Golden Kite Award
The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators to recognize excellence in children’s literature. Instituted in 1972, 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.
The award includes four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges which consists of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the four Golden Kite Award winners, four honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, the best author and illustrator in each category wins a $2,500 grant cash prize.
Recipients
Year is when the books were published. The awards are given the following year. For example the 2000 awards are for books published in 1999, listed in the section "1999" below.
2010
- 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, illustrated By Sophie Blackall
- Picture Book Illustration: A Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Salley Mavor
2009
- Fiction: Sea of the Dead, Julia Durango
- Nonfiction: Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song, Ashley Bryan
- Picture Book Text: The Longest Night, Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Ted Lewin
- Picture Book Illustration: Gracias Thanks, illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora
2008
- Fiction: Down Sand Mountain, Steve Watkins
- Nonfiction: A Life in the Wild, Pamela S. Turner
- Picture Book Text: A Visitor for Bear, Bonny Brecker
- Picture Book Illustration: Last Night, illustrated by Hyewon Yum
2007
- Fiction: Home of the Brave, Katherine Applegate
- Nonfiction: Muckrackers, Ann Bausum
- Picture Book Text: Pierre in Love, Sara Pennypacker
- Picture Book Illustration: Little Night, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
2006
- Fiction: Firegirl, Tony Abbott
- Nonfiction: Wings, William Loizeaux
- Picture Book Text: Jazz, Walter Dean Myers (illustrated by Christopher Myers)
- Picture Book Illustration: Not Afraid of Dogs, Larry Day (authored by Susanna Pitzer)
2005
- Fiction: A Room on Lorelei Street, Mary E. Pearson
- Nonfiction: Children of The Great Depression, Russell Freedman
- Picture Book Text: Doña Flor, Pat Mora (illustrated by Raul Colón)
- Picture Book Illustration: Baby Bear's Chairs, Melissa Sweet (authored by Jane Yolen)
2004
- 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 (illustrated. Nancy Carpenter)
- Picture Book Illustration: The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson, Jean Cassels
2003
- Fiction: Milkweed, by Jerry Spinelli
- Nonfiction: After The Last Dog Died: The True-Life, Hair-Raising Adventure Of Douglas Mawson And His 1911-1914 Antarctic Expedition, by Carmen Bredeson
- Picture Book Text: The Dirty Cowboy, by Amy Timberlake (illus. Adam Rex)
- Picture Book Illustration: I Dream Of Trains, by Loren Long (author Angela Johnson)
2002
- Fiction: Fresh Girl, by Jaïra Placide
- Nonfiction: This Land Was Made For You And Me: The Life And Songs Of Woody Guthrie, by Elizabeth Partridge
- Picture Book Text: George Hogglesberry, Grade School Alien, by Sarah Wilson
- Picture Book Illustration: Mrs. Biddlebox, by Marla Frazee
2001
2000
- Fiction: The Boxer, by Kathleen Karr
- Nonfiction: Darkness over Denmark, by Ellen Levine
- Picture Book Text: River Friendly, River Wild, by Jane Kurtz
- Picture Book Illustration: The Rain Came Down, by David Shannon
1999
- Fiction: Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Nonfiction: Space station Science: Life in Free Fall, by Marianne J. Dyson
- Picture Book Text: A Band of Angels, by Deborah Hopkinson
- Picture Book Illustration: The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza), by Amy Wolrod
1998
- Fiction: Rules of the Road, by Joan Bauer
- Nonfiction: Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life, by Russell Freedman
- Picture Book Text: Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems, by Kristine O'Connell George
- Picture Book Illustration: Snow, by Uri Shulevitz
1997
- Fiction: Stones in Water, by Donna Jo Napoli
- Nonfiction: Carmine's Story: A Book About a Boy Living With AIDS, by Arlene Schulman
- Picture Book Text: The Paper Dragon, by Marguerite W. Davol
- Picture Book Illustration: The Paper Dragon, by Robert Sabuda
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
- Fiction: Letters From a Slave Girl, by Mary E. Lyons
- Nonfiction: The Long Road to Gettysburg, by Jim Murphy
- Picture Book Illustration: Chicken Sunday, by Patricia Polacco
1991
- Fiction: The Rain Catchers, by Jean Thesman
- Nonfiction: The Wright Brothers, by Russell Freedman
- Picture Book Illustration: Mama, Do You Love Me, by Barbara Lavallee
1990
1989
- Fiction: Jenny of the Tetons, by Kristiana Gregory
- Nonfiction: Panama Canal: Gateway to the World, by Judith St. George
- Picture Book Illustration: Tom Thumb, by Richard Jesse Watson
1988
- Fiction: Borrowed Children, by George Ella Lyon
- Nonfiction: Let There Be Light, by James Cross Giblin
- Picture Book Illustration: Forest of Dreams, by Susan Jeffers
1987
1986
1985
1984
- Fiction: Tancy, by Belinda Hurmence
- Nonfiction: Walls: Defenses Throughout History, by James Cross Giblin
- Picture Book Illustration: Little Red Riding Hood, by Don Wood
1983
1982
1981
- Fiction: Little, Little, by M. E. Kerr
- Nonfiction: Blissymbolics, by Elizabeth Helfman
1980
- Fiction: Arthur, For the Very First Time, by Patricia MacLachlan
- Nonfiction: The Lives of Spiders, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
1979
- Fiction: The Magic of the Glits, by C. S. Adler
- Nonfiction: Runaway Teens, by Arnold Madison
1978
- Fiction: And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine, by Stella Pevsner
- Nonfiction: How I Came to Be a Writer, by Phyllis Reynolds
1977
- Fiction: The Girl Who Had No Name, by Bernice Rabe
- Nonfiction: Peeper, First Voice of Spring, by Robert McClung
1976
1975
- The Garden Is Doing Fine, by Carol Farley
1974
1973
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