The COOL Awards is an annual children's choice award voted on by students in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Children are encouraged to read and vote for their favourite books. The votes are tallied and the awards made.
The COOL Award name is an acronym, standing for Canberra’s Own Outstanding List.
The ACT Public Library currently convenes the awards and they are administered by a committee representing ACT Government, Catholic and Independent Schools, the ACT Public Library and the Children's Book Council of Australia, ACT Branch. The award was first made in 1991.
Award categories and descriptions
There are four categories of the COOL awards: for most popular Picture Book for most popular Fiction for Younger Readers for most popular Fiction for Older Readers for most popular Fiction for Years 7–9 (commenced in 2007)
List of COOL Award winners Picture Book Award
YearAuthorBookCitation 1993 Window Winner 1994 Possum Magic Winner 1995 Toby Winner 1996 Billy the Punk Winner 1997 Billy the Punk Winner 1998 Winner 1999 Grandad’s Teeth Winner 2000 Bamboozled Winner 2003 Diary of a Wombat Winner 2004 Mr McGee and the Biting Flea Winner 2005 Mutt Dog! Winner 2006 Dougal the Garbage Dump Bear Winner 2007 Annie's Chair Winner 2008 Where is the Green Sheep? Winner 2009 Jungle Drums Winner 2010 Fearless Winner 2011 Mr Chicken Goes to Paris Winner2012, illus by Andrew JoynerThe Terrible PlopWinner2013MirrorJoint WinnersThe Very Cranky Bear2014A Bus Called HeavenWinner
Fiction for Younger Readers Award
YearAuthorBookCitation 1991 Round the Twist Winner 1992 Winner 1993 Unreal! Winner 1994 Winner 1995 Winner 1996 Belly Flop Winner 1997 Belly Flop Winner 1998 Wicked Winner 1999 Bumface Winner 2000 Bob the Builder and the Elves Winner 2003 Deltora Quest 2 series Winner 2004 Deltora Quest 3 series Winner 2006 Tashi and the Forbidden Room Winner 2007 Winner 2008 Just Shocking! Winner 2009 Go Girl! Two Sides: #1 Track Stars! Winner 2010 Winner 2011 Winner2012 , Barbara Fienberg and Kim GambleTashi and the GolemWinner2013 Pizza CakeWinner2014 Andy Roid and the Tracks of DeathWinner
Fiction for Older Readers Award
YearAuthorBookCitation 1991 People Might Hear You Winner 1992 Came Back to Show You I Could Fly Winner 1993 Del-Del Winner 1994 Playing Beatie Bow Winner 1995 Tomorrow, When the War Began and So Much to Tell You (tied) Winner 1996 Paw Thing Winner 1997 Paw Thing Winner 1998 Winner 1999 Winner 2000 Winner 2003 Just Disgusting! Winner 2004 Zombie Bums from Uranus Winner 2005 Winner 2006 Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict Winner 2007 Zombie Bums from Uranus Winner 2008 Spookiest Stories Winner 2009 Give Peas a Chance Winner 2010 Winner 2011 Ranger's Apprentice Winner2012, illus by Terry DentonThe 13-Storey TreehouseWinner2013, illus by Terry DentonThe 26-Storey TreehouseWinner2014, illus by Terry DentonThe 39-Storey TreehouseWinner
Fiction for Years 7-9 Award YearAuthorBookCitation2007The Silver DonkeyWinner2008Dragon MoonWinner2009The Wizard of RondoWinner2010Boy OverboardWinner2011NowWinner 2012 The Phoenix Files: Arrival Winner2013 AfterWinner2014 13: The Last ThirteenWinner
See also
List of Australian literary awards List of CBCA Awards
Notes
References COOL Awards Shortlist 2007 (Retrieved 10 August 2007) Cool Awards - Children's Choice Book Awards in Canberra (Retrieved 10 August 2007) CBCA Awards (Retrieved 10 August 2007)