The Golden Kite is one of five awards presented by The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) In this respect it's like a Players Player Award in sport. To be recognized by your peers; they who know just what is involved in producing a glorious illustrated and scripted children's book, for many this is
surely a pinnacle award.
In addition to the Golden Kite, SCBWI presents four other awards types of annual awards: the Sid Fleischman Humor Award, the Magazine Merit Awards, the Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award, and the Portfolio Award.
March 2008- Winners of 2007 Golden Kite Award
Fiction: Home of the Brave
by Katherine Applegate (above right)
Feiwel and Friends
Nonfiction: Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism
by Ann Bausum
National Geographic Society
Picture Book Text:
Pierre In Love
by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers
Orchard Books
Picture Book Illustration: Little Night
Illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales, Roaring Brook Press
2007 Golden Kite Honor Recipients:Fiction: Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
by Lauren Tarshis
Dial Books for Young Readers
Nonfiction: 1607: A New Look at Jamestown
by Karen Lange
National Geographic Society
Picture Book Text: The End
by David LaRochelle (left), illustrated by Richard Egielski
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Picture Book Illustration: Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo?
Illustrated and written by Carlyn Beccia
Houghton Mifflin Company
2006 Golden Kite Award Winners
Fiction
Firegirl
by Tony Abbott (right)
Little Brown and Co. for Young Readers
Editor: Alvina Ling
Tony Abbott is the author of over 35 books for young readers, including the extremely popular Droon series, which has sold over 4.5 million books to date. He has been a bookseller and librarian, and currently lives in Connecticut with his wife and two daughters
Tony Abbott Home Page
Nonfiction
Adventures Of Marco Polo
by Russell Freedman
Arthur A. Levin Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Editor: Arthur A. Levine
He claimed to have seen rocks burn, bandits command sandstorms, lions tamed with a look, and sorcerers charm sharks while divers gathered pearls on the ocean floor. Marco Polo shook Europe with descriptions of the world he'd seen on his epic journey to the court of Kublai Khan. But was Marco Polo the world's most accomplished explorer? Had he really seen the "Roof of the World" in Central Asia, and the "City of Heaven" in far-off China? Or was he a charlatan who saw nothing more than the conjurings of his inventive mind? Join Russell Freedman as he tackles a centuries-old mystery.
Russell Freedman, (right) New York City, New York, is
a nonfiction writer who prefers to be called a "factual author" and whose compelling books enrich learning environments of young people and inspire their personal reading. Among his nearly 50 books are Lincoln: A Photobiography (Newbery Medal); Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Newbery Honor); The Wright Brothers (Newbery Honor); and The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights (Newbery Honor and the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award). His recent works include Give me Liberty!: The Story of the Declaration of Independence and In Defense of Liberty: The Story of the American Bill of Rights and Children of the Depression (2005). ALA has selected Russell Freedman to deliver the 2006 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.
Picture Book Text
Jazz ( Also a 2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book)
by Walter Dean Myers
- Illustrated by Christopher Myers
- Holiday House
- Editor: Regina Griffin
Book Description
From bebop to New Orleans, from ragtime to boogie, and every style in- between, this collection of Walter Dean Myerss energetic and engaging
- poems, accompanied by Christopher Myerss bright and exhilarating paintings,
- celebrates different styles of the American art form, jazz. "Jazz" takes
- readers on a musical journey from jazzs beginningsto the present day.
About the Author
Walter Dean Myers's books have received numerous awards, including- the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award and an Honor, two Newbery Honors,
- five Coretta Scott King Awards, and four "'Boston Globe-Horn Book"' Honors.
- He grew up in New York City's Harlem and now resides in New Jersey.
- Christopher Myers's work has received such recognition as
- the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator
- Honor, "'Booklist"' proclaimed Myers's artwork "
- 'A Visual experience...truly extraordinary grace and power."'
- He live in Brooklyn, New York.
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Walter Dean Myers Home Page
Picture Book Illustration
Not Afraid of Dogs
Illustrated by Larry Day, Written by Susanna Pitzer
Walker & Company
Editor: Emily Easton
Designer: Nicole Gastonguay
Daniel is the bravest boy of all!
