Henry Bergh Children's Book Award
Henry Bergh award was established to honor books that promote the humane
ethic of compassion and respect for all living things.
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2008
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival
by
Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery (636.0832 Lar )
Honor:
How to Speak Dog by
Sarah Whitehead
(636.70887 Whi )
Environment and Ecology Award
Wild Tracks! A Guide to Nature's Footprints by
Jim Arnosky (On order)
Humane Heroes Award
Molly the Polly:
A True Story by
Pam Kaster(On
order)
Fiction
Humane Heroes Award
Dolphins on the
Sand by
Jim Arnosky (On order)
Companion Animals Award
Its Raining Cats
and Dogs by
Jeanne Prevost(P
Pre)
Honor:
A Home for Dakota
by Jan Zita Grover (P Gro)
Environment and Ecology
The Wolves Are
Back by
Jean Craighead (On
order)
Young Adult Award
The Last Wild
Place by
Rosa Jordan (On order)
2007
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound by
Beth Finke (362.4183 FIn)
Environment and Ecology Award
Being Caribou by
Karsten Heuer (599.658
Heu)
Humane Heroes Award
Turtle Summer by
Mary Alice Monroe(597.928
Mon)
Fiction
Humane Heroes Award
Anna and Natalia by
Barbara H Cole
(P Col)
Companion Animals Award
Before You Were Mine by
Maribeth Boelts
(P Boe)
Environment and Ecology
Old Mother Bear by
Victoria Miles
(P Mil)
Poetry Award
Toad by the Road by Joanne Ryder (811.54 Ryd)
Young Adult Award
The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer by
Sue Ann
Alderson (811.54 Ald)
Illustration Award
Ape Illustrated by
Beth Krommes Written
by Martin Jenkins (599.88 Jen)
Honor:
M is for Meow Illustrated by
Robert Papp
Written by Helen L Wilbur (636.8 Wil)
2006
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Is My Dog a Wolf? by
Jenni Bidner
(636.7 Bid)
Environment and Ecology Award
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by
Sy Montgomery
(599.22 Mon)
Humane Heroes Award
Water Rescue by
Frances E Ruffin(636.70886
Ruf)
Fire Dogs by
Donna Latham (363.25964
Lat)
Fiction
Humane Heroes Award
Wings by
William Loizeaux (F Loi)
Companion Animals Award
Buddy Unchained by
Daisy Bix (P Bix)
Environment and Ecology
Tale of a Great White Fish by
Maggie De
Vries (597.42 Dev)
Poetry Award
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman
(811.54 Sid)
Young Adult Award
One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals by
Deborah
Noyes (590 Noy)
Listen by
Stephanie S Tolan (F Tol)
Honor:
Flash Point by
Sneed B Collard III
(F Col)
Illustration Award
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow Illustrated by
Beth Krommes Written by Joyce Sidman(811.54 Sid)
2005
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Tails are not for Pulling by
Elizabeth Verdick
(636.0887 Ver)
Honor:
ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room by
Donna M Jackson (636.089 Jac)
Environment and Ecology Award
The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands
by
Sneed B Collard III (635.9 Coll)
Gorilla Doctor: Saving Endangered Great Apes by
Pamela S Turner (333.95 Tur)
Humane Heroes
The Least of These Wild Baby Rescue Stories by
Joan Harris (639.9 Har)
Fiction Award
Humane Heroes
Magnus at the Fire by
Jennifer Armstrong
(P Arm)
Companion Animals
A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by
Ann M Martin (F Mar)
Dog Sense by
Sneed B Collard III
(F Col)
Environment and Ecology
And Tango Makes Three by
Justin Richardson
and Peter Parnell (P Ric)
Poetry
So, What's It Like to be a Cat? by
Karla
Kuskin (P Kus)
Young Adult
Defiance by
Valerie Hobbs (F Hob)
Illustration
Earth Mother by
Leo and Diane Dillon
(P Jac)
Honor:
Cool Time Song by
Carole Lexa Schaefer
(P Sch)
2004
Non-Fiction Award
Companion Animals
Honor:
Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog by
Pamela S Turner (P Tur)
Environment and Ecology
Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth by
