Indies Award FinalistTraverse City, MI, March 5, 2026--Foreword is pleased to share the finalists for the 2025 INDIES Awards. This year’s submission pool was exceptional, and our editorial team faced a challenging task in selecting the books that would move forward.
Congratulations to the 2025 INDIES Award finalists. The complete list is available here. INDIES finalist status recognizes the talent, commitment, and craft of the authors, publishers, and university presses who participated in this year’s competition. These titles will now be evaluated by teams of librarians and booksellers who will determine the gold, silver, and bronze winners across all categories. Being a finalist for an INDIES Award is a meaningful achievement. Past recipients have seen increased visibility, sustained interest from the trade, and broader reach among readers. The INDIES program continues to uphold a respected tradition of celebrating excellence in independent publishing. Congratulations again to all the finalists. We look forward to announcing the winners in June. Warm regards, Christopher Nesbit INDIES Awards Director |
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An author, educator, and speaker working
at the intersection of literacy and environmental learning
at the intersection of literacy and environmental learning
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Jen Cullerton Johnson
A groundbreaking resource for K–5 educators, The Green Literacy Handbook shows you how to teach critical thinking, reading, writing, and environmental awareness all at once.
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Jen Cullerton Johnson is an award-winning children’s author, educator, and environmental advocate. She teaches for Chicago Public Schools, writes about nature and social justice.
She is the co-author of The Green Literacy Handbook (Solution Tree 2025) a book for educators that helps young people think, read and write critically about environmental issues. Her children's books, including Seeds of Change (Lee & Low 2010) and its Spanish edition Semillas de Cambio (Lee & Low 2024), and The Story of An Environmentalist (Lee & Low 2019) inspire young readers to care for the planet. |
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