| 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:
Contents |
| 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 facts |
HarperCollins |
| 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 |