Golden Kite Awards

The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) to recognize the best books by its members in four categories:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration.

The winners from 1986 through the present:
2006
To be announced early 2007

2005
Fiction
A ROOM ON LORELEI STREET by Mary E. Pearson
Nonfiction
CHILDREN OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Russell Freedman
Picture Book Text
DOÑA FLOR by Pat Mora (illus. Raul Colón)
Picture Book Illustration
BABY BEAR'S CHAIRS Illus. by Melissa Sweet (author Jane Yolen)

2004
Fiction
BUCKING THE SARGE by Christopher Paul Curtis
Nonfiction
DUST TO EAT: DROUGHT AND DEPRESSION IN THE 1930s by Michael L. Cooper
Picture Book Text
APPLES TO OREGON by Deborah Hopkinson (illus. Nancy Carpenter)
Picture Book Illustration
THE MYSTERIOUS COLLECTION OF DR. DAVID HARLEYSON by Illus. and writthen by Jean Cassels

2003
Fiction
MILKWEED by Jerry Spinelli
Nonfiction
LEONARDO: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER by Robert Byrd
Picture Book Text
THE DIRTY COWBOY by Amy Timberlake (illus. Adam Rex)
Picture Book Illustration
I DREAM OF TRAINS Illus. 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 (illus. Chad Cameron)
Picture Book Illustration
MRS. BIDDLEBOX Illus. by Marla Frazee (author Linda Smith)

2001
Fiction
TRUE BELIEVER by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Nonfiction
BLACK POTATOES: THE STORY OF THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Picture Book Text
THE SHOE TREE OF CHAGRIN by J. Patrick Lewis (illus. Chris Sheban)
Picture Book Illustration
THE LAMP, THE ICE, AND THE BOAT CALLED FISH Illus. by Beth Krommes (author Jacqueline Briggs Martin)

2000
Fiction
THE BOXER by Kathleen Karr
Nonfiction
DARKNESS OVER DENMARK by Ellen Levine
Picture Book Text
RIVER FRIENDLY, RIVER WILD by Jane Kurtz (illus. Neil Brennan)
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) Illus. by Amy Walrod, (author Philemon Sturges)

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 (illus. Robert Sabuda)
Picture Book Illustration
THE PAPER DRAGON by Robert Sabuda (author Marguerite W. Davol)

1996
Fiction
THE MOORCHILD by Eloise McGraw
Nonfiction
SMALL STEPS by Peg Kehret
Picture Book Text
SAVING SWEETNESS by Diane Stanley
Picture Book Illustration
MARKET DAY Illus. by Holly Berry (author Eve Bunting)

1995
Fiction
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Nonfiction
ABIGAIL ADAMS by Natalie S. Bober
Picture Book Illustration
FAIRY WINGS by Dennis Nolan and Lauren Mills

1994
Fiction
CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY by Karen Cushman
Nonfiction
KIDS AT WORK: LEWIS HINE AND THE CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR by Russell Freedman
Picture Book Illustration
BIG FAT HEN by Keith Baker

1993
Fiction
MAKE LEMONADE by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Nonfiction
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT by Russell Freedman
Picture Book Illustration
BY THE LIGHT OF THE HALLOWEEN MOON Illus. by Kevin Hawkes (author Caroline Stutson)

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? Illus. by Barbara Lavallee (author Barbara Joose)

1990
Fiction
THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by Avi
Nonfiction
THE BOYS' WAR by Jim Murphy
Picture Book Illustration
HOME PLACE Illus. by Jerry Pinkney (author Crescent Dragon Wagon)

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 Illus. by Susan Jeffers (author Rosemary Wells)

1987
Fiction
RABBLE STARKEY by Lois Lowry
Nonfiction
INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF LEWIS AND CLARK by Rhoda Blumberg
Picture Book Illustration
THE DEVIL & MOTHER CRUMP Illus. by Arnold Lobel (author Valerie Scho Carey)

1986
Fiction
AFTER THE DANCING DAYS by Margaret Rostkowski
Nonfiction
POVERTY IN AMERICA by Milton Meltzer
Picture Book Illustration
ALPHABATICS by Suse MacDonald


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