====== Eve Pownall Award Shortlist 2019 ======

Entries in this category should be books which have the prime intention of documenting factual material with
consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. Ages 0-18 years.

===== Bouncing Back: An Eastern Barred Bandicoot Story / Cleave, Rohan (illus. by Coral Tulloch) =====

  * Themes: bandicoots | endangered | conservation | nocturnal animals | scientific names 
  * Video (2:38) introduction to Eastern Barred Bandicoots http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2450871/eastern-barred-bandicoots 
  * CSIRO teachers notes for the book https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7771/#forteachers 
  * Woinarski, J. & Burbidge, A.A. 2016. Perameles gunnii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T16572A21966027. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16572A21966027.en 
  * activity idea: investigate the map 
  * activity idea: investigate the conservation actions 
===== The Happiness Box: A Wartime Book of Hope / Greenwood, Mark (illus. by Andrew McLean) =====

  * Themes: WW2 | prisoners of war | making a book | children in wartime | feelings | fear | happiness | boxes
  * the true story of Australian prisoners of war who created a picture book called The Happiness Box as a Christmas present for children interned in Changi Prison 
  * See the digital copy of the book itself from State Library of NSW http://archival.sl.nsw.gov.au/Details/archive/110327649 
  * the book has inspired a musical composition (feat. Stephen Curry, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Brett Kelly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_5_esyhrA 
  * creative writing idea: what are the secrets of happiness?
  * design idea what would a happiness box look like if you made one?

===== Waves / Rawlins, Donna (illus. by Mark Jackson & Heather Potter) =====

  * Themes: migration | refugees | water | ocean | courage 
  * Children have travelled on the waves of migration to the shores of Australia for tens of thousands of years. This book tells some of their stories. 
  * Teacher notes http://classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/waves/WavesTeacherNotes.PDF
  * match with The Mediterranean / Greder, Armin 


===== Make Believe: M.C. Escher for Kids / Ryan, Kate (illus. By Cally Bennett) =====

  * Themes: Escher | drawing | graphic design | black and white | perspective | optical illusions 
  * the artist’s life, his travels, and his passion for creating optical illusions that play tricks with our minds 
  * puzzles and quizzes in the book
  * activity idea: drawing from different perspectives (eg floor looking up)
  * activity idea: tracing the impossible staircases (see animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7e_9QbA7l0 and //[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_(M._C._Escher) ]]// )


===== Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha / Stubbs, Siena =====

  * Themes: birds | Aboriginal languages | Arnhem Land | Yolŋu | making books 
  * birds from around Yirrkala, Siena’s home in North-east Arnhem Land with their English and Yolŋu names 
  * Meet the author, Sienna talks about her book https://www.facebook.com/NITVAustralia/videos/my-place-yolngu-country-yolngu-birds/10153816012457005/ 
  * Where is Yirrkala on the map?  https://goo.gl/maps/hXNbaz1GiqMD112SA 
  * What do the Yolnu names sound like?   
  * match with The Feather / Blackwood, Freya text. Wild, Margaret and Australian Birds / Chun, Matt
  * activity: gather feathers or pictures of local birds
  * do some local birdwatching (e.g. the {{ :cos_birds_of_sydney-2ed.pdf |Birdwatching guide for metropolitan Sydney}})

===== Sorry Day / Vass, Coral (illus. by Dub Leffler) =====
  * Themes: Aboriginal people | stolen generation | sorry | families 
  * retelling of the day when then Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, acknowledged the sorrows of the past and said ‘sorry’ to Indigenous children who were taken from their homes 
  * Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people (PM Kevin Rudd 2008) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RThkO3XBThs 
  * Teacher notes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a94ab81a9e0289aeafacd94/t/5aa75d7771c10b9167ffb4fd/1520917881458/Sorry+Day+Teachers%27+Notes.pdf 
  * {{ :book_week_interview_with_dub_leffler_may_2019_sharon_mcilwee.pdf |INTERVIEW with Dub Leffler}} May 2019 by Sharon McIlwee
  * {{ ::cbca_eve_pownall_award_shortlist_2019_-_sorry_day.pdf |Presentation from Sharon McIlwee}} about the book.