Resources
2023 Award
- 2023 Blueberry Awards Booklist
- 2023 Best Nature Board Books – “The Baby Blueberry”
- 2023 Blueberry Award Booklet
- Blueberry Awards Announcement Party Press Release
- Blueberry Educator Resources Booklist
- Blueberry Awards and Climate Anxiety in the Evanston Roundtable
2022 Award
- 2022 Blueberry Award Booklist
- 2021-2022 Best Nature Board Books
- 2022 Blueberry Award Flyers
- Betsy Bird’s Fuse #8 Blog for School Library Journal (announcement of 2022 winners)
- Press Release of the 2022 Blueberry Winners
2021 Award
- 2021 Blueberry Award Booklist
- Betsy Bird’s Announcement of the 2021 (first inaugural) Blueberry Winners
- 2021 Blueberry Flyer
Spine Label
Presentations
Upcoming
Children & Nature Network’s Nature Everywhere Conference
May 28-June 1
Second Nature: NINPA’s Midwest Early Childhood Educator Conference
October 26, 2024, at Brookfield Zoo, Chicagoland
Recorded
Want to hear Blueberry Committee librarians share about some of the 2023 Blueberry Winners? The webinar is already recorded and ready to play! Watch here.
And catch our librarians talking about the 2022 winners. Watch here.
Book Submissions Guidelines for Publishers and Authors/Illustrators
Blueberry Criteria
- Proffers excellence in children’s literature in writing, art, and design
- Shares nature, nature intersections, or climate peril with kids in developmentally appropriate, truthful ways
- Reflects the diversity of people in our world
- Delivers content grounded in real science
- Incites kids to action that would make a real difference
- Bonus: Topics that coincide with the City of Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) goals!
- Must be published in the US in the year of review (2024, etc.)
Contact Info
Send links to msmeyer@cityofevanston.org
Send ARC’s to:
Martha Meyer
Evanston Public Library
ATTN Blueberry Awards
1703 Orrington Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
We can receive submissions up until January 5 of 2025 for the 2024 Blueberry Awards.
Inquiries
Do you have questions about how your organization can be involved with the Blueberry Award (Librarians, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Librarians & Teachers, Forest and Nature Preschools, Center Directors, Nature Center and Ecology Center staff, Park District employees etc.)
Email me!
Martha Meyer
Evanston Public Library
Early Learning and Literacy Department
Blueberry Lead
msmeyer@cityofevanston.org
Children’s Services Desk: 847-448-8610
1703 Orrington Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201