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2020 Eve Pownall Award

Shortlisted Books – Eve Pownall Award

 

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ugly Animals (Honour Book)
Author: Sami Bayly Channel 7 report 4:41 mins  Timelapse illustration showing Sami painting the brush-turkey 55 secs   ABC Adelaide video 4:44 mins Samy reads from her book YouTube Video 14 mins.
Publisher: Hachette  and Teachers Resources
Book Preview first 20 p. on Hachette website

IDTL Resource Weird Wild Amazing – Skim and Scan Activity (161 KB)
Use the Skim and Scan bookmark on page 65 of Curious Creatures, Wild Minds Book Week publication to explore two of the EP Notable books.

 

 

Searching for Cicadas
Author: Lesley Gibbes
Illustrator: Judy Watson  and on Style File Creative Process including free downloads of roughs from Cicadas
Publisher: Walker Books  and Teachers Notes
Children’s Books Daily
YouTube of Lesley Gibbes talking about the book. 2:59 mins.
Leaf Litter Endpapers activity
 

 

A Hollow is a Home
Author: Abbie Mitchell
Illustrator: Astred Hicks
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
CSIRO World Habitiat Day: Home is where the hollow is – blog  and Teachers Notes
Children’s Books Daily

 

 

 

 

Wilam: A Birrarung Story (Honour Book)
Author: Aunty Joy Murphy  – YouTube video 3:15 mins Breathing life into Koori language Culture Victoria about Coranderrk including Video 7:06 mins and Andrew Kelly
Illustrator: Lisa Kennedy  and more at Walker Books
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
ABC Program
Teachers Notes – Booktopia
Aboriginal History of Yarra
Q&A with Andrew Kelly on Booktopia

 

 

Young Dark Emu: A Truer Story (Winner)
Author: Bruce Pascoe  on YouTube 1:47 mins  TedX Talk Sydney about Dark Emu 12:33 mins
Publisher: Magabala Books  and Teachers Notes
Story Links Review
Guardian Article
Book Links Narelle Oliver Lecture/ Talking Ideas 1 hour

 

 

 

Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery
Author and Illustrator: Tohby Riddle  and on Creative Kids Tales
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Notes on Creating the book
Story Links Review

 

 

 

 

IDTL Network resource for all Information Books. Text Type Features template (712 KB)
This page is to be copied on to the back of p.65 in our 2020 Book Week publication so it can be used as a booklet.