Golden Kite Award
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The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
to recognize excellence in children’s literature. Instituted in 1972, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award
judged by a jury of peers. Eligible books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members, and submitted either by publishers or individuals.
The award includes four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book
Text, and Picture Book Illustration. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges which consists of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the four Golden Kite Award winners, four honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, the best author and illustrator in each category wins a $2,500 grant cash prize.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is a nonprofit, 5013 organization that acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people.The...
to recognize excellence in children’s literature. Instituted in 1972, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
judged by a jury of peers. Eligible books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members, and submitted either by publishers or individuals.
The award includes four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book was a BBC TV series that first appeared in 1955. It was the Monday programme in the Watch with Mother cycle and was created by Freda Lingstrom. It was initially introduced by Patricia Driscoll. The programme encouraged children to make things...
Text, and Picture Book Illustration. Winners are chosen by a panel of judges which consists of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the four Golden Kite Award winners, four honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, the best author and illustrator in each category wins a $2,500 grant cash prize.
Recipients
Year is when the books were published. The awards are given the following year. For example the 2000 awards are for books published in 1999, listed in the section "1999" below.2010
- Fiction: Turtle in ParadiseTurtle in ParadiseTurtle in Paradise is a 2010 Newbery Honor Book by Jennifer L. Holm. The main character, Turtle, is eleven years old and lives in Key West, Florida during the Great Depression....
, Jennifer L. HolmJennifer L. Holm- Biography :Holm was raised in Audubon, Pennsylvania with her four brothers. After graduating from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, she worked in television and later began to write... - Nonfiction: The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie, Tanya Lee Stone
- Picture Book Text: Big Red Lollipop, Rukhsana KhanRukhsana KhanRukhsana Khan is an award-winning Pakistani Canadian children's author, writer, and storyteller whose "stories have enabled children of all cultures to connect with cultures of Eastern origins."-Biography:...
, illustrated By Sophie Blackall - Picture Book Illustration: A Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Salley Mavor
2009
- Fiction: Sea of the Dead, Julia Durango
- Nonfiction: Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song, Ashley BryanAshley BryanAshley F. Bryan is an American author and illustrator noted for his children's books. His subjects most often are from the African-American experience.-Childhood:...
- Picture Book Text: The Longest Night, Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Ted LewinTed lewinTed Lewin is an author/illustrator of children's books. Lewin and his wife Betsy Reilly drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon River, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, the Sahara Desert, and India when collaborating on their many books...
- Picture Book Illustration: Gracias Thanks, illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat MoraPat MoraPat Mora is a Chicana author known primarily for her poetry and children's books.- Writer's Life and Work:Pat Mora is a writer and cultural preservationist who seeks to document the lives of Mexican Americans and U.S. Latinas and Latinos through varying genres such as children's books, poetry, and...
2008
- Fiction: Down Sand Mountain, Steve Watkins
- Nonfiction: A Life in the Wild, Pamela S. Turner
- Picture Book Text: A Visitor for Bear, Bonny Brecker
- Picture Book Illustration: Last Night, illustrated by Hyewon Yum
2007
- Fiction: Home of the Brave, Katherine Applegate
- Nonfiction: Muckrackers, Ann Bausum
- Picture Book Text: Pierre in Love, Sara PennypackerSara PennypackerSara Pennypacker, born in Massachusetts, is an author of children's literature who was awarded the Golden Kite Award for Pierre In Love.She has written thirteen children's books, including the those in the Clementine and Stuart series...
- Picture Book Illustration: Little Night, illustrated by Yuyi Morales
2006
- Fiction: Firegirl, Tony AbbottTony Abbott (Author)Tony Abbott is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books...
- Nonfiction: Wings, William Loizeaux
- Picture Book Text: Jazz, Walter Dean MyersWalter Dean MyersWalter Dean Myers is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times...
(illustrated by Christopher MyersChristopher MyersChristopher Myers is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books. In 1998, Myers won a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Harlem. The following year, he wrote and illustrated Black Cat, a book that received a Coretta Scott King Award...
