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."
Award winners
2020s
| Year |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| 2020 |
Bruce Pascoe |
Young Dark Emu: A truer history |
Magabala Books |
2010s
| Year |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| 2019 |
Coral Vass, illus. Dub Leffler |
Sorry Day |
NLA Publishing |
| 2018 |
Idan Ben-Barak, illus. Julian Frost |
Do Not Lick This Book |
Allen & Unwin |
| 2017 |
Gina M. Newton |
Amazing Animals of Australia's National Parks |
NLA Publishing |
| 2016 |
Stephanie Owen Reeder |
Lennie The Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony |
NLA Publishing |
| 2015 |
Simon Barnard |
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land |
Text Publishing |
| 2014 |
Christopher Faille, illus. Danny Snell |
Jeremy |
Working Title Press |
| 2013 |
Kristin Weidenbach, illus. Timothy Ide |
Tom the Outback Mailman |
Lothian Children's Books, Hachette Australia |
| 2012 |
Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch |
One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island |
Penguin Group (Australia) |
| 2011 |
Ursula Dubosarsky, illus. Tohby Riddle |
The Return of the Word Spy |
Viking Books |
| 2010 |
Peter Macinnis |
Australian Backyard Explorer |
National Library of Australia |
2000s
1990s
| Year |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| 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 |
1980s
| Year |
Author |
Title |
Publisher |
| 1988 |
Nadia Wheatley and Donna Rawlins |
My Place |
Collins Dove |
