COOL Award

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)