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.

• 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

• 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?

• 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

• 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) )

• 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 Birdwatching guide for metropolitan Sydney)

• 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
• INTERVIEW with Dub Leffler May 2019 by Sharon McIlwee
• Presentation from Sharon McIlwee about the book.