2009 Golden Kite Winners Unveiled
RSSBy SLJ Staff -- School Library Journal, 03/05/2009
A biography of explorer-naturalist George Schaller, the tale of a curmudgeonly bear, and a wordless dream voyage picture book are among the winners of the 2009 Golden Kite Awards for excellence in children’s literature.
Sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, winning authors and illustrators receive $2,500 and a trip to the award ceremony in Los Angeles on August 9.
The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
The following is a list of this year’s winners of books published during the 2008 calendar year.
Fiction
Steve Watkins for Down Sand Mountain(Candlewick)
Nonfiction
Pamela S. Turner for A Life in the Wild: George Schaller’s Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts (Farrar, Straus)
Picture Book Text
Bonny Becker for A Visitor for Bear, illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton (Candlewick)
Picture Book Illustration
Hyewon Yum for Last Night (Farrar, Straus)
Golden Kite Honor Recipients
Fiction
Mary E. Pearson for The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Holt)
Nonfiction
Ellen Jackson for The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black Holes, photos and illustrations by Nic Bishop (Houghton)
Picture Book Text
Carole Boston Weatherford for Before John was a Jazz Giant, illustrated by Sean Qualls (Holt)
Picture Book Illustration
Mo Willems for I Love My New Toy (Hyperion)
