The Crystal Kite Award [1] (also known as 'Crystal Kite Members Choice Award) is given by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI ) each year to recognize great books from the 70 SCBWI regions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards , the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children's book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers.
Each SCBWI member votes for their favorite book from a nominated author in their region that was published in the previous calendar year.
Winners [ ] International Regions [ ] Australia / New Zealand [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
There Was an Old Sailor
2012
The Last Viking
2013
Ten Tiny Things
Meg McKinlay
2014
Zac and Mia
2015
Hello From Nowhere
and
2016
A is for Australia
Frané Lessac
2017
Smile Cry
and
2018
The Scared Book
2019
At The End of Holyrood Lane
2020
Catch a Falling Star
Meg McKinlay [1]
2021
How to Make a Bird
Meg McKinlay [1]
Canada [ ] Europe / Latin America / Africa [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
A Kite's Flight
2012
Finding Aunt Joan
and Joan Rankin
2013
The Magyar Conspiracy
2014
Chick-o-Sarus Rex
2015
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream
Kristy Dempsey
2016
The Safest Lie
2017
El Jardín Mágico
2018
Will You Read My Book with Me?
Lawrence Schimel
2019
The Night Lion
2020
The Untold, Bloody, and Absolutely Real History of Switzerland
Middle East / India / Asia [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Saraswati's Way
2012
Orchards
2013
Samurai Awakening
Benjamin Martin
2014
Bonkers!
Natasha Sharma
2015
Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles
2016
The Adventures of Squirky the Alien #3: Who is the Red Commander?
Melanie Lee
2017
Somewhere Among
2018
Yossi and the Monkeys
2019
The Clever Tailor
2020
Indigo Girl
Suzanne Kamata
UK / Ireland [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Tall Story
Candy Gourlay
2012
Dark Parties
Sara Grant
2013
Fifteen Days Without a Head
Dave Cousins
2014
Shine
Candy Gourlay
2015
The Year of the Rat
2016
Mind Games
2017
More of Me
Kathryn Evans
2018
Mold and the Poison Plot
2019
Orphan Monster Spy
2020
The Tide
Regions in the United States [ ] Atlantic (Pennsylvania / Delaware / New Jersey / Wash DC / Virginia / West Virginia / Maryland) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Mockingbird
Kathryn D. Erskine
2012
The Absolute Value of Mike
Kathryn D. Erskine
2013
BOY + BOT
2014
Flame in the Mist
2015
Pandemic
2016
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
2017
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
2018
7 Ate 9: The Untold Story
2019
Hawk Rising
2020
Hedy Lamarr's Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
California / Hawaii [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
The Quiet Book
2012
Won Ton - A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Lee Wardlaw
2013
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate
2014
The Kite That Bridged Two Nations
2015
Bombs Over Bikini: The World’s First Nuclear Disaster
2016
Under a Painted Sky
Stacey Lee
2017
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature
and
2018
The Lost Boys
2019
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
2020
The Downstairs Girl
Mid-South (Kansas / Louisiana / Arkansas / Tennessee / Kentucky / Missouri) [ ] Mid-West (Minnesota / Iowa / Nebraska / Wisconsin / Illinois / Michigan / Indiana / Ohio) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
2012
Bluefish
Pat Schmatz
2013
Creepy Carrots
2014
Sophie's Squash
2015
I am Cow, Hear Me Moo
2016
Wherever You Go
2017
The Quickest Kid in Clarksville
2018
Blue Sky White Stars
2019
The Rabbit Listened
2020
Just Like Rube Goldberg
New England (Maine / Vermont / New Hampshire / Connecticut / Massachusetts / Rhode Island) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Bats at the Ball Game
Brian Lies
2012
Pearl
2013
See You at Harry's
2014
The Story of Fish & Snail
2015
Feathers: Not Just for Flying
2016
Fish in a Tree
2017
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine
2018
This House, Once
2019
The Rough Patch
Brian Lies
2020
The Bridge Home
Padma Venkatraman
New York [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Sugar and Ice
2012
Thelonious Mouse
2013
Capture the Flag
2014
Crankenstein!
2015
Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (And Their Noses) are Saving The World
2016
The Truth About Twinkie Pie
2017
Saving Kate’s Flowers
2018
Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
2019
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott
2020
The Little Green Girl
South-East (Florida / Georgia / South Carolina / North Carolina / Alabama / Mississippi) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights
Jo S. Kittinger
2012
Cleopatra's Moon
2013
Glory Be
2014
The Ballad of Jessie Pearl
2015
Just a Drop of Water
2016
Outer Space Bedtime Race
2017
Wish
Barbara O’Connor
2018
Mouse
2019
Evangeline of the Bayou
2020
The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
South-West (Nevada / Arizona / Utah / Colorado / Wyoming / New Mexico) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Swoon At Your Own Risk
2012
Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor
2013
How to Baby Sit a Grandpa
2014
Tea REX
Molly Idle
2015
All Four Stars
2016
Audacity
2017
Space Boy and the Space Pirate
2018
If Your Monster Won’t Go to Bed
Denise Vega
2019
The 11:11 Wish
2020
Truman
Texas / Oklahoma [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
Mostly Monsterly
2012
Mine!
Patrice Barton
2013
Chained
Lynne Kelly
2014
Army Camels: Texas Ships of the Desert
Doris Fisher
2015
Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
2016
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
Don Tate
2017
Tiny Stitches – The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
2018
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
2019
The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast
2020
Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk
Meredith Davis and
West (Washington / Oregon / Alaska / Idaho / Montana / North Dakota / South Dakota) [ ]
Year
Title
Author
2011
A Bedtime for Bear
2012
The Friendship Doll
Kirby Larson
2013
Pickle
2014
Once Upon A Memory
2015
Be a Change Maker: How to Start Something That Matters
Laurie Ann Thompson
2016
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON’T!
2017
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox
2018
The Book of Mistakes
2019
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have A Horse
2020
Ghost Cat
References [ ] SCBWI Website [2]
List of Winners [3]
2013 List of Winners [4]
Announcement of 2011 Awards [5]
School Library Journal [6]