Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Children's Book of the Year Award: Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Awarded forExcellence in Australian early childhood books
CountryAustralia
Presented byChildren's Book Council of Australia
First awarded1988
Websitehttp://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]

Award winners

1980s

Eve Pownall Award winners, 1988[2]
Year Author Title Publisher
1988 Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins My Place Collins Dove

1990s

Eve Pownall Award winners, 1990-1999[2]
Year Author Title Publisher
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

2000s

Eve Pownall Award winners, 2010-2019[2]
Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
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]

2010s

Eve Pownall Award winners, 2010-2019[2]
Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
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]

2020s

Eve Pownall Award winners, 2020-present[2]
Year Author Title Publisher Ref.
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]

See also

External links

  • CBCA Awards History [1]

References

  1. ^ "CBCA Guidelines for Publishers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. ^ a b c d e Austlit. "CBCA Book of the Year Awards - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  3. ^ Stewart, Robin E. (1993). New faces: the complete book of alternative pets. East Melbourne: Agmedia. ISBN 978-0-7306-2947-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ^ "2009 CBCA award winners announced". Books+Publishing. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
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  6. ^ "2011 CBCA Book of the Year Awards winners announced". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  7. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Award winners 2012". Books+Publishing. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
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  9. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2014 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-03-20. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  10. ^ Barnard, Simon (2014). A - Z of convicts in Van Diemen's Land. Melbourne, Victoria: The Text Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-922079-34-3. OCLC 871010453. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  11. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2015 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  12. ^ Reeder, Stephanie Owen; Reeder, Stephanie Owen (2019). Lennie the legend: solo to Sydney by pony. Heritage heroes (Second ed.). Canberra, A.C.T: National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-27919-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
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  14. ^ Newton, Gina M.; Cosgrove, Peter (2016). Amazing animals of Australia's national parks. National Library of Australia. Canberra, ACT: NLA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-642-27888-3. OCLC 931506070. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  15. ^ "CBCA Awards 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  16. ^ Ben-Barak, Idan; Frost, Julian; Rundgren, Linnea (2017). Do not lick this book*: *it's full of germs. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76029-305-5. OCLC 973478762. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  17. ^ "Book of the Year Awards 2018". Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  18. ^ "CBCA Awards 2018 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  19. ^ Vass, Coral; Leffler, Dub (2019). Sorry day. Canberra, ACT: NLA Publishing. ISBN 978-0-642-27965-1. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  20. ^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2019-08-16. Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  21. ^ Pascoe, Bruce (2019). Young dark emu: a truer history. Broome, WA: Magabala Books. ISBN 978-1-925360-84-4. OCLC 1096298306. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  22. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  23. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2021-08-21. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  24. ^ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards". Books+Publishing. 2022-08-19. Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  25. ^ Simons, Dean (2022-08-23). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  26. ^ Jessica (2022-08-19). "Children's Book Council of Australia's Books of the Year". Cockburn Libraries. Archived from the original on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  27. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
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