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The Golden Kite Awards
Awarded by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Golden Kite Awards,
are given annually to recognize excellence in children's literature. Prizes are awarded in four categories:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration.
For more information see: The Golden Kite Awards website
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| Year | Category | Book Title | SCBWI Member |
| 2011 | Fiction Award Book | Turtle in Paradise | Jennifer Holm |
| Honor Book | Mockingbird | Kathryn Erskine | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie | Tanya Lee Stone | |
| Honor Book | Fort Mose | Glennette Tilley Turner | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Big Red Lollipop | Rukhsana Khan | |
| Honor Book | Interrupting Chicken | David Ezra Stein | |
| Picture Book - Illustration Award Book | Pocketful of Posies | Salley Mavor | |
| Honor Book | Bunny Days | Tao Nyeu | |
| 2010 | Fiction Award Book | Sea of the Dead | Julia Durango |
| Honor Book | Neil Armstrong is My Uncle | Nan Marino | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song | Ashley Bryan | |
| Honor Book | Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life | Catherine Reef | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | The Longest Night | Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by Ted Lewin | |
| Honor Book | Bella & Bean | Rebecca Kai Dotlich illustrated by Aileen Leijten | |
| Picture Book - Illustration Award Book | Gracias Thanks | illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora | |
| Honor Book | Bad News for Outlaws | illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson | |
| 2009 | Fiction Award Book | Down Sand Mountain | Steve Watkins |
| Honor Book | The Adoration of Jenna Fox | Mary E. Pearson | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | A Life in the Wild | Pamela S. Turner | |
| Honor Book | The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, And Black Holes | Ellen Jackson | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | A Visitor for Bear | Bonny Brecker | Honor Book | Before John was a Jazz Giant | Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Sean Qualls |
| Picture Book - Illustration Award Book | Last Night | Hyewon Yum | |
| Honor Book | I Love My New Toy | Mo Willems | |
| 2008 | Fiction Award Book | Home of The Brave | Katherine Applegate |
| Honor Book | Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out Of A Tree | Lauran Tarshis | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Muckrakers | Ann Bausum | |
| Honor Book | 1607: A New Look At Jamestown | Karen Lange | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Pierre In Love | Sara Pennypacker (illus. Petra Mathers) |
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| Honor Book | The End | David LaRochelle (illus. Richard Egielski) | |
| Picture Book - Illustration Award Book | Little Night | Yuyi Morales | |
| Honor Book | Who Put The B In Ballyhoo? | Carlyn Beccia | |
| 2007 | Fiction Award Book | Firegirl | Tony Abbott |
| Honor Book | Wings | William Loizeaux | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Adventures Of Marco Polo | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon | Catherine Thimmesh | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Jazz | Walter Dean Myers (illus. Christopher Myers) | |
| Honor Book | Dear Mr. Rosenwald | Carole Boston Weatherford (illus. R. Gregory Christie) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Not Afraid Of Dogs | Larry Day (author Susanna Pitzer ) | |
| Honor Book | Hippo! No, Rhino! | Jeff Newman | |
| 2006 | Fiction Award Book | A Room On Lorelei Street | Mary E. Pearson |
| Honor Book | Each Little Bird That Sings | Deborah Wiles | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Children Of The Great Depression | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True And Dramatic Story Of Prudence Crandall And Her Students | Suzanne Jurmain | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Doña Flor | Pat Mora (illus. Raul Colón) | |
| Honor Book | Grandmama's Pride | Becky Birtha (illus. Colin Bootman) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Baby Bear's Chairs | Melissa Sweet (author Jane Yolen) | |
| Honor Book | Cinderella | Barbara McClintock | |
| 2005 | Fiction Award Book | Bucking The Sarge | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Honor Book | The Gift Moves | Steve Lyon | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Dust To Eat: Drought And Depression In The 1930s | Michael L. Cooper | |
