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Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Here you will find bibliographic and copyright information plus book covers, for each title in the Eve Pownall category, as well as links to reviews, authors, Book Raps and teaching notes.

Note: Some of these books are for mature readers
 
    Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

  Watts, Frances and David Legge (Illus.) - Parsley Rabbit’s
Book about Books


       Honour Books
       Shortlist
 
Eve Pownall Notable Books 2008
Reviews in the CMIS Resource Bank
 
Sources of ideas for activities and displays based on shortlisted books
 
 
 
Cermak, Michael
Australia’s deadly and dangerous animals [Cover title]
Steve Parish, 2007 (Fact file series)
ISBN 978-1-74193-132-7
SCIS No: 1317214
Price: pbk $10.95

CMIS Review:
Deadly & dangerous


Image copyright permission sought
Steve Parish Books
Cover from Australia’s deadly and dangerous animals
© Michael Cermak, 2007
© Cover photographs Michael Cermak
(estuarine crocodile, eastern taipan, common lionfish) and Steve Parish (poisonous crab inset)
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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Cooke, Kaz
Girl stuff: Your full-on guide to the teen years

Viking, 2007
ISBN 978-0-670-02887-0
SCIS No: 1342580
Price: pbk $39.95

CMIS Review:
Girl Stuff: Your full-on guide to the teen years
Newspaper Review:
Rachel Hills, The Age [November 19, 2007]

Website: Girl Stuff
Teachers' Notes: Girl Stuff by Kaz Cooke
[written by Nerida Matthews]
Author Website:
Kaz Cooke

Awards: Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction Book [Australian Publisher's Association Book Design Awards]

Girl stuff by Kaz Cooke
Honour Book
Penguin Group (Australia)
Cover from Girl stuff: Your full-on guide to the teen years
© Kaz Cooke, 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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Macinnis, Peter
Kokoda Track: 101 days
Black Dog, 2007 (The drum series)
ISBN 978-1-876372-96-5
SCIS No: 1303045
Price: pbk $16.99

CMIS Review:
Kokoda Track: 101 days

Author Website: Peter Macinnis
Background to the book: Kokoda Track: 101 Days
[by Peter Macinnis]
Teachers' Notes: Kokoda Track: 101 Days
[By Joy Lawn, Black Dog Books site]
Teachers' Notes: Kokoda Track: 101 Days
[Values, Curriculum Corporation]

Awards: NSW Premier's History Prize, 2007 Shortlist

Kokoda Track by Peter Macinnis
Honour Book
Black Dog Books
Cover from Kokoda Track: 101 Days
© Peter Macinnis, 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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Norman, Mark
The Antarctica Book: Living in the Freezer
Black Dog, 2007
ISBN 978-1-921167-86-7
SCIS No: 1327054
Price: pbk $16.99

CMIS Review:
The Antarctica Book: Living in the Freezer

Teachers' Notes: The Antarctica Book: Living in the Freezer
[by Dr Mark Norman, Black Dog Books site]

Author information:
Dr Mark Norman
[Black Dog Books site]

The Antarctica book by Mark Norman
Shortlist
Black Dog Books.
Cover from The Antarctica Book: Living in the Freezer
© Mark Norman, 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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Watts, Frances and Legge, David
Parsley Rabbit’s Book About Books
ABC Books, 2007
ISBN 978-0-7333-2145-0
SCIS No: 1328058
Price: hbk $19.95

CMIS Review: 
Coming

Book Design with Parsley Rabbit: a unit of work in The Literature Base, Volume 19, Issue 2, 2008
Parsley Rabbit's Book about Books by Frances Watts
Winner
ABC Books
Cover from Parsley Rabbit's Book About Books
© Frances Watts, 2007
© Cover and illustrations by David Legge 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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Wilkinson, Carole (editor)
Jones, Dean (Illustrator)
Ned Kelly’s Jerilderie Letter
Black Dog Books, 2007
ISBN 978-1-921167-38-6
SCIS No: 1303041
Price: pbk $16.99

CMIS Review:  
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter

Teacher's Notes:
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter
[Black Dog Books site]
Making of the book: Black Dog Books
[Explore the design making process behind the cover design]
Author Website: Carole Wilkinson

Ned kelly's Jerilderie Letter by Carole Wilkinson and Dean Jones
Shortlist
Black Dog Books
Cover from Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter
© Text Carole Wilkinson, 2007
© Cover and illustrations Dean Jones, 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher
 
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