Riverby Awards

Given by John Burroughs Association

Andre Navne: John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers (Engelsk)
234 Works 36,845 Bøger 1,649 Reviews 4.1
Since 1926, the Association has awarded the prestigious John Burroughs Medal to the author of a distinguished nature book. The Association added the annual Riverby Award for young readers in 1988 vis mere and the John Burroughs Nature Essay Award in 1994. The awards recognize works of excellent writing about the natural world. They have to helped propel the careers of many outstanding authors and have expanded their audiences. Award winners have included Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, John McPhee, Roger Tory Peterson, and Peter Matthiessen, among many others.

Cash prizes are now given to the winner of each award. Nominations are accepted each summer through a specific deadline for each award. To submit a nomination, click on the link below under the award category. vis mindre
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Winner 232

VærkÅr
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants af Robin Wall Kimmerer2023
Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night af Julia Kuo2023
A Warbler's Journey af Scott Weidensaul2023
Begin with a Bee af Liza Ketchum2022
The Leaf Detective: How Margaret Lowman Uncovered Secrets in the Rainforest af Heather Lang2022
Over and Under the Canyon af Kate Messner2022
Ocean Speaks: How Marie Tharp Revealed the Ocean's Biggest Secret af Jess Keating2021
I am the Elwha af Lori Peelen2021
Longneedle (True Tales for Young Readers) af Anne Marshall Runyon2021
Secrets of the Loon af Laura Purdie Salas2021
My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall's Story af John Coy2020
The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds af Sy Montgomery2020
Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle (Tilbury House Nature Book) af Mary Beth Owens2020
A Children's Guide to Arctic Butterflies af Mia Pelletier2020
Unseen Worlds: Real-Life Microscopic Creatures Hiding All Around Us af Hélène Rajcak2020
A Stone Sat Still af Brendan Wenzel2020
Salamander Sky af Katy Farber2019
The Coral Kingdom af Laura Knowles2019
We Build Our Homes: Small Stories of Incredible Animal Architects af Laura Knowles2019
The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World's Coral Reefs: The Story of Ken Nedimyer and the Coral Restoration Foundation af Kate Messner2019
Natural History Collector: Hunt, Discover, Learn! af Michael Sanchez2019
Counting Birds: The Idea That Helped Save Our Feathered Friends af Heidi E. Y. Stemple2019
Robins!: How They Grow Up af Eileen Christelow2018
Creekfinding: A True Story af Jacqueline Briggs Martin2018
Over and Under the Pond af Kate Messner2018
Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World's Largest Rainforest af Sy Montgomery2018
Karl, Get Out of the Garden!: Carolus Linnaeus and the Naming of Everything af Anita Sanchez2018
Circle af Jeannie Baker2017
Olinguito, de La A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z! af Lulu Delacre2017
Plants Can't Sit Still af Rebecca E. Hirsch2017
Finding Wild af Megan Wagner Lloyd2017
The Great White Shark Scientist af Sy Montgomery2017
One North Star: A Counting Book af Phyllis Root2017
Crow Smarts af Pamela Turner2017
Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature Journal af Sandra Morris2016
The Secret Bay af Kimberly Ridley2016
Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle (Junior Library Guild Selection) af Cheryl Bardoe2015
Water rolls, water rises = El agua rueda, el agua sube af Pat Mora2015
Plant a Pocket of Prairie af Phyllis Root2015
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands af Katherine Roy2015
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold af Joyce Sidman2015