| Honor Book | The Power Of One: Daisy Bates And The Little Rock Nine | Judith Bloom Fradin & Dennis Fradin | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Apples To Oregon | Deborah Hopkinson (illus. Nancy Carpenter) | |
| Honor Book | Hachiko: The True Story Of A Loyal Dog | Pamela S. Turner (illus. Yan Nascimbene) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Mysterious Collection Of Dr. David Harleyson | Jean Cassels | |
| Honor Book | When I Heard The Learn'd Astronomer | Loren Long (author Walt Whitman) | |
| 2004 | Fiction Award Book | Milkweed | Jerry Spinelli |
| Honor Book | Breath | Donna Jo Napoli | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer | Robert Byrd | |
| Honor Book | After The Last Dog Died: The True-Life, Hair-Raising Adventure Of Douglas Mawson And His 1911-1914 Antarctic Expedition | Carmen Bredeson | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | The Dirty Cowboy | Amy Timberlake (illus. Adam Rex) | |
| Honor Book | On Sand Island | Jacqueline Briggs Martin (illus. David A. Johnson) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | I Dream Of Trains | Loren Long (author Angela Johnson) | |
| Honor Book | Just A Minute | Yuyi Morales | |
| 2003 | Fiction Award Book | Fresh Girl | Jaïra Placide |
| Honor Book | Shaper | Jessie Haas | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | This Land Was Made For You And Me: The Life And Songs Of Woody Guthrie | Elizabeth Partridge | |
| Honor Book | Ansel Adams: America's Photographer | Beverly Gherman | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | George Hogglesberry, Grade School Alien | Sarah Wilson (illus. Chad Cameron) | |
| Honor Book | Stars In The Darkness | Barbara Joosse (illus. R. Gregory Christie) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Mrs. Biddlebox | Marla Frazee (author Linda Smith) | |
| Honor Book | Sailor Moo, Cow At Sea | Ponder Goembel (author Lisa Wheeler) | |
| 2002 | Fiction Award Book | True Believer | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| Honor Book | The Life History Of A Star | Kelly Easton | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Black Potatoes: The Story Of The Great Irish Famine | Susan Campbell Bartoletti | |
| Honor Book | John & Abigail Adams: An American Love Story | Judith St. George | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | The Shoe Tree Of Chagrin | J. Patrick Lewis (illus. Chris Sheban) | |
| Honor Book | Bluebird Summer | Deborah Hopkinson (illus. Bethanne Andersen) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Lamp, The Ice, And The Boat Called Fish | Beth Krommes (author Jacqueline Briggs Martin) | |
| Honor Book | Castles, Caves And Honeycombs | Lauren Stringer (author Linda Ashman) | |
| 2001 | Fiction Award Book | The Boxer | Kathleen Karr |
| Honor Book | Nory Ryan's Song | Patricia Reilly Giff | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Darkness Over Denmark | Ellen Levine | |
| Honor Book | Fireflies In The Dark: The Story Of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis And The Children Of Terezin | Susan Goldman Rubin | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | River Friendly, River Wild | Jane Kurtz (illus. Neil Brennan) | |
| Honor Book | Momma, Where Are You From? | Marie Bradby (illus. Chris K. Soenpiet) | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Rain Came Down | David Shannon | |
| Honor Book | The King & The Three Thieves | Kristen Balouch | |
| 2000 | Fiction Award Book | Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Honor Book | Bud, Not Buddy | Christopher Paul Curtis | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Space Station Science: Life In Free Fall | Marianne J. Dyson | |
| Honor Book | Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition | Elizabeth Cody Kimmel | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | A Band Of Angels | Deborah Hopkinson | |
| Honor Book | The Babe & I | David Adler | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza | Amy Walrod | |
| Honor Book | Red Berry Wool | Tim Coffey | |
| 1999 | Fiction Award Book | Rules Of The Road | Joan Bauer |
| Honor Book | Whirligig | Paul Fleischman | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | Restless Spirit: The Life And Work Of Dorothea Lange | Elizabeth Partridge | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems | Kristine O'Connell George | |
| Honor Book | Zelda And Ivy | Laura McGee Kvasnosky | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Snow | Uri Shulevitz | |