) - Picture Book Illustration: Not Afraid of Dogs, Larry Day (authored by Susanna Pitzer)
2005
- Fiction: A Room on Lorelei Street, Mary E. Pearson
- Nonfiction: Children of The Great Depression, Russell FreedmanRussell FreedmanRussell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
- Picture Book Text: Doña Flor, Pat MoraPat MoraPat Mora is a Chicana author known primarily for her poetry and children's books.- Writer's Life and Work:Pat Mora is a writer and cultural preservationist who seeks to document the lives of Mexican Americans and U.S. Latinas and Latinos through varying genres such as children's books, poetry, and...
(illustrated by Raul Colón) - Picture Book Illustration: Baby Bear's Chairs, Melissa SweetMelissa SweetMelissa Sweet is a multi-award winning Australian freelance journalist and author. Formerly employed by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin magazine and Australian Associated Press, she specialises in writing about health and medical issues....
(authored by Jane YolenJane YolenJane Hyatt Yolen is an American author and editor of almost 300 books. These include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, and children's books...
)
2004
- Fiction: Bucking The Sarge, Christopher Paul CurtisChristopher Paul CurtisChristopher Paul Curtis is an American children's author and a Newbery Medal winner who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 and the critically acclaimed Bud, Not Buddy. Bud, Not Buddy is the first novel to receive both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal...
- Nonfiction: Dust To Eat: Drought And Depression In The 1930s, Michael L. Cooper
- Picture Book Text: Apples to Oregon, Deborah HopkinsonDeborah HopkinsonDeborah Hopkinson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is the author of approximately 30 children's books, including Hear My Sorrow, the final book in the Dear America series...
(illustrated. Nancy Carpenter) - Picture Book Illustration: The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson, Jean Cassels
2003
- Fiction: MilkweedMilkweed (novel)Milkweed is a 2003 historical fiction novel by American author Jerry Spinelli. The book is about a boy in Warsaw, Poland in the years of World War II during the Holocaust. Over time, he learns that he is a Gypsy but he is taken in by a Jewish group of orphans, so he must avoid the German troops ...
, by Jerry SpinelliJerry SpinelliJerry Spinelli is an author of children's novels on adolescence and early adulthood. He is best known for the novels Maniac Magee and Wringer.... - 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 RexAdam RexAdam Rex is an American illustrator and author of children's books living in Tucson, Arizona.- Career :Adam Rex received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona. He has contributed illustrations to Magic: The Gathering and other fantasy art and has illustrated several children's books...
) - Picture Book Illustration: I Dream Of Trains, by Loren LongLoren LongLoren Long is an American #1 New York Times best-selling illustrator and has won the SCBWI’s Golden Kite Award for his picture book illustration. -Life:He graduated from University of Kentucky, with a BA in Graphic Design...
(author Angela JohnsonAngela JohnsonAngela Johnson is the first woman sentenced to death by a United States Federal jury since the 1950s. Forty-nine women have been executed under state laws since 1900....
)
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 WilsonSarah WilsonSarah Wilson was an English impostor who took a role of nonexistent sister of Queen Charlotte. How much of the tale is true is unclear.Sarah Wilson was born in Staffordshire and at the age of 16 moved to London...
- Picture Book Illustration: Mrs. Biddlebox, by Marla FrazeeMarla FrazeeMarla Frazee is an American author and illustrator of children's literature. She twice received a Caldecott Honor and has won numerous awards in her field.-Early Life and College:...
2001
- Fiction: True BelieverTrue Believer (novel)True Believer is a young adult verse novel written by Virginia Euwer Wolff. In Publishers Weekly, the reviewer noted that Wolff writes with "delicacy and sensitivity".-Characters:...
, by Virginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer Wolff is a prize-winning American author of children's literature, born in Portland, Oregon 25 Aug 1937. She attended an all-girls' school called St. Helen's Hall , before attending Smith College. She married Arthur Richard Wolff in 1959... - Nonfiction: Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, by Susan Campbell BartolettiSusan Campbell BartolettiSusan Campbell Bartoletti is an American writer of children's literature. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, but eventually the family ended up in a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. Susan started as an English teacher and inspired many students before deciding to pursue writing in...
- Picture Book Text: The Shoe Tree of Chagrin, by J. Patrick LewisJ. Patrick LewisJ. Patrick Lewis is an American poet and prose writer noted for his children's poems and other light verse. He worked as professor of economics before devoting himself full-time to writing in 1998.- Career :J...
