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2009 Golden Kite Awards Announced - Tuesday, March 03, 2009

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The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the winners and honorees of the 2009 Golden Kite Awards (for books published in the 2008 calendar year.) The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.

Golden Kite Award Winners

	Fiction DOWN SAND MOUNTAIN by Steve Watkins Candlewick Press Editor: Kaylan Adair
	Nonfiction A LIFE IN THE WILD: GEORGE SCHALLER’S STRUGGLE TO SAVE THE LAST GREAT BEASTS by Pamela S. Turner Farrar, Straus and Giroux Editor: Melanie Kroupa
	Picture Book Text A VISITOR FOR BEAR by Bonny Becker Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton Candlewick Press
	Picture Book Illustration LAST NIGHT by Hyewon Yum Farrar, Straus and Giroux Designer: Irene Metaxato

Golden Kite Honor Recipients

	Fiction THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary E. Pearson Henry Holt & Co.
	Nonfiction THE MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE: SUPERNOVAE, DARK ENERGY, AND BLACK HOLES by Ellen Jackson Photographed & illustrated by Nic Bishop Houghton Mifflin
	Picture Book Text BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT by Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrated by Sean Qualls Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
	Picture Book Illustration I LOVE MY NEW TOY Illustrated and written by Mo Willems Hyperion

For more information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.