Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in Australian early childhood books |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Children's Book Council of Australia |
First awarded | 1988 |
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:
Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
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1988 | Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins | My Place | Collins Dove |
Year | Author | Title | Publisher |
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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 |
1994 | Patricia Mullins | V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals | Margaret Hamilton |
1995 | Robert E. Stewart | New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets [3] | Agmedia |
1996 | John Nicholson | The First Fleet: A New Beginning in an Old Land | Allen & Unwin |
1997 | Gordon Cheers and Julie Silk, illus. Marjorie Crosby-Fairall | Killer Plants and How to Grow Them | Puffin Books |
1998 | John Nicholson | A Home Among the Gum Trees: The Story of Australian Houses | Allen & Unwin |
1999 | John Marsden , illus. Shaun Tan | The Rabbits | Lothian |
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
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2000 | John Nicholson | Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific | Allen & Unwin | |
2001 | Dyan Blacklock , illus. David Kennett | Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece | Omnibus Books | |
2002 | Papunya School Publishing Committee | Papunya School Book of Country and History | Allen & Unwin | |
2003 | Allan Tucker | Iron in the Blood: Convicts and Commandants in Colonial Australia | Omnibus Books | |
2004 | John Nicholson | Animal Architects | Allen & Unwin | |
2005 | Jackie French with Bryan Sullivan, illus. Gus Gordon | To the Moon and Back: The Amazing Australians at the Forefront of Space Travel Plus Fantastic Moon Facts | HarperCollins | |
2006 | Leon Davidson | Scarecrow Army: The ANZACS at Gallipoli | Black Dog Books | |
2007 | Mark Norman | The Penguin Book: Birds in Suits | Black Dog Books | |
2008 | Frances Watts , illus. David Legge | Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books | ABC Books | |
2009 | Lincoln Hall | Alive in the Death Zone | Random House | [4] |
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
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2010 | Peter Macinnis | Australian Backyard Explorer | National Library of Australia | [5] |
2011 | Ursula Dubosarsky , illus. Tohby Riddle | The Return of the Word Spy | Viking Books | [6] |
2012 | Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch | One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island | Penguin Group (Australia) | [7] |
2013 | Kristin Weidenbach , illus. Timothy Ide | Tom the Outback Mailman | Lothian Children's Books, Hachette Australia | [8] |
2014 | Christopher Faille , illus. Danny Snell | Jeremy | Working Title Press | [9] |
2015 | Simon Barnard | A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land [10] | Text Publishing | [11] |
2016 | Stephanie Owen Reeder | Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony [12] | NLA Publishing | [13] |
2017 | Gina M. Newton | Amazing Animals of Australia's National Parks [14] | NLA Publishing | [15] |
2018 | Idan Ben-Barak , illus. Julian Frost | Do Not Lick This Book [16] | Allen & Unwin | [17] [18] |
2019 | Coral Vass , illus. Dub Leffler | Sorry Day [19] | NLA Publishing | [20] |
Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Ref. |
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2020 | Bruce Pascoe | Young Dark Emu: A truer history [21] | Magabala Books | [22] |
2021 | Pamela Freeman , illus. Liz Anelli | Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu | Walker Books | [23] |
2022 | Safdar Ahmed | Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System | Twelve Panels Press | [24] [25] [26] |
2023 | Jess McGeachin | DEEP: Delve into hidden worlds | Welbeck Publishing | [27] |
2024 | Isolde Martyn and Robyn Ridgeway, illust. Louise Hogan | Country Town | Ford Street Publishing | [28] |
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