- Picture Book Illustration: The Lamp, The Ice, And The Boat Called Fish, by Beth KrommesBeth KrommesBeth Krommes is an American illustrator of children's books. Her work has won several honors, including the 2002 Golden Kite Award and the 2009 Caldecott Medal.-Biography:...
2000
- Fiction: The Boxer, by Kathleen KarrKathleen KarrKathleen Karr is an American author of historical novels for children and young adults. She is the winner of the Golden Kite Award, for her work The Boxer.-Personal:...
- 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 ShannonDavid ShannonDavid Shannon is an American author and illustrator. He was born in Washington, D.C but grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now lives in Los Angeles. Arguably his greatest achievement in life is the 1998 winning of the Caldecott Honor for his No,...
1999
- Fiction: SpeakSpeak (novel)Speak is a 1999 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a girl named Melinda Sordino who is an outcast as a high school freshman. It was made into a film of the same name in 2004. The novel was a New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller...
, by Laurie Halse AndersonLaurie Halse AndersonLaurie Halse Anderson is an American author who writes for children and young adults.-Career:... - Nonfiction: Space station Science: Life in Free Fall, by Marianne J. Dyson
- Picture Book Text: A Band of Angels, by Deborah HopkinsonDeborah HopkinsonDeborah Hopkinson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. She is the author of approximately 30 children's books, including Hear My Sorrow, the final book in the Dear America series...
- 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 FreedmanRussell FreedmanRussell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
- Picture Book Text: Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems, by Kristine O'Connell George
- Picture Book Illustration: Snow, by Uri ShulevitzUri ShulevitzUri Shulevitz is an American author and illustrator. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1969 for his illustration of The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. He created his first picture book, The Moon in My Room, in 1963. Shulevitz lives in New York City.-Biography:Uri Shulevitz was born in Warsaw,...
1997
- Fiction: Stones in Water, by Donna Jo NapoliDonna Jo NapoliDonna Jo Napoli is an author of children's and young adult books, as well as a prominent linguist who has worked in syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical and comparative linguistics, Romance studies, structure of Japanese, structure of American Sign Language, poetics, writing for...
- 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 SabudaRobert SabudaRobert James Sabuda is a leading children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer. His recent books, such as those describing the stories of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, have been well-received and critically acclaimed.-Biography:Sabuda was born in Pinckney, Michigan...
1996
- Fiction: The MoorchildThe MoorchildThe Moorchild is a novel by Eloise McGraw that centers on the life of a changeling girl. The novel draws heavily on Irish and European folklore about changelings, leprechauns, and fairies.-Characters:...
, by Eloise McGrawEloise McGrawEloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books and young adult novels. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail , The Golden Goblet , and The Moorchild... - Nonfiction: Small Steps: The Year I Got PolioSmall Steps: The Year I Got PolioSmall Steps: The Year I Got Polio is an autobiography account of author Peg Kehret's childhood experience of polio.-Plot:In 1948, twelve-year-old Peg Kehret starts to notice some twitching in her leg during her school choir class, and then she also falls. When she gets home, she and her parents...
, by Peg KehretPeg KehretPeg Kehret is an American writer. Her writing primarily targets younger children between the ages of 8 and 14.... - Picture Book Text: Saving Sweetness, by Diane StanleyDiane StanleyDiane Stanley is an American children's author and illustrator.Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas on December 27, 1943. She earned her bachelor's degree from Trinity University and her M. A. in medical illustration from Johns Hopkins University College of Medicine. She has worked as a medical...
- Picture Book Illustration: Market Day, by Holly Berry
1995
- Fiction: The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 is a historical fiction book by Christopher Paul Curtis, written in 1995, and republished in 1997. It is about an African American family living in the town of Flint, Michigan who goes to their grandmother's home in Birmingham, Alabama to get Byron to behave, in...
, by Christopher Paul CurtisChristopher Paul CurtisChristopher Paul Curtis is an American children's author and a Newbery Medal winner who wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 and the critically acclaimed Bud, Not Buddy. Bud, Not Buddy is the first novel to receive both the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Medal... - Nonfiction: Abigail Adams, by Natalie S. Bober
- Picture Book Illustration: Fairy Wings, by Dennis NolanDennis NolanDennis Nolan may refer to:*Dennis Nolan *Dennis E. Nolan, United States Army general...
and Lauren Mills
1994
- Fiction: Catherine, Called BirdyCatherine, Called BirdyCatherine, Called Birdy is the first children's novel written by Karen Cushman. It is an historical novel in diary format, set in thirteenth century England. It was published in 1994, and won the Newbery Honor in 1995.-Plot summary:...