| Honor Book | Zelda And Ivy | Laura McGee Kvasnosky | |
| 1998 | Fiction Award Book | Stones In Water | Donna Jo Napoli |
| Honor Book | Seedfolks | Paul Fleischman | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Carmine's Story: A Book About A Boy Living With AIDS | Arlene Schulman | |
| Honor Book | With Heroic Truth: The Life Of Edward R. Murrow | Norman H. Finkelstein | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | The Paper Dragon | Marguerite W. Davol | |
| Honor Book | December | Eve Bunting | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Paper Dragon | Robert Sabuda | |
| Honor Book | To Market, To Market | Janet Stevens | |
| 1997 | Fiction Award Book | The Moorchild | Eloise McGraw |
| Honor Book | The Music Of Dolphins | Karen Hesse | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Small Steps | Peg Kehret | |
| Honor Book | Growing Up In Coal Country | Susan Campbell Bartoletti | |
| Picture Book Text Award Book | Saving Sweetness | Diane Stanley | |
| Honor Book | Leah's Pony | Elizabeth Friedrich | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Market Day | Holly Berry | |
| Honor Book | Minty | Jerry Pinkney | |
| 1996 | Fiction Award Book | The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 | Christopher Paul Curtis |
| Honor Book | Been To Yesterdays | Lee Bennett Hopkins | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Abigail Adams | Natalie S. Bober | |
| Honor Book | One More River To Cross | Walter Dean Myers | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Fairy Wings | Dennis Nolan and Lauren Mills | |
| Honor Book | The Loyal Cat | Aki Sogabe | |
| 1995 | Fiction Award Book | Catherine, Called Birdy | Karen Cushman |
| Honor Book | The Ear, The Eye And The Arm | Nancy Farmer | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Kids At Work: Lewis Hine And The Crusade Against Child Labor | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | Shadow Catcher: The Life and Work Of Edward S. Curtis | Laurie Lawlor | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Big Fat Hen | Keith Baker | |
| Honor Book | The Christmas Alphabet | Robert Sabuda | |
| 1994 | Fiction Award Book | Make Lemonade | Virginia Euwer Wolff |
| Honor Book | Owl In Love | Patrice Kindl | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Eleanor Roosevelt | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | Lives Of The Musicians | Kathleen Krull | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | By The Light Of The Halloween Moon | Kevin Hawkes | |
| Honor Book | Santa Calls | William Joyce | |
| 1993 | Fiction Award Book | Letters From A Slave Girl | Mary E. Lyons |
| Honor Book | Steal Away | Jennifer Armstrong | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Long Road To Gettysburg | Jim Murphy | |
| Honor Book | An Indian Winter | Russell Freedman | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Chicken Sunday | Patricia Polacco | |
| Honor Book | The Fortune Tellers | Trina Schart Hyman | |
| 1992 | Fiction Award Book | The Rain Catchers | Jean Thesman |
| Honor Book | The Borning Room | Paul Fleishman | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Wright Brothers | Russell Freedman | |
| Honor Book | Now Is Your Time! | Walter Dean Myers | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Mama, Do You Love Me? | Barbara Lavallee | |
| Honor Book | Where Does The Trail Lead? | Brian Pinkney | |
| 1991 | Fiction Award Book | The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle | Avi |
| Honor Book | Everywhere | Bruce Brooks | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Boys' War | Jim Murphy | |
| Honor Book | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Russell Freedman | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Home Place | Jerry Pinkney | |
| Honor Book | Dinosaur Dream | Dennis Nolan | |
| 1990 | Fiction Award Book | Jenny Of The Tetons | Kristiana Gregory |
| Honor Book | Children Of The River | Linda Crew | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Panama Canal: Gateway To The World | Judith St. George | |
| Honor Book | Bill Peet: An Autobiography | Bill Peet | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Tom Thumb | Richard Jesse Watson | |
| Honor Book | Bill Peet: An Autobiography | Bill Peet | |
| 1989 | Fiction Award Book | Borrowed Children | George Ella Lyon |
| Honor Book | The Reluctant God | Pamela F. Service | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Let There Be Light | James Cross Giblin | |