Daniel isn’t afraid of spiders. He isn’t afraid of snakes. He isn’t even afraid of thunderstorms. And no matter what his sister says, he’s certainly not afraid of dogs — he just doesn’t like them. But there’s no avoiding them when he comes home and his mother is babysitting his aunt’s dog.
Susanna Pitzer’s humorous look into the nature of courage, fear, and friendship has a touching outcome for both the brave and the frail of heart, with expressive illustrations by Larry Day.
- Larry Day Home Site
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Golden Kite 2007 Honor Recipients:
Fiction
Wings
by William Loizeaux (right)
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
illustrated Leslie Bowman
WILLIAM LOIZEAUX is the author of Anna: A Daughter's Life
, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. This is his first novel for children. He lives in Hyattsville, Maryland. LESLIE BOWMAN has illustrated many children’s books. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nonfiction
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
(Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 (Awards))
by Catherine Thimmesh (below)
Houghton Miffin Company
Publishers Weekly, Starred : "This behind-the-scenes look at the first Apollo moon landing has the feel of a public television documentary in its breadth and
detail."
School Library Journal : "This dramatic account will mesmerize even readers already familiar with the event–and also leave them awed by the level of care and dedication it took to surmount so many daunting technological challenges." –SLJ
Horn Book : "Thimmesh gives names and voices to the army that got Neil Armstrong and company to the moon and back. The result is a spectacular and highly original addition to the literature of space exploration."
"Catherine Thimmesh tells us the stories of the 400,000 people it took to make...that 'one giant leap'...Their collective devotion to an exciting goal comes across strongly." - Chicago Tribune
"An edge-of-your-seat adventure...lavishly illustrated...this exhilarating book...will captivate." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Thimmesh's enthusiasm for her subject is palpable, and the sense of excitement she brings is as vital to Team Moon's success the book's very premise." - Chris Barton, author
- Catherine Thimmes Home Page
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- Picture Text Book
Dear Mr. Rosenwald
by Carole Boston Weatherford (below)
Ilustrated by R. Gregorg Christie
Scholastic Press
Based on the true story of the Rosenwald schools built in the rural African-American South in the 1920s, writer and poet
Carol Boston Weatherford tells the lyrical story of third grader Ovella as her family and community help each other build a new, and much-prayed for, school. Inspired by Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant and the president of Sears, Roebuck and Co., donated millions of dollars to build schools for African-American children in the rural South
Carole Boston Weatherford Home Site
- Picture Book Illustration
Hippo! No, Rhino
Ilustrated and written by Jeff Newman (self portrait right)
Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers
Jeff Newman grew up in Ashland, MA and attended the Art Institute of Boston. He is the author and illustrator of the picture book Reginald published by Doubleday. He currently lives in Madison, WI.
Golden Kite Winners 1973- 2005
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
* 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
* Picture Book Illustration: The Lamp, The Ice, And The Boat Called Fish, by Beth Krommes
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
* 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, by Holly Berry
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, by Kevin Hawkes
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
* Fiction: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
* Nonfiction: The Boy's War, by Jim Murphy
* Picture Book Illustration: Home Place, by Jerry Pinkney
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
* Fiction: Rabble Starkey, by Lois Lowry
* Nonfiction: Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark, by Rhoda Blumberg
* Picture Book Illustration: What the Mailman Brought, by Tomie DePaola
1986
* Fiction: After the Dancing Days, by Margaret Rostowski
* Nonfiction: Poverty in America, by Milton Meltzer
* Picture Book Illustration: Juma and the Magin Jinn, by Charles Mikolaycak
1985
* Fiction: Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan
* Nonfiction: Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, by Rhoda Blumberg
* Picture Book Illustration: The Donkey's Dream, by Barbara Helen Berger
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
* Fiction: The Tempering, by Gloria Skurzynski
* Nonfiction: The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary, by Helen Roney Sattler
* Picture Book Illustration: Little Red Riding Hood, by Trina Schart Hyman
1982
* Fiction: Ralph S. Mouse, by Beverly Cleary
* Nonfiction: Chimney Sweeps, by James Cross Giblin
* Picture Book Illustration: Giorgio's Village, by Tomie de Paola
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
* One More Flight, by Eve Bunting
1975
* The Garden Is Doing Fine, by Carol Farley
1974
* The Girl Who Cried Flowers, by Jane Yolen
1973
* Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
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