, by Karen CushmanKaren CushmanKaren Cushman is an American writer of historical fiction. Her 1995 novel The Midwife's Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel Catherine, Called Birdy won a Newbery Honor... - Nonfiction: Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor, by Russell FreedmanRussell FreedmanRussell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
- Picture Book Illustration: Big Fat Hen, by Keith BakerKeith BakerKeith Baker is a game designer and fantasy novel author.-Career:Keith Baker is best known as a freelance writer of Dungeons & Dragons material and the campaign setting Eberron, which won the Wizards of the Coast Fantasy Setting Search in 2002...
1993
- Fiction: Make Lemonade, by Virginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer WolffVirginia Euwer Wolff is a prize-winning American author of children's literature, born in Portland, Oregon 25 Aug 1937. She attended an all-girls' school called St. Helen's Hall , before attending Smith College. She married Arthur Richard Wolff in 1959...
- Nonfiction: Eleanor Roosevelt, by Russell FreedmanRussell FreedmanRussell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
- Picture Book Illustration: By the Light of the Halloween fire, by Kevin Hawkes
1992
- Fiction: Letters From a Slave Girl, by Mary E. Lyons
- Nonfiction: The Long Road to Gettysburg, by Jim MurphyJim MurphyJames Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....
- Picture Book Illustration: Chicken Sunday, by Patricia PolaccoPatricia PolaccoPatricia Barber Polacco is the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children.She struggled in school because she was unable to read until age 14 due to dyslexia; she found relief by expressing herself through art...
1991
- Fiction: The Rain Catchers, by Jean ThesmanJean ThesmanJean Thesman is a popular and award-winning novelist for young adults whose predominant theme is the heroine finding her place in the world by coming to understand her family...
- Nonfiction: The Wright Brothers, by Russell FreedmanRussell FreedmanRussell Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature. He currently...
- Picture Book Illustration: Mama, Do You Love Me, by Barbara Lavallee
1990
- Fiction: The True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleThe True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a young adult historical fiction novel by the American author Avi that was published in 1990. It takes place during the transatlantic crossing of a ship from England to America in the 19th century. The book chronicles the evolution of the title character...
, by Avi - Nonfiction: The Boy's War, by Jim MurphyJim MurphyJames Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....
- Picture Book Illustration: Home Place, by Jerry PinkneyJerry PinkneyJerry Pinkney is an American illustrator of children’s books, and winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal. He has received a Caldecott Honor citation five times, the Coretta Scott King Award five times, four New York Times Best Illustrated Awards , four Gold and four Silver medals from the Society of...
1989
- Fiction: Jenny of the Tetons, by Kristiana GregoryKristiana GregoryKristiana Gregory is a popular author of children's historical fiction, including several for the Dear America and Royal Diaries series...
- Nonfiction: Panama Canal: Gateway to the World, by Judith St. GeorgeJudith St. GeorgeJudith Saint George is an American author, most famous for writing So You Want to Be President? Author and illustrator David Small was awarded the 2001 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book. She has written more than 40 books, most being historical fiction. Mrs. St. George was born in...
- Picture Book Illustration: Tom Thumb, by Richard Jesse Watson
1988
- Fiction: Borrowed Children, by George Ella LyonGeorge Ella LyonGeorge Ella Lyon is a Kentucky author who has published in many genres, including picture books, poetry, juvenile novels, and articles.-Biography:...
- Nonfiction: Let There Be Light, by James Cross Giblin
- Picture Book Illustration: Forest of Dreams, by Susan Jeffers
1987
- Fiction: Rabble StarkeyRabble StarkeyRabble Starkey is a novel by Lois Lowry. It won the 1987 Josette Frank Award.In the novel, 12-year-old Rabble Starkey's mother is hired by Mrs. Bigelow to look after her children while she's in the hospital...
