- Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
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Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Awarded for Excellence in Australian early childhood books Presented by Children's Book Council of Australia Country Australia First awarded 1988 Official website http://cbca.org.au/index.htm 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]
Contents
Award winners
Year Author Title Publisher 2009 Lincoln Hall Alive in the Death Zone Random House 2008 Frances Watts, illus David Legge Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books ABC Books 2007 Mark Norman The Penguin Book: Birds in Suits Black Dog Books 2006 Leon Davidson Scarecrow Army: The ANZACS at Gallipoli Black Dog Books 2005 Bryan Sullivan with Jackie French, illus. Gus Gordon To the Moon and Back: The amazing Australians at the forefront of space travel plus fantastic
Moon factsHarperCollins 2004 John Nicholson Animal Architects Allen & Unwin 2003 Allan Tucker Iron in the Blood: Convicts and Commandants in Colonial Australia Omnibus Books 2002 Papunya School Publishing Committee Papunya School Book of Country and History Allen & Unwin 2001 Dyan Blacklock, illus. David Kennett Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece Omnibus Books 2000 John Nicholson Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific Allen & Unwin 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 1988 Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins My Place Collins Dove See also
External links
- CBCA Awards History [1]
References
Categories:- Australian children's literary awards
- Awards established in 1988
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