Aristides Ruiz (Random House Children’s Books / Random House Books for Young Readers)

2024 Green Earth Book Award Long List!

 

p.s. Related posts:

New! Food for the Future Activity and Discussion Guide!

‘Food for the Future’ makes Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best

Food for the Future: How to Grow Shitake Mushrooms

FOOD FOR THE FUTURE makes Imagination Soup’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

Supertree Grove in Singapore featured in Food for the Future

Food for the Future in EdibleBoston! 4 page insert!

Food for the Future: Sustainable Values in Children’s Books at ALAAC23

FOOD FOR THE FUTURE Book Launch with Josh Funk at Hummingbird Books

 

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1 thought on “FOOD FOR THE FUTURE Makes Green Earth Book Award Long List!”

  1. Claire Noland says:
    March 21, 2024 at 12:56 pm

    Congratulations! This is a great list.

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