, by Lois LowryLois LowryLois Lowry is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s... - Nonfiction: Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark, by Rhoda Blumberg
- Picture Book Illustration: What the Mailman Brought, by Tomie DePaolaTomie dePaolaThomas Anthony "Tomie A." dePaola , is an American author and illustrator of over 200 children's books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and Newbery Honor book 26 Fairmount Avenue. DePaola was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 2011.-Biography:DePaola was born in Meriden,...
1986
- Fiction: After the Dancing Days, by Margaret Rostowski
- Nonfiction: Poverty in America, by Milton MeltzerMilton MeltzerMilton Meltzer was an American historian and author best known for his history nonfiction books on Jewish, African-American and American history...
- Picture Book Illustration: Juma and the Magic JinnJuma and the Magic JinnJuma and the Magic Jinn is a children's picture book written by Joy Anderson and illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. First published in 1986, this folktale with an African setting tells the story of a fictional, daydreaming boy named Juma who is living on the real Lamu Island just off the East coast...
, by Charles Mikolaycak
1985
- Fiction: Sarah, Plain and TallSarah, Plain and TallSarah, Plain and Tall is a children's book written by Patricia MacLachlan, and the winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal and the 1986 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. It explores themes of loneliness, abandonment, and coping with change....
, by Patricia MacLachlanPatricia MacLachlanPatricia MacLachlan is a bestselling U.S. children's author, best known for winning the 1986 Newbery Medal for her book Sarah, Plain and Tall. The book was later turned into a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She lived in Wyoming and... - 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 TemperingThe TemperingThe Tempering is a young adult novel by the American writer Gloria Skurzynski set in 1911 in the fictional mill town of Canaan ....
, by Gloria SkurzynskiGloria SkurzynskiGloria Joan Skurzynski is an American writer of books for young people, including both fiction and non-fiction.She was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania and educated at Carlow University. She is the author of more than sixty books for young readers.-Sources:Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale... - Nonfiction: The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary, by Helen Roney Sattler
- Picture Book Illustration: Little Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding HoodLittle Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....
, by Trina Schart HymanTrina Schart HymanTrina Schart Hyman was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends, and was the recipient of three Caldecott Honors and one Caldecott Medal....
1982
- Fiction: Ralph S. MouseRalph S. MouseRalph S. Mouse is a children's novel by Beverly Cleary. It features Ralph, a mouse with the ability to speak, but only with certain people who tend to be loners....
, by Beverly ClearyBeverly ClearyBeverly Cleary is an American author. Educated at colleges in California and Washington, she worked as a librarian before writing children's books. Cleary has written more than 30 books for young adults and children. Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice Quimby, her... - Nonfiction: Chimney Sweeps, by James Cross Giblin
- Picture Book Illustration: Giorgio's Village, by Tomie de Paola
1981
- Fiction: Little, Little, by M. E. KerrM. E. KerrMarijane Meaker is an American novelist and short story writer, who has used multiple pseudonyms for different genres. From 1952 to 1969 she wrote twenty mystery and crime novels under the name Vin Packer including the immensely popular Spring Fire, that is credited with launching the genre of...
- Nonfiction: Blissymbolics, by Elizabeth Helfman
1980
- Fiction: Arthur, For the Very First Time, by Patricia MacLachlanPatricia MacLachlanPatricia MacLachlan is a bestselling U.S. children's author, best known for winning the 1986 Newbery Medal for her book Sarah, Plain and Tall. The book was later turned into a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.MacLachlan was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She lived in Wyoming and...
- Nonfiction: The Lives of Spiders, by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
1979
- Fiction: The Magic of the Glits, by C. S. AdlerC. S. AdlerC.S. Adler is an American children's book author. She has been a full-time writer since the publication of her first book, The Magic of the Glits, in 1979. That book won both the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award.She has since published 43 more books for young readers...
- Nonfiction: Runaway Teens, by Arnold Madison
1978
- Fiction: And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine, by Stella PevsnerStella PevsnerStella Pevsner is an author of children's books and works of young adult literature published since the late 1960s.Pevsner has published 18 books including And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine; Cute is a Four-Letter Word; How Could You Do It, Diane?; and Sing For Your Father, Su Phan...
- 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
External links
- The Golden Kite Awards, official website
- Past winners, Mid-Continent Public Library (US)
- Recommended Literature: K-12 Awards, California Department of Education