Golden Kite Award
The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a child flying a kite. Instituted in 1973, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers. Eligible books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members, and submitted either by publishers or individuals.[1]
The award currently recognizes literature in seven categories: "Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction Text for Young Readers, Nonfiction text for Older Readers, Picture Book Text, Picture Book Illustration, and Illustration for Older Readers."[1]
Winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the Golden Kite Award winners, honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, each category's winner wins a $2,500 grant cash prize, as well as $1,000 to donate to their chosen non-profit organization.[1] Honor winners receive $500, as well as $250 to donate.[1]
Since 2003, the Sid Fleischman Award for excellence in humorous writing is given in conjunction with the Golden Kite Awards.[2]
Recipients[]
In the following table, the year represents the year the awards were given, which is the year following publication. For example, the 2000 awards are for books published in 1999.
| Year | Category | Title | Author | Illustrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[3] | Illustrated Book for Older Readers | Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood | Uri Shulevitz | |
| Middle Grade/Young Readers Fiction | Ways to Make Sunshine | Renee Watson | ||
| Picture Book Text | All Because You Matter | Tami Charles | Bryan Collier | |
| Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers | William Still and His Freedom Stories | Don Tate | ||
| Picture Book Illustration | The Bear and the Moon | Matthew Burgess | Catia Chien | |
| Nonfiction Text for Older Readers | All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team | Christina Soontornvat | ||
| Young Adult Fiction | The Blossom and the Firefly | Sherri L. Smith | ||
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Lupe Wong Won't Dance | Donna Barba Higuera | ||
| 2020[4] | Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction | The Bridge Home | Padma Venkatraman | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Lovely War | Julie Berry | ||
| Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers | Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet | Elizabeth Rusch | ||
| Nonfiction Text for Older Readers | Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of "The Children's Ship" | Deborah Heiligman | ||
| Picture Book Illustration | Clever Little Witch | Muon Thj Van | Hyewon Yum | |
| Picture Book Text | A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park | Ashley Benham Yazdani | ||
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Pie in the Sky | Remy Lai | ||
| 2019[5] | Middle Grade Fiction | Lifeboat 12 | Susan Hood | |
| Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers | Otis and Will Discover the Deep | Barb Rosenstock | ||
| Nonfiction Text for Older Readers | Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam | Elizabeth Partridge | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Remember Balloons | Jessie Oliveros | Danda Wulfekotte | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler | Carole Lexa Schaefer | Becca Stadtlander | |
| Young Adult Fiction | Mapping the Bones | Jane Yolen | ||
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Stella Diaz Has Something to Say | Angela Dominguez | ||
| 2018[6] | Middle Grade Fiction | See You in the Cosmos | Jack Cheng | |
| Nonfiction Text for Older Readers | Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers | Deborah Heiligman | ||
| Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers | Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library | Carole Boston Weatherford | ||
| Picture Book Text | There Might Be Lobsters | Carolyn Crimi | Laurel Molk | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter | Kenard Pak | Kenard Pak | |
| Young Adult Fiction | What Girls Are Made Of | Elana K. Arnold | ||
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | The Magnificent Mya Tibb: The Wall of Fame Game | Crystal Allen | ||
| 2017[7] | Young Adult Fiction | Salt to the Sea | Ruta Sepetys | |
| Nonfiction | The Music in George's Head | Stacy Innerst | ||
| Middle Grade Fiction | The Haunting of Falcon House | Eugene Yelchin | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Christmas Boot | Lisa Wheeler | Jerry Pinkney | |
| Picture Book Illustration | We Will Not Be Silent | Russell Freedman | Russell Freedman | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel | Chris Grabenstein | ||
| 2016[8] | Young Adult Fiction | Challenger Deep | Neal Shusterman | |
| Middle Grade Fiction | The Detective's Assistant | Kate Hannigan | ||
| Nonfiction | Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir | Margarita Engle | ||
| Picture Book Text | Boats for Papa | Jessixa Bagley | Jessixa Bagley | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Marvelous Cornelius | Phil Bildner | John Parra | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Teddy Mars: Almost a World Record Beaker | Molly B. Burnham | Trevor Spencer | |
| 2015 | Fiction | Revolution | Deborah Wiles | |
| Nonfiction | The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia | Candace Fleming | ||
| Picture Book Text | A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream | Kristy Dempsey | Floyd Cooper | |
| Picture Book Illustration | The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus | Jen Bryant | Melissa Sweet | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Evil Librarian | Michelle Knudsen | ||
| 2014 | Fiction | Better Nate Than Ever | Tim Federle | |
| Nonfiction | Call of the Klondike | David Meissner | ||
