The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a child flying a kite. Instituted in 1973, 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.[1]

The award currently recognizes literature in seven categories: "Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction Text for Young Readers, Nonfiction text for Older Readers, Picture Book Text,Picture Book Illustration, and Illustration for Older Readers."[1]

Winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the Golden Kite Award winners, honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, each category's winner wins a $2,500 grant cash prize, as well as $1,000 to donate to their chosen non-profit organization.[1] Honor winners receive $500, as well as $250 to donate.[1]

Since 2003, the Sid Fleischman Award for excellence in humorous writing is given in conjunction with the Golden Kite Awards.[2]

Recipients

In the following table, the year represents the year the awards were given, which is the year following publication. For example, the 2000 awards are for books published in 1999.

Golden Kite Award winners
Year Category Author Illustrator Title
1974 Bette Greene Summer of My German Soldier
1975 Jane Yolen The Girl Who Cried Flowers
1976 Carol Farley The Garden Is Doing Fine
1977 Eve Bunting One More Flight
1978 Fiction Bernice Rabe The Girl Who Had No Name
Nonfiction Robert McClung Peeper, First Voice of Spring
1979 Fiction Stella Pevsner And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine
Nonfiction Phyllis Reynolds Naylor How I Came to Be a Writer
1980 Fiction C. S. Adler The Magic of the Gifts
Nonfiction Arnold Madison Runaway Teens
1981 Fiction Patricia MacLachlan Arthur, For the Very First Time
Nonfiction Dorothy Hinshaw Patent The Lives of Spiders
1982 Fiction M. E. Kerr Little, Little
Nonfiction Elizabeth Helfman Blissymbolics
1983 Fiction Beverly Cleary Ralph S. Mouse
Nonfiction James Cross Giblin Chimney Sweeps
Picture Book Illustration Tomie de Paola Tomie de Paola Giorgio's Village
1984 Fiction Gloria Skurzynski The Tempering
Nonfiction Helen Roney Sattler The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary
Picture Book Illustration Trina Schart Hyman Trina Schart Hyman Little Red Riding Hood
1985 Fiction Belinda Hurmence Tancy
Nonfiction James Cross Giblin Walls: Defenses Throughout History
Picture Book Illustration Audrey Wood Don Wood The Napping House
1986 Fiction Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall
Nonfiction Rhoda Blumberg Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Picture Book Illustration Barbara Helen Berger Barbara Helen Berger The Donkey's Dream
1987 Fiction Margaret Rostkowski After the Dancing Days
Nonfiction Milton Meltzer Poverty in America
Picture Book Illustration Suse MacDonald Suse MacDonald Alphabetics
1988 Fiction Lois Lowry Rabble Starkey
Nonfiction Rhoda Blumberg Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark
Picture Book Illustration Valerie Scho Carey Arnold Lobel The Devil and Mother Crump
1989 Fiction George Ella Lyon Borrowed Children
Nonfiction James Cross Giblin Let There Be Light
Picture Book Illustration Rosemary Wells Susan Jeffers Forest of Dreams
1990 Fiction Kristiana Gregory Jenny of the Tetons
Nonfiction Judith St. George Panama Canal: Gateway to the World
Picture Book Illustration Richard Jesse Watson Richard Jesse Watson Tom Thumb
1991 Fiction Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Nonfiction Jim Murphy The Boys' War: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War
Picture Book Illustration Crescent Dragonwagon Jerry Pinkney Home Place
1992 Fiction Jean Thesman The Rain Catchers
Nonfiction Russell Freedman The Wright Brothers
Picture Book Illustration Barbara M. Joosse Barbara Lavallee Mama Do You Love Me?
1993 Fiction Mary E. Lyons Letters From a Slave Girl
Nonfiction Jim Murphy The Long Road to Gettysburg
Picture Book Illustration Patricia Polacco Patricia Polacco Chicken Sunday
1994 Fiction Virginia Euwer Wolff Make Lemonade
Nonfiction Russell Freedman Eleanor Roosevelt
Picture Book Illustration Caroline Stutson Kevin Hawkes By the Light of the Halloween Moon
1995 Fiction Karen Cushman Catherine, Called Birdy
Nonfiction Russell Freedman Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
Picture Book Illustration Keith Baker Keith Baker Big Fat Hen
1996 Fiction Christopher Paul Curtis The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Nonfiction Natalie S. Bober Abigail Adams
Picture Book Illustration Dennis Nolan and Lauren Mills Fairy Wings
1997 Fiction Eloise McGraw The Moorchild
Nonfiction Peg Kehret Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Picture Book Illustration Eve Bunting Holly Berry Market Day
Picture Book Text Diane Stanley G. Brian Karas Saving Sweetness
1998 Fiction Donna Jo Napoli Stones in Water
Nonfiction Arlene Schulman Carmine's Story: A Book About a Boy Living with AIDS
Picture Book Illustration Marguerite W. Davol Robert Sabuda The Paper Dragon