Feathers: Not Just for Flying af Melissa Stewart2015
The Mystery of Darwin's Frog af Marty Crump2014
The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest--and Most Surprising--Animals on Earth af Steve Jenkins2014
The Secret Pool af Kimberly Ridley2014
Parrots Over Puerto Rico af Susan L. Roth2014
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas af Molly Bang2013
Wild Horse Scientists af Kay Frydenborg2013
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 af Phillip Hoose2013
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World af Laurie Lawlor2013
A Leaf Can Be . . . af Laura Purdie Salas2013
The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species af Peter Lourie2012
The Elephant Scientist (Scientists in the Field Series) af Caitlin O'Connell2012
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature af Joyce Sidman2012
For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson af Peggy Thomas2012
Far from Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage af Sophie Webb2012
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe af Loree Griffin Burns2011
Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter Macmillian, Arctic Explorer af Mary Morton Cowan2011
Bugs and Bugsicles: Insects in the Winter af Amy S. Hansen2011
Adventure Beneath the Sea: Living in an Underwater Science Station af Kenneth Mallory2011
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships af Robin Page2011
Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors af Joyce Sidman2011
The Riverbank af Charles Darwin2010
What Bluebirds Do af Pamela F. Kirby2010
Whaling Season: A Year in the Life of an Arctic Whale Scientist af Peter Lourie2010
Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming af Jan Reynolds2010
A Mirror to Nature: Poems About Reflection af Jane Yolen2010
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion af Loree Griffin Burns2008
Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd af Karsten Heuer2008
It's a Butterfly's Life af Irene Kelly2008
Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed... and Revealed af David M. Schwartz2008
Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea af Chris Butterworth2007
John Muir: America's First Environmentalist af Kathryn Lasky2007
Little Lost Bat af Sandra Markle2007
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea af Sy Montgomery2007
A Drop of Water af Gordon Morrison2007
One Night in the Coral Sea af Sneed B. Collard2006
Hotel Deep: Light Verse from Dark Water af Kurt Cyrus2006
A Mother's Journey af Sandra Markle2006
Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook af Consie Powell2006
The Bumblebee Queen af April Pulley Sayre2006
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon af Jacqueline Davies2005
Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems af Kristine O'Connell George2005
The Tarantula Scientist af Sy Montgomery2005
The Flower Hunter: William Bartram, America's First Naturalist af Deborah Kogan Ray2005
If You Want to See a Caribou af Phyllis Root2005
Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson af Amy Ehrlich2004
It's a Hummingbird's Life af Irene Kelly2004
Keeping a Nature Journal: Discover a Whole New Way of Seeing the World Around You af Clare Walker Leslie2004
Arctic Lights Arctic Night af Debbie S. Miller2004
Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World af Pete Salmansohn2004
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin af Peter Sís2004
Paisano, The Roadrunner af Jennifer Owings Dewey2003
Looking for Life in the Universe af Ellen Jackson2003
Animals on the Trail with Lewis and Clark af Dorothy Hinshaw Patent2003
Crows!: Strange and Wonderful af Laurence Pringle2003
Shape Of Betts Meadow, The af Meghan N. Sayres2003
Henry David's House af Henry David Thoreau2003
FINDING YOUR WAY: ART OF NATURAL NAVIGATION af Jennifer Owings Dewey2002
Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's Microscope af Stephen Kramer2002
Charles Darwin: The Evolution of a Thinker af Dorothy Hinshaw Patent2002
Dragon In The Sky (Junior Library Guild) af Laurence Pringle2002
Mississippi af Diane Siebert2002
A Handful of Dirt af Raymond Bial2001
If You Find a Rock af Peggy Christian2001
Meeting Dolphins af Kathleen Dudzinski2001
Elephant Quest af Ted Lewin2001
Cloud Dance af Thomas Locker2001
The Hungry Hummingbird af April Pulley Sayre2001
Cave af Diane Siebert2001
An Old Shell: Poems of the Galapagos af Tony Johnston2000
Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden af George Levenson2000
The Snake Scientist af Sy Montgomery2000
A North American Rain Forest Scrapbook af Virginia Wright-Frierson2000
Cactus Poems af Frank Asch1999
Mud Matters: Stories from a Mud Lover af Jennifer Dewey1999
Snowflake Bentley af Jacqueline Briggs Martin1999
Ask Me If I'm a Frog (Curious Little Critters) af Ann Milton1999
In Good Hands: Behind the Scenes at a Center for Orphaned and Injured Birds af Stephen R. Swinburne1999
An Island Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk on a Barrier Island af Virginia Wright-Frierson1999
Bats - Shadows In The Night af Diane Ackerman1998
The Secrets of Animal Flight af Nic Bishop1998
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy af Kathryn Lasky1998
Storm on the Desert af Carolyn Lesser1998
Little Big Ears: The Story of Ely af Cynthia Moss1998
A Log's Life af Wendy Pfeffer1998
An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly af Laurence Pringle1998
Nearer Nature af Jim Arnosky1997
Sawgrass Poems: A View of the Everglades: Poems af Frank Asch1997
What Rot! Nature's Mighty Recycler af Elizabeth Ring1997
Journeys With the Ice Bear af Kennan Ward1997
A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert af Virginia Wright-Frierson1997
A City Under the Sea: Life in a Coral Reef af Norbert Wu1997
If You're Not From The Prairie af David Bouchard1996
Backyard Safaris: 52 Year-Round Science Adventures af Phyllis S. Busch1996
Sky Tree: Seeing Science Through Art af Candace Christiansen1996
The Day the Sky Split Apart: Investigating a Cosmic Mystery af Roy A. Gallant1996
Everglades af Jean Craighead George1996
Trees (A Harpercollins Nature Study Book) af Jonathan Pine1996
Working River af Fred Powledge1996
If You Should Hear a Honey Guide af April Pulley Sayre1996
Sand and Fog: Adventures in Southern Africa af Jim Brandenburg1995
The Eagle and the River af Charles Craighead1995
Tano and Binti af Linda Davolls1995
Wildlife Rescue: The Work of Dr. Kathleen Ramsay af Jennifer Dewey1995
The Search for Seismosaurus: The World's Longest Dinosaur af J. Lynett Gillette1995
City Dog af Karla Kuskin1995
Everglades: Buffalo Tiger and the River of Grass (River) af Peter Lourie1995
Wetlands (Harpercollins Nature Study Book) af Ronald N. Rood1995
Grizzlies in the Wild af Kennan Ward1995
Earth keepers af Joan Anderson1994
Tracks in the Wild af Betsy Bowen1994
Making Sense: Animal Perception and Communication (Knowing Nature) af Bruce Brooks1994
Playful Slider: The North American River Otter af Barbara Juster Esbensen1994
Charles Darwin: Revolutionary Biologist af J. Edward Evans1994
Among the Orangutans: The Birute Galdikas Story af Evelyn Gallardo1994
The Big Storm af Bruce Hiscock1994
Assateague: Island of Wild Ponies af Andrea Jauck1994
Jungle Days Jungle Nights af Martin Jordan1994
A Gathering of Garter Snakes af Bianca Lavies1994
Of Things Natural, Wild, and Free: A Story about Aldo Leopold (Creative Minds Biography) af Marybeth Lorbiecki1994
A Beach for the Birds af Bruce McMillan1994
Counting Cranes af Mary Beth Owens1994
Backyard Birds (Harpercollins Nature Study Book) af Jonathan Pine1994
Jackal woman : exploring the world of jackals af Laurence P. Pringle1994