| Picture Book Text | Sophie's Squash | Pat Zietlow Miller | Anne Wilsdorf | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Mr. Tiger Goes Wild | Peter Brown | Peter Brown | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Openly Straight | Bill Konigsberg | ||
| 2013 | Fiction | The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook | Joanne Rocklin | |
| Nonfiction | Noah Webster and His Words | Jeri Chase Ferris | ||
| Picture Book Text | Me and Momma and Big John | Mara Rockliff | William Low | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Lester's Dreadful Sweaters | K.G. Campbell | K.G. Campbell | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs | Mo Willems | ||
| 2012 | Fiction | Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys | |
| Nonfiction | Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart | Candace Fleming | ||
| Picture Book Text | Over and Under the Snow | Kate Messner | Christopher Silas Neal | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Balloons Over Broadway | Melissa Sweet | Melissa Sweet | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | The Fourth Stall | Chris Rylander | ||
| 2011 | Fiction | Turtle in Paradise | Jennifer L. Holm | |
| Nonfiction | The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie | Tanya Lee Stone | ||
| Picture Book Text | Big Red Lollipop | Rukhsana Khan | Sophie Blackall | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes | Salley Mavor | Salley Mavor | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze | Alan Silberberg | ||
| 2010 | Fiction | Sea of the Dead | Julia Durango | |
| Nonfiction | Words to My Life's Song | Ashley Bryan | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Longest Night | Marion Dane Bauer | Ted Lewin | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Gracias Thanks | Pat Mora | John Parra | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have | Allen Zadoff | ||
| 2009 | Fiction | Down Sand Mountain | Steve Watkins | |
| Nonfiction | A Life in the Wild | Pamela S. Turner | ||
| Picture Book Text | A Visitor for Bear | Bonny Becker | Kady MacDonald Denton | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Last Night | Hyewon Yum | Hyewon Yum | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running For President | Donna Gephart | ||
| 2008 | Fiction | Home of the Brave | Katherine Applegate | Katherine Applegate |
| Nonfiction | Muckrackers | Ann Bausum | Ann Bausum | |
| Picture Book Text | Pierre in Love | Sara Pennypacker | Petra Mathers | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Little Night | Yuyi Morales | Yuyi Morales | |
| 2007 | Fiction | Firegirl | Tony Abbott | |
| Nonfiction | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Text | Jazz | Walter Dean Myers | Christopher Myers | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Not Afraid of Dogs | Susanna Pitzer | Larry Day | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | ||
| 2006 | Fiction | A Room on Lorelei Street | Mary E. Pearson | |
| Nonfiction | Children of The Great Depression | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Text | Doña Flor | Pat Mora | Raul Colón | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Baby Bear's Chairs | Jane Yolen | Melissa Sweet | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Absolutely Positively Not | David LaRochelle | ||
| 2005 | Fiction | Bucking The Sarge | Christopher Paul Curtis | |
| Nonfiction | Dust To Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s | Michael L. Cooper | ||
| Picture Book Text | Apples to Oregon | Deborah Hopkinson | Nancy Carpenter | |
| Picture Book Illustration | The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson | Jean Cassels | Jean Cassels | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | ||
| 2004 | Fiction | Milkweed | Jerry Spinelli | |
| Nonfiction | Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer | Robert Byrd | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Dirty Cowboy | Amy Timberlake | Adam Rex | |
| Picture Book Illustration | I Dream Of Trains | Angela Johnson | Loren Long | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Millicent Min, Girl Genius | Lisa Yee | ||
| 2003 | Fiction | Fresh Girl | Jaïra Placide | |
| Nonfiction | This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie | Elizabeth Partridge | ||
| Picture Book Text | George Hogglesberry: Grade School Alien | Sarah WIlson | ||
| Picture Book Illustration | Mrs. Biddlebox | Linda Smith | Marla Frazee | |
| Sid Fleischman Humor Award | Sid Fleischman | |||
| 2002 | Fiction | True Believer | Virginia Euwer Wolff | |
| Nonfiction | Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine | Susan Campbell Bartoletti | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Shoe Tree of Chagrin | J. Patrick Lewis | Chris Sheban | |
| Picture Book Illustration | The Lamp, The Ice, And The Boat Called Fish | Beth Krommes | ||
| 2001 | Fiction | The Boxer | Kathleen Karr | |
| Nonfiction | Darkness over Denmark | Ellen Levine | ||
| Picture Book Text | River Friendly, River Wild | Jane Kurtz | ||
| Picture Book Illustration | The Rain Came Down | David Shannon | ||
| 2000 | Fiction | Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson | |
| Nonfiction | Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall | Marianne J. Dyson | ||
| Picture Book Text | A Band of Angels | Deborah Hopkinson | Raul Colon | |
| Picture Book Illustration | The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) | Philemon Sturges | Amy Wolrod | |
| 1999 | Fiction | Rules of the Road | Joan Bauer | |
| Nonfiction | Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Text | Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems | Kristine O'Connell George | Kate Kiesler | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Snow | Uri Shulevitz | Uri Shulevitz | |
| 1998 | Fiction | Stones in Water | Donna Jo Napoli | |
