{"title":"Environment Award for Children's Literature Winners","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tree-claire-saxby-9781761069505","title":"Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED: 2025 Nonfiction Prize, Environment Award for Children's Literature\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003eCan you see the forest on this misty-morning mountain? Can you see where the tree stands? It is the tallest in this forest of tall trees. This tree is older than those who find it, younger than the land it grows from. Between sapwood and heartwood, water rises and energy flows. Listen to the leaves bustle. Smell the forest air. This is the world of the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Iceberg - marrying deep scientific research, lyrical language and stunning illustrations - multi-award-winning and highly acclaimed creators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft return with a change in environment, from ocean to land. Their new collaboration follows a mighty tree, from the bottom of its roots up to the tips of its upper branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIceberg won the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award and was a Notable Book in the Eve Pownall Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tree invites readers into the forest, asking them to close their eyes to imagine the sounds and breathe in the fresh air. Curious young minds aged 5+ will lap up this journey of discovery.' Books+Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claire Saxby","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45288018116851,"sku":"9781761069505","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781761069505.jpg?v=1712171154"},{"product_id":"afloat-kirli-saunders-9781760505899","title":"Afloat","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoam the water with me. We are here to learn. \n\u003cbr\u003eHere to spin wisdom, to grow ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning Gunai author Kirli Saunders and seven-time CBCA-winner Freya Blackwood comes Afloat, a story told in a time of climate crisis. Against a backdrop of a changed environment, an Elder leads a child along the waterways, sharing her People's knowledge and gathering community along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfloat is an uplifting and inspiring picture book that uses the practice of weaving as a powerful metaphor for the honouring and teaching of First Nations wisdom, and the coming together of all people to survive, thrive and create a more hopeful future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaim for Afloat:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHonour Book, 2025 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards, Picture Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, 2025 Wilderness Society Environment Awards for Children's Literature, Picture Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writing Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hope is the ultimate takeaway from this moving story about community, First Nations wisdom and climate change.' 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