Microaliens: Dazzling Journeys with an Electron Microscope af Howard Tomb1994
Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to Life af Molly Cone1993
The Call of the Running Tide: A Portrait of an Island Family af Nancy Price Graff1993
The Night Of The Whippoorwill af Nancy Larrick1993
Orphan: The Story of a Baby Woodchuck af Faith McNulty1993
ELEPHANTS CALLING: FACE TO FACE (Face to Face With Science) af Katharine Payne1993
Nature Spy af Shelley Rotner1993
John Muir: Wilderness Protector (Lerner Biographies) af Ginger Wadsworth1993
Nature by Design af Bruce Brooks1992
Tiger With Wings af Barbara Juster Esbensen1992
Dawn to dusk in the Galápagos : flightless birds, swimming lizards, and other fascinating creatures af Rita Gelman1992
Summer (Wildlife Seasons Book) af Ron Hirschi1992
Swanfall: Journey of the Tundra Swan af Tom Horton1992
Wasps at Home: 9 af Bianca Lavies1992
The Rock af Peter Parnall1992
I björnskogen af Bertil Pettersson1992
Batman: Exploring the World of Bats af Laurence P. Pringle1992
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky af Chief Seattle1992
Sierra (Trophy Picture Books) af Diane Siebert1992
The Hoiho: New Zealand's yellow-eyed penguin af Adele Vernon1992
Chameleons: Dragons in the Tree af Art Wolfe1992
Crinkleroot's Guide to Walking in Wild Places af Jim Arnosky1991
Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City af Barbara Bash1991
An Owl in the House: A Naturalist's Diary af Bernd Heinrich1991
Winter af Ron Hirschi1991
Dinosaur Dig af Kathryn Lasky1991
If The Owl Calls Again: A Collection of Owl Poems af Myra Cohn Livingston1991
Woodsong af Gary Paulsen1991
The Water's Journey af Eleonore Schmid1991
Hidden Life of the Desert af Thomas Wiewandt1991
RESCUE OF THE STRANDED WHALES (Books for Young Readers) af New England Aquarium1990
In the Forest: A Portfolio of Paintings af Jim Arnosky1990
Eric Carle's Animals Animals af Eric Carle1990
Walrus: On Location af Tara Darling1990
A Look Through the Mouse Hole (Nature Watch) af Heiderose Fischer-Nagel1990
Journey Through a Tropical Jungle af Adrian Forsyth1990
Box Turtle at Long Pond af William T. George1990
Curious creatures in peculiar places af Amy Goldman Koss1990
Lily Pad Pond af Bianca Lavies1990
Walter Warthog af Betty Leslie-Melville1990
At the Frog Pond af Tilde Michels1990
Quiet af Peter Parnall1990
Bearman: Exploring the World of Black Bears (Charles Scribner's Sons books for young readers) af Laurence P. Pringle1990
Moon Comes Home af Mary Jo Salter1990
Heartland af Diane Siebert1990
Woodpecker Forest af Keizaburō Tejima1990
Eyes (Ashton Scholastic) af Judith Worthy1990
Greens af Arnold Adoff1989
Dinosaur Bones (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) af Aliki1989
Walk on the Great Barrier Reef (Nature Watch) af Caroline Arnold1989
Sketching Outdoors in Summer af Jim Arnosky1989
I Was Born in a Tree and Raised by Bees af Jim Arnosky1989
The Big Beast Book: Dinosaurs and How They Got That Way (Brown Paper School) af Jerry Booth1989
The American Marten (Skylight Book) af Denise Casey1989
Rain Forest af Helen Cowcher1989
Planting a Rainbow af Lois Ehlert1989
The house of a mouse: Poems af Aileen Lucia Fisher1989
The Big Rock (Aladdin Picture Books) af Bruce Hiscock1989
The Lion Family Book af Angelika Hofer1989
Feet! af Parnall1989
Tracking Wild Chimpanzees in Kibira National Park af Joyce Powzyk1989
Mojave af Diane Siebert1989
Nature's Living Lights: Fireflies and Other Bioluminescent Creatures af Alvin Silverstein1989
The Penguin Family Book af Lauritz Somme1989
Safari af Caren Barzelay Stelson1989
Nicky the Nature Detective af Ulf Svedberg1989
Glaciers af Wendell V. Tangborn1989

Honorable Mention 2

VærkÅr
Hungry Coyote af Cheryl Blackford2016
Ellie's Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell af Judith L. Li2014

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