Picture Book Text Marguerite W. Davol Robert Sabuda The Paper Dragon
1999 Fiction Joan Bauer Rules of the Road
Nonfiction Russell Freedman Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life
Picture Book Illustration Uri Shulevitz Uri Shulevitz Snow
Picture Book Text Kristine O'Connell George Kate Kiesler Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
2000 Fiction Laurie Halse Anderson Speak
Nonfiction Marianne J. Dyson Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall
Picture Book Illustration Philemon Sturges Amy Wolrod The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Picture Book Text Deborah Hopkinson Raul Colon A Band of Angels
2001[3] Fiction Kathleen Karr The Boxer
Nonfiction Ellen Levine Darkness over Denmark
Picture Book Illustration David Shannon The Rain Came Down
Picture Book Text Jane Kurtz   River Friendly, River Wild
2002 Fiction Virginia Euwer Wolff True Believer
Nonfiction Susan Campbell Bartoletti Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine
Picture Book Illustration Beth Krommes The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
Picture Book Text J. Patrick Lewis Chris Sheban The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
2003 Fiction Jaïra Placide Fresh Girl
Nonfiction Elizabeth Partridge This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
Picture Book Illustration Linda Smith Marla Frazee Mrs. Biddlebox
Picture Book Text Sarah Wilson George Hogglesberry: Grade School Alien
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Sid Fleischman
2004 Fiction Jerry Spinelli Milkweed
Nonfiction Robert Byrd Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer
Picture Book Illustration Angela Johnson Loren Long I Dream Of Trains
Picture Book Text Amy Timberlake Adam Rex The Dirty Cowboy
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Lisa Yee Millicent Min, Girl Genius
2005 Fiction Christopher Paul Curtis Bucking The Sarge
Nonfiction Michael L. Cooper Dust To Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s
Picture Book Illustration Jean Cassels Jean Cassels The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
Picture Book Text Deborah Hopkinson Nancy Carpenter Apples to Oregon
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Gennifer Choldenko Al Capone Does My Shirts
2006[4] Fiction Mary E. Pearson A Room on Lorelei Street
Nonfiction Russell Freedman Children of the Great Depression
Picture Book Illustration Jane Yolen Melissa Sweet Baby Bear's Chairs
Picture Book Text Pat Mora Raul Colón Doña Flor
Sid Fleischman Humor Award David LaRochelle Absolutely Positively Not[5]
2007[6] Fiction Tony Abbott Firegirl
Nonfiction Russell Freedman The Adventures of Marco Polo
Picture Book Illustration Susanna Pitzer Larry Day Not Afraid of Dogs
Picture Book Text Walter Dean Myers Christopher Myers Jazz
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Sara Pennypacker Clementine
2008[7] Fiction Katherine Applegate Katherine Applegate Home of the Brave
Nonfiction Ann Bausum Ann Bausum Muckrackers
Picture Book Illustration Yuyi Morales Yuyi Morales Little Night
Picture Book Text Sara Pennypacker Petra Mathers Pierre in Love
2009[8] Fiction Steve Watkins Down Sand Mountain
Nonfiction Pamela S. Turner A Life in the Wild
Picture Book Illustration Hyewon Yum Hyewon Yum Last Night
Picture Book Text Bonny Becker Kady MacDonald Denton A Visitor for Bear
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Donna Gephart As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running For President
2010[9][10] Fiction Julia Durango Sea of the Dead
Nonfiction Ashley Bryan Words to My Life's Song
Picture Book Illustration Pat Mora John Parra Gracias Thanks
Picture Book Text Marion Dane Bauer Ted Lewin The Longest Night
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Allen Zadoff Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
2011 Fiction Jennifer L. Holm Turtle in Paradise
Nonfiction Tanya Lee Stone
Picture Book Illustration Salley Mavor Salley Mavor Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Picture Book Text Rukhsana Khan Sophie Blackall Big Red Lollipop
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Alan Silberberg Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
2012[11] Fiction Ruta Sepetys Between Shades of Gray
Nonfiction Candace Fleming Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Picture Book Illustration Melissa Sweet Melissa Sweet Balloons Over Broadway
Picture Book Text Kate Messner Christopher Silas Neal Over and Under the Snow
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Chris Rylander The Fourth Stall
2013[12] Fiction Joanne Rocklin The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
Nonfiction Jeri Chase Ferris Noah Webster and His Words
Picture Book Illustration K.G. Campbell K.G. Campbell Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
Picture Book Text Mara Rockliff William Low Me and Momma and Big John
