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2011 Golden Kite Awards and Sid Fleischman Award Announced - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

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The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the winners and honorees of the 2011 Golden Kite Awards (for books published in the 2010 calendar year.) The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.

Read the official press release here!

Golden Kite Award Winners

	FICTION: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm Random House Books for Young Readers
	NONFICTION: The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie by Tanya Lee Stone Viking Juvenile
	PICTURE BOOK TEXT: Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan Viking Juvenile
	PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION: A Pocket Full of Posies by Salley Mavor Houghton Mifflin

Golden Kite Honor Recipients

	FICTION: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine Puffin
	NONFICTION: Fort Mose by Glennette Tilley Turner Abrams
	PICTURE BOOK TEXT: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Candlewick
	PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION: Bunny Days by Tao Nyeu Dial

Sid Fleischman Award Winner

Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg Aladdin