Saturday, March 2, 2013

Golden Kite Awards announced



GOLDEN KITE AWARDS 
AND 
SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD WINNERS 
     
Here are the winners and honor recipients of the 2013 Golden Kite Awards, honor books, and Sid Fleischman recipient. Congratulations to the winners!
 
WINNERS

FICTION
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet Books/Abrams), edited by Maggie Lehrman 

NONFICTION
Noah Webster & His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris (HM for Children), edited by Kate O'Sullivan

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION  
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters by K. G. Campbell (Kids Can Press), edited by Tara Walker and Yvette Ghione 

PICTURE BOOK TEXT 
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff (Candlewick), edited by  Karen Lotz

SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD
Mo Willems for his smart, and very funny, picture book Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (HarperCollins), edited by Alessandra Balzer
   
HONOR RECIPIENTS

FICTION
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion)   

NONFICTION
Electric Ben by Robert Byrd (Dial)

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson (Peachtree)

PICTURE BOOK TEXT
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas (Millbrook)

P.S. CRYSTAL KITE AWARDS   
Over 1,200 books were entered, and the first round of voting ended February 28.
The second round begins March 4–––DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

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