| Honor Book | Buffalo Hunt | Russell Freedman | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Forest Of Dreams | Susan Jeffers | |
| Honor Book | Canterbury Tales | Trina Schart Hyman | |
| 1988 | Fiction Award Book | Rabble Starkey | Lois Lowry |
| Honor Book | The Great Dimpole Oak | Janet Taylor Lisle | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Incredible Journey Of Lewis And Clark | Rhoda Blumberg | |
| Honor Book | Lincoln: A Photobiography | Russell Freedman | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Devil & Mother Crump | Arnold Lobel | |
| Honor Book | What The Mailman Brought | Tomie dePaola | |
| 1987 | Fiction Award Book | After The Dancing Days | Margaret Rostkowski |
| Honor Book | The Solitary | Lynn Hall | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Poverty In America | Milton Meltzer | |
| Honor Book | Peter The Great | Diane Stanley | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Alphabatics | Suse MacDonald | |
| Honor Book | Juma And The Magic Jinn | Charles Mikolaycak | |
| 1986 | Fiction Award Book | Sarah, Plain And Tall | Patricia MacLachlan |
| Honor Book | Prairie Songs | Pam Conrad | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Commodore Perry In The Land Of The Shogun | Rhoda Blumberg | |
| Honor Book | The Mount Rushmore Story | Judith St. George | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | The Donkey's Dream | Barbara Helen Berger | |
| 1985 | Fiction Award Book | Tancy | Belinda Hurmence |
| Honor Book | Circle Of Giving | Ellen Howard | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Walls: Defenses Throughout History | James Cross Giblin | |
| Honor Book | How You Were Born | Joanna Cole | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Little Red Riding Hood | Don Wood | |
| 1984 | Fiction Award Book | The Tempering | Gloria Skurzynski |
| Honor Book | The Path Of The Pale Horse | Paul Fleischman | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary | Helen Roney Sattler | |
| Honor Book | Pets Without Homes | Caroline Arnold | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Little Red Riding Hood | Trina Schart Hyman | |
| 1983 | Fiction Award Book | Ralph S. Mouse | Beverly Cleary |
| Honor Book | Class Dismissed | Mel Glenn | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Chimney Sweeps | James Cross Giblin | |
| Honor Book | The Brooklyn Bridge | Judith St. George | |
| Picture Book Illustration Award Book | Giorgio's Village | Tomie de Paola | |
| 1982 | Fiction Award Book | Little, Little | M.E. Kerr |
| Honor Book | A Visit To William Blake's Inn | Nancy Willard | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Blissymbolics | Elizabeth Helfman | |
| Honor Book | Dinosaurs Of North America | Helen Roney Sattler | |
| 1981 | Fiction Award Book | Arthur, For The Very First Time | Patricia MacLachlan |
| Honor Book | The Half-A-Moon Inn | Paul Fleischman | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | The Lives Of Spiders | Dororthy Hinshaw Patent | |
| Honor Book | Finding Your First Job | Sue Alexander | |
| 1980 | Fiction Award Book | The Magic Of The Glits | Carole S. Adler |
| Honor Book | Cross Country Cat | Mary Calhoun | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Runaway Teens | Arnold Madison | |
| Honor Book | America's Endangered Birds | Robert McClung | |
| 1979 | Fiction Award Book | And You Give Me A Pain, Elaine | Stella Pevsner |
| Honor Book | The Devil In Vienna | Doris Orgel | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | How I Came To Be A Writer | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | |
| Honor Book | Bionic Parts For People | Gloria Skurzynski | |
| 1978 | Fiction Award Book | The Girl Who Had No Name | Bernice Rabe |
| Honor Book | Foster Child | Marion Dane Bauer | |
| Nonfiction Award Book | Peeper, First Voice Of Spring | Robert McClung | |
| Honor Book | Evolution Goes On Every Day | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | |
| 1977 | Award Book | One More Flight | Eve Bunting |
| Honor Books | Growing Anyway Up | Florence Parry Heide | |
| The Moon Ribbon | Jane Yolen | ||
| 1976 | Award Book | The Garden Is Doing Fine | Carol Farley |
| Honor Books | The Transfigured Hart | Jane Yolen | |
| Naomi | Bernice Rabe | ||
| 1975 | Award Book | The Girl Who Cried Flowers | Jane Yolen |
| Honor Books | The Way Things Are | Myra Cohn Livingston | |
| Meaning Well | Sheila Cole | ||
| 1974 | Award Book | Summer Of My German Soldier | Bette Green |
| Honor Books | Red Rock Over The River | Patricia Beatty | |
| Mcbroom The Rainmaker | Sid Fleischman |