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

Children's Book Council of Australia

The Children's Book Council of Australia is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature.-Awards:The first...

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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

Year	Author	Title	Publisher
2009 2009 in Australian literature The year 2009 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2009 in literature.See also:2008 in Australian literature,2009 in Australia,...	Lincoln Hall Lincoln Hall (climber) Lincoln Hall is a veteran Australian mountain climber and author. Hall is the author of White Limbo, the story of the first Australian team to climb Mount Everest. While others in the team made it to the top, Hall was forced to turn back close to the summit due to illness...	Alive in the Death Zone	Random House
2008 2008 in Australian literature The year 2008 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2008 in literature.See also:2007 in Australian literature,2008 in Australia,...	Frances Watts Frances Watts Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old. She has studied English Literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Literature and children's literature... , illus David Legge	Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books	ABC Books
2007 2007 in Australian literature The year 2007 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2007 in literature.See also:2006 in Australian literature,2007 in Australia,...	Mark Norman	The Penguin Book: Birds in Suits	Black Dog Books
2006 2006 in Australian literature The year 2006 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2006 in literature.See also:2005 in Australian literature,2006 in Australia,...	Leon Davidson Leon Davidson Leon Davidson was a chemical engineer and scientist, one of the team that developed the atomic bomb.-Education and early career:...	Scarecrow Army: The ANZACS at Gallipoli	Black Dog Books
2005 2005 in Australian literature The year 2005 in Australian literature involves some significant new books, drama, poetry and events.For an overview of world literature see 2005 in literature.See also:2004 in Australian literature,2005 in Australia,...	Bryan Sullivan with Jackie French Jackie French Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French is an award-winning Australian author. She writes mainly children's fiction and books on gardening.... , illus. Gus Gordon Gus Gordon Gus Gordon is a children's book illustrator and writer based in Sydney, Australia.Gordon has written and illustrated over 60 books for children....	To the Moon and Back: The amazing Australians at the forefront of space travel plus fantastic Moon facts	HarperCollins HarperCollins HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
2004 2004 in literature The year 2004 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Last Crossing to be read across the nation....	John Nicholson	Animal Architects	Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
2003 2003 in literature The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...	Allan Tucker	Iron in the Blood: Convicts and Commandants in Colonial Australia	Omnibus Books
2002 2002 in literature The year 2002 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the publication of Musalam's poem The Corrupt on Earth that criticized the state's Islamic...	Papunya School Publishing Committee	Papunya School Book of Country and History	Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
2001 2001 in literature The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is released to movie theaters...	Dyan Blacklock, illus. David Kennett	Olympia: Warrior Athletes of Ancient Greece	Omnibus Books
2000 2000 in literature The year 2000 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* February 13 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published...	John Nicholson	Fishing for Islands: Traditional Boats and Seafarers of the Pacific	Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
1999 1999 in literature The year 1999 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*June 19 - Stephen King is hit by a Dodge van while taking a walk. He spends the next three weeks hospitalized...	John Marsden John Marsden (writer) John Marsden is an Australian writer, teacher and school principal. Marsden has had his books translated into nine languages including Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Spanish.... , illus. Shaun Tan Shaun Tan Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...	The Rabbits	Lothian Lothian Lothian forms a traditional region of Scotland, lying between the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and the Lammermuir Hills....
1998 1998 in literature The year 1998 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*March 5 - Tennessee Williams' 1938 play, Not About Nightingales, receives its stage première....	John Nicholson	A Home Among the Gum Trees: The Story of Australian Houses	Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
1997 1997 in literature The year 1997 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Tom Clancy signs a book deal with Pearson Custom Publishing and Penguin Putnam Inc. , giving him US$50 million for the world-English rights to two new books . A second agreement gives him another US$25 million for a...	Gordon Cheers and Julie Silk, illus. Marjorie Crosby-Fairall	Killer Plants and How to Grow Them	Puffin Books Puffin Books Puffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.-Early history:...
1996 1996 in literature The year 1996 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is removed from an advanced placement English reading list in Lindale, Texas because it "conflicted with the values of the community."* In the United Kingdom, the first...	John Nicholson	The First Fleet: A New Beginning in an Old Land	Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, formerly a major British publishing house, is now an independent book publisher and distributor based in Australia. The Australian directors have been the sole owners of the Allen & Unwin name since effecting a management buy out at the time the UK parent company, Unwin Hyman, was...
1995 1995 in literature The year 1995 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea is opened by Jimmy Carter....	Robert E. Stewart	New Faces: The Complete Book of Alternative Pets	Agmedia
1994 1994 in literature The year 1994 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Kevin J. Anderson - Champions of the Force, Dark Apprentice and Jedi Search*Reed Arvin - The Wind in the Wheat*Greg Bear - Songs of Earth and Power...	Patricia Mullins	V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals	Margaret Hamilton
1993 1993 in literature The year 1993 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Professor Stephen Hawking's book, A Brief History of Time, becomes the longest running book on the bestseller list of The Sunday Times....	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 1988 in literature The year 1988 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye*J.G. Ballard - Memories of the Space Age*Iain M...	Nadia Wheatley Nadia Wheatley Nadia Wheatley is an award winning Australian writer of children’s fiction and non-fiction, adult non-fiction and biographies, and newspaper and journal articles. Her works often focus on "the difficulties faced by Aborigines or non-English-speaking newcomers to Australia, ... environmental issues... and Donna Rawlins	My Place	Collins Dove