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Mo Willems Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
2014[13][14] Fiction Tim Federle Better Nate Than Ever
Nonfiction David Meissner Call of the Klondike
Picture Book Illustration Peter Brown Peter Brown Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
Picture Book Text Pat Zietlow Miller Anne Wilsdorf Sophie's Squash
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Bill Konigsberg Openly Straight
2015[15] Fiction Deborah Wiles Revolution
Nonfiction Candace Fleming The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
Picture Book Illustration Jen Bryant Melissa Sweet The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Picture Book Text Kristy Dempsey Floyd Cooper A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Michelle Knudsen Evil Librarian
2016[16][17] Middle Grade Fiction Kate Hannigan The Detective's Assistant
Nonfiction Margarita Engle Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
Picture Book Illustration Phil Bildner John Parra Marvelous Cornelius
Picture Book Text Jessixa Bagley Jessixa Bagley Boats for Papa
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Molly B. Burnham Trevor Spencer Teddy Mars: Almost a World Record Beaker
Young Adult Fiction Neal Shusterman Challenger Deep
2017[18][19] Middle Grade Fiction Eugene Yelchin The Haunting of Falcon House [20]
Nonfiction Stacy Innerst The Music in George's Head
Picture Book Illustration Russell Freedman Russell Freedman We Will Not Be Silent
Picture Book Text Lisa Wheeler Jerry Pinkney The Christmas Boot
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Chris Grabenstein Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel
Young Adult Fiction Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea
2018[21][22][23] Middle Grade Fiction Jack Cheng See You in the Cosmos
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Deborah Heiligman Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers Carole Boston Weatherford Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Picture Book Illustration Kenard Pak Kenard Pak Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
Picture Book Text Carolyn Crimi Laurel Molk There Might Be Lobsters
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Crystal Allen The Magnificent Mya Tibb: The Wall of Fame Game
Young Adult Fiction Elana K. Arnold What Girls Are Made Of
2019[24][25] Middle Grade Fiction Susan Hood Lifeboat 12
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Elizabeth Partridge Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers Barb Rosenstock Otis and Will Discover the Deep
Picture Book Illustration Carole Lexa Schaefer Becca Stadtlander Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler
Picture Book Text Jessie Oliveros Danda Wulfekotte The Remember Balloons
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Angela Dominguez Stella Diaz Has Something to Say
Young Adult Fiction Jane Yolen Mapping the Bones
2020[26][27] Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Deborah Heiligman Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship
Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers Elizabeth Rusch Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
Picture Book Illustration Muon Thj Van Hyewon Yum Clever Little Witch
Picture Book Text Ashley Benham Yazdani A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Remy Lai Pie in the Sky
Young Adult Fiction Julie Berry Lovely War
Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Padma Venkatraman The Bridge Home
2021[28][29] Illustrated Book for Older Readers Uri Shulevitz Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood
Middle Grade/Young Readers Fiction Renée Watson Ways to Make Sunshine
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Christina Soontornvat All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers Don Tate William Still and His Freedom Stories
Picture Book Illustration Matthew Burgess Catia Chien The Bear and the Moon
Picture Book Text Tami Charles Bryan Collier All Because You Matter
Sid Fleischman Humor Award Donna Barba Higuera Lupe Wong Won't Dance
Young Adult Fiction Sherri L. Smith The Blossom and the Firefly
2022[30][31] Illustrated Book for Older Readers Rukhsanna Guidroz Fahmida Azim Samira Surfs
Middle Grade Fiction Rajani LaRocca Red, White, and Whole
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Ariel Henley A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Anton Treuer Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition
Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers Colleen Paeff Nancy Carpenter The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem
Picture Book Illustration Stephen Costanza King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
Picture Book Text Joanna Ho Dung Ho Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Young Adult Fiction Pamela N. Harris When You Look Like Us

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