"Growing Good Kids" Book Awards 2010
The 2010 winners, all picture books, are as follows:
Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis, by Robbin Gourley (Houghton Mifflin)
The Busy Tree, written by Jennifer Ward and illustrated by Lisa Falkenstern (Marshall Cavendish)
The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown (Little, Brown,)
Our Shadow Garden, by Cherie Foster Colburn, with art by the children of the Children's Cancer Hospital of M.D. Andersen Cancer Center (Bright Sky Press)
The American Horticultural Society explains the prizes on its website,
"Created by the American Horticultural Society and the Junior Master
Gardener program, the “Growing Good Kids—Excellence in Children’s
Literature” award program honors outstanding children’s gardening and
nature books. Each year, this award will recognize a select group of
children’s books that are especially effective at promoting an
understanding of, and appreciation for, gardening and the environment."
Don't miss the "Growing Good Kids" classics, too. You'll find Miss Rumphius, The Ugly Vegetables, Too Many Pumpkins, and many more excellent books to share with children.