| CBCA Notable Book Award |
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THE SEARCH FOR TUTANKHAMUN was selected as a Notable Book by the judges of the 2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. Each year the judges of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards select books from all the entries submitted for judging in the Awards that year.The aim of the Notable Books category is to give prominence and recognition to those entries for the Awards which display commendable standards in the criteria set down for the Awards. The Search for Tutankhamun was submitted for the Eve Pownall Information Book Award and excelled in the following criteria: • Documenting factual material with consideration given to imaginative presentation, interpretation and variation of style. • The balancing and harmonising of the following elements: style of language and presentation; graphic excellence; clarity, appropriateness and aesthetic appeal of illustration; integration of text, graphics and illustrations to engage interest and enhance understanding; overall design of the book to facilitate the presentation of information. • Textual accuracy with regard to the current state of knowledge. All reprints of The Search for Tutankhamun will be stickered with the official Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Book sticker, and the book will feature in the annotated listing of the CBCA Awards, Notable Australian Children’s Books. Those books awarded Notable Book status are published in the CBCA’s Notable Australian Children’s Books publication – an annual publication aimed at bringing to the notice of librarians, teachers, teacher-librarians, parents and others interested in children’s books, a wide range of worthwhile titles entered for the awards. It is becoming known and valued as a selection aid. |
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