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]
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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)
- Tom The Outback Mailman by Kristin Weidenbach and illustrated by Timothy Ide (2013)
- Jeremy by Christopher Falle and illustrated by Danny Snell (2014)
- A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land by Simon Barnard (2015)
- Lennie The Legend: Solo To Sydney by Pony by Stephanie Owen Reeder (2016)
- Amazing Animals of Australia's National Parks by Gina M Newton (2017)
- Do Not Lick This Book by Idan Ben-Barak and illustrated by Julian Frost (2018)
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- Picture Book (1955-present)
- Early Childhood (2001-present)
- Younger Readers (1982-present)
- Older Readers (1946-present)
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