Rochelle Strauss (578.12 Str)
Honor:
Chimpanzee Rescue: Changing the Future for Endangered Wildlife
by
Patricia Bow (On Order)
Elephant Rescue: Change the Future for Endangered Wildlife by
Jody Morgan (599.67 Mor)
Humane Heroes
The Goat Lady by
Jane Bregoli (P
Bre)
Fiction Award
Companion Animal
Saying Goodbye to Lulu by
Corinne Demas
(P Dem)
Honor:
Hachiko Waits by
Leslea Newman (F
New)
Environment and Ecology
Pinduli by
Janell Cannon (P Can)
Poetry
Hummingbird Nest: A Journal of Poems by
Kristine O'Connell George (811 Hum)
Young Adult
Our Secret: Siri Aang by
Christina Kessler
(F Kes)
Illustration
Animals Asleep Illustrated by
Anik McGrory
(591.56 Col)
2003
Non-Fiction Award
Companion Animals
Working Like a Dog: The Story of Working Dogs Through History
by
Gina K Gorrell (636.73 Gor)
Environment and Ecology
Safari Journal by
Hudson Talbott
(578.68 Tal)
Honor:
Buffalo: With Selection from Native American Song Poems by
Beverly Brodsky (599.6430978 Bro)
Humane Heroes
Freckles by
Paul M Howey (On Order)
Honor:
Wild Horses: Black Hills Sanctuary by
(599.6655097839 Pet)
Fiction Award
Environment and Ecology
Illustration
The Deliverance of Dancing Bears by
Elizabeth
Stanley (P Sta)
Humane Heroes
Seldovia Sam and the Sea Otter Rescue by
Susan Woodward Springer (F Spr)
Honor
In Flanders Field by
Norman Jorgensen
(823 Jor)
Poetry
The World According to Dog by
Joyce Sidman
(810.803629772 Wor)
Honor
Swam Song: Poems of Extinction by
J Patrick Lewis (811.54 Lew)
2002
Non-Fiction Award
Companion Animals
A Kid's Best Friend by
Maya Ajmera
(P Ajm)
Honor
Cherry Hill's Horse Care for Kids by
Cherry
Hill (636.1083 Hil)
Environment and Ecology
Animal Talk: How Animals Communicate Through Sight, Sound and Smell
by
Etta Kaner (On Order)
Fiction Award
Companion Animals and Illustration
Jasper's Day by
Marjorie Blain Parker
(P Par)
Companion Animals Honor:
Straydog by
Kathe Koja (F Koj)
Environment and Ecology
Goose's Story by
Cari Best (P Car)
Humane Heroes Award
The Elephant Hospital by
Kathy Darling
(On Order)
Honor:
Monkey For Sale by
Sanna Stanley
(P Sta)
Little Flower by
Gloria Rand (P Ran)
Poetry Award
Turtle Saver by
Laurie Parker (811.54
Par)
Illustration
Jasper' day Illustrated by
Janet Wilson
Written by Marjorie Blain Parker (P Par)
2001
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Gold Rush Dogs by
Claire Rudolf Murphy and
Jane G Haigh (636.7009798 Mur)
Honor:
Animalways: Horses by
Rebecca Stefoff
(636.1 Ste)
Environment and Ecology Award
Interrupted Journey by
Kathryn Lasky
(639.97792 Las)
Human Heroes Award
The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours by
Jane Goodall(599.885092 Goo)
Honor
Pets to the Rescue: Brave Norman A True Story by
Andrew Clements(On order)
Fiction
Companion Animals Award
One Unhappy Horse by
C. S Adler (F
Adl)
Honor:
"Let's Get a Pup!"Said Kate by
Bob Graham
(P Gra)
Environment and Ecology Award
Jubela by
Cristina Kessler (P Kes)
Honor:
Bears Barge In by
Joni Sensel (P
Sen)
Poetry Award
Leap into Poetry: More ABCS of Poetry by
Avis Harley
Humane Heroes Award
Saving Lilly by
Peg Kehret ( F Keh)
2000
Non-Fiction
Companion Animals Award
Go Home: The True Story of James the Cat by
Libby Phillips Meggs (P Meg)
Environment and Ecology Award
The Orphan Seal by
Fran Hodgkins
(333.9597923 Hod)
Honor:
The Everything Kids' Nature Honor by
Kathiann
M Kowalski (On Order)
Human Heroes
John Muir: My Life with Nature by
Joseph
Cornell and Christopher Canyon (333.72092 Mui)
Fiction
Companion Animal Award
Star in the Storm by
Joan Hiatt Harlow
(F Har)
Environment and Ecology
The Sprit of the Maasai Man by
Laura Berkeley
(On Order)
Human Heroes
Fight for Life: Wild at Heart # 1 by
Laurie Halse Anderson (On Order)
Poetry Award
Each Living Thing by
Joanne Ryder
(P Ryd)
Honor
It's About Dogs by
Tony Johnson (On
Order)
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