THE SOCIETY OF CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS AND HONOREES OF THE 2009 GOLDEN KITE AWARDS
The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
Golden Kite Award Winners:
Fiction:
DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN
by Steve Watkins
Candlewick Press
Nonfiction:
A LIFE IN THE WILD: GEORGE SCHALLER’S STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE LAST GREAT BEASTS
by Pamela S. Turner
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Picture Book Text:
A VISITOR FOR BEAR
by Bonny Becker, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
Candlewick Press
Picture Book Illustration:
LAST NIGHT
Illustrated and written by Hyewon Yum
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Golden Kite Honor Recipients:
Fiction:
THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX
by Mary E. Pearson
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Nonfiction:
THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE: SUPERNOVAE, DARK ENERGY, AND BLACK HOLES
by Ellen Jackson; photographed and illustrated by Nic Bishop
Houghton Mifflin
Picture Book Text:
BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT
by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Picture Book Illustration:
I LOVE MY NEW TOY
Illustrated and written by Mo Willems
Hyperion
