Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books was first presented in 1988, when the award was financed by Eve Pownall's family. Since 1993 it has been awarded annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The Award "will be made to outstanding books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. As general guidelines, the judges may consider the relative success of the book in balancing and harmonising the following elements:
- style of language and presentation;
- graphic excellence;
- clarity, appropriateness and aesthetic appeal of illustration;
- integration of text, graphics and illustration to engage interest and enhance understanding;
- overall design of the book to facilitate the presentation of information;
- accuracy with regard to the current state of knowledge."[1]
Award winners
2010s
2000s
1990s
Year |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
1999 |
John Marsden, illus. Shaun Tan |
The Rabbits |
Lothian |
1998 |
John Nicholson |
A Home Among the Gum Trees: The Story of Australian Houses |
Allen & Unwin |
1997 |
Gordon Cheers and Julie Silk, illus. Marjorie Crosby-Fairall |
Killer Plants and How to Grow Them |
Puffin Books |
1996 |
John Nicholson |
The First Fleet: A New Beginning in an Old Land |
Allen & Unwin |
1995 |
Robert E. Stewart |
New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets |
Agmedia |
1994 |
Patricia Mullins |
V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals |
Margaret Hamilton |
1993 |
Gracie Greene and Joe Tramacchi, illus. Lucille Gill |
Tjarany Roughtail: The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories told by the Kukatja |
Magabala |
1980s
See also
External links
References
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| 1988-1989 | |
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| 1990-1999 |
- Tjarany Roughtail: The Dreaming of the Roughtail Lizard and Other Stories Told By the Kukatja by Gracie Greene and Joe Tramacchi (1993)
- V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals by Patricia Mullins (1994)
- New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets by Robert E. Stewart (1995)
- The First Fleet: A New Beginning in an Old Land by John Nicholson (1996)
- Killer Plants and How to Grow Them by Gordon Cheers and Julie Silk (1997)
- A Home Among the Gum Trees: The Story of Australian Houses by John Nicholson (1998)
- The Rabbits by John Marsden (1999)
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| 2000-2009 | |
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| 2010-present |
- Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis (2010)
- The Return of the Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky (2011)
- One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island by Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch (2012)
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- Picture Book (1955-present)
- Early Childhood (2001-present)
- Younger Readers (1982-present)
- Older Readers (1946-present)
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