| Nonfiction | Carmine's Story: A Book About a Boy Living with AIDS | Arlene Schulman | ||
| Picture Book Text | The Paper Dragon | Marguerite W. Davol | Robert Sabuda | |
| Picture Book Illustration | The Paper Dragon | Marguerite W. Davol | Robert Sabuda | |
| 1997 | Fiction | The Moorchild | Eloise McGraw | |
| Nonfiction | Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio | Peg Kehret | ||
| Picture Book Text | Saving Sweetness | Diane Stanley | G. Brian Karas | |
| Picture Book Illustration | Market Day | Eve Bunting | Holly Berry | |
| 1996 | Fiction | The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 | Christopher Paul Curtis | |
| Nonfiction | Abigail Adams | Natalie S. Bober | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Fairy Wings | Dennis Nolan and Lauren Mills | ||
| 1995 | Fiction | Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman | |
| Nonfiction | Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Big Fat Hen | Keith Baker | Keith Baker | |
| 1994 | Fiction | Make Lemonade | Virginia Euwer Wolff | |
| Nonfiction | Eleanor Roosevelt | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | By the Light of the Halloween Moon | Caroline Stutson | Kevin Hawkes | |
| 1993 | Fiction | Letters From a Slave Girl | Mary E. Lyons | |
| Nonfiction | The Long Road to Gettysburg | Jim Murphy | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Chicken Sunday | Patricia Polacco | Patricia Polacco | |
| 1992 | Fiction | The Rain Catchers | Jean Thesman | |
| Nonfiction | The Wright Brothers | Russell Freedman | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Mama Do You Love Me? | Barbara M. Joosse | Barbara Lavallee | |
| 1991 | Fiction | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi | |
| Nonfiction | The Boys' War: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War | Jim Murphy | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Home Place | Crescent Dragonwagon | Jerry Pinkney | |
| 1990 | Fiction | Jenny of the Tetons | Kristiana Gregory | |
| Nonfiction | Panama Canal: Gateway to the World | Judith St. George | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Tom Thumb | Richard Jesse Watson | Richard Jesse Watson | |
| 1989 | Fiction | Borrowed Children | George Ella Lyon | |
| Nonfiction | Let There Be Light | James Cross Giblin | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Forest of Dreams | Rosemary Wells | Susan Jeffers | |
| 1988 | Fiction | Rabble Starkey | Lois Lowry | |
| Nonfiction | Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark | Rhoda Blumberg | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | The Devil and Mother Crump | Valerie Scho Carey | Arnold Lobel | |
| 1987 | Fiction | After the Dancing Days | Margaret Rostkowski | |
| Nonfiction | Poverty in America | Milton Meltzer | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Alphabetics | Suse MacDonald | Suse MacDonald | |
| 1986 | Fiction | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan | |
| Nonfiction | Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun | Rhoda Blumberg | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | The Donkey's Dream | Barbara Helen Berger | Barbara Helen Berger | |
| 1985 | Fiction | Tancy | Belinda Hurmence | |
| Nonfiction | Walls: Defenses Throughout History | James Cross Giblin | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | The Napping House | Audrey Wood | Don Wood | |
| 1984 | Fiction | The Tempering | Gloria Skurzynski | |
| Nonfiction | The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary | Helen Roney Sattler | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Little Red Riding Hood | Trina Schart Hyman | Trina Schart Hyman | |
| 1983 | Fiction | Ralph S. Mouse | Beverly Cleary | |
| Nonfiction | Chimney Sweeps | James Cross Giblin | ||
| Picture Book Illustraction | Giorgio's Village | Tomie de Paola | Tomie de Paola | |
| 1982 | Fiction | Little, Little | M. E. Kerr | |
| Nonfiction | Blissymbolics | Elizabeth Helfman | ||
| 1981 | Fiction | Arthur, For the Very First Time | Patricia MacLachlan | |
| Nonfiction | The Lives of Spiders | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | ||
| 1980 | Fiction | The Magic of the Glits | C. S. Adler | |
| Nonfiction | Runaway Teens | Arnold Madison | ||
| 1979 | Fiction | And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine | Stella Pevsner | |
| Nonfiction | How I Came to Be a Writer | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | ||
| 1978 | Fiction | The Girl Who Had No Name | Bernice Rabe | |
| Nonfiction | Peeper, First Voice of Spring | Robert McClung | ||
| 1977 | One More Flight | Eve Bunting | ||
| 1976 | The Garden Is Doing Fine | Carol Farley | ||
| 1975 | The Girl Who Cried Flowers | Jane Yolen | ||
| 1974 | Summer of My German Soldier | Bette Greene |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "The Golden Kite Awards". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "Sid Fleischman Award". scbwi.org. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ "SCBWI | 2021 Golden Kite Award Winners and Honor Recipients Announced". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "Announcing the Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Winners". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "SCBWI Announces 2019 Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Awards". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "SCBWI Announces 2018 Golden Kite Winners". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ "2017 Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Awards Announced!". Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. 2017-03-20. Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2021-04-19.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ "2016 Golden Kite Winners". Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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