Christina Booth wins Wilderness Society Award for her picture book

Looks like Tassie members have scooped the pools in the Wilderness Society 2014 Environment Award for Children's Literature!

Congrats to author/illustrator Christina Booth for winning the Picture Book category with

Welcome Home

published by Ford Street Publishing

isbns 9781925000092 (paperback) and 9781925000085 (hardcover)
for ages primary to middle school

A whale swims into the river and tells a young boy the dark history between whales and man. Is she safe to return home and can a young boy restore the relationship? The boy says sorry and the whale disappears. Is it too late? She's then seen swimming with her calf. 'It is safe,' she says. 'Welcome home,' says the boy. 'Welcome home,' whispers the mountain.

Sounds very moving - congrats again Christina!

Gay McKinnon and Anne Morgan win Wilderness Society Award

Congrats to Tassie members Anne Morgan (author) and Gay McKinnon (illustrator) - our Tassie rep - on winning (shared for first place)

The Wilderness Society's 2014 Environmental Award for Children's Literature, Young Readers' category, with:

The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land
and other eco-tales

In this delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the girl with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising.
Times have changed in Fairytale Land!

What novel twists - great stuff Anne and Gay!