2015 Crystal Kite Winners

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Atlantic (Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland) Yvonne Ventresca Pandemic (Sky Pony Press)
Australia/New Zealand Karen Blair, written by Raewyn Caisley – Hello From Nowhere (Penguin Books Australia)
California/Hawaii Connie Goldsmith – Bombs Over Bikini: The World’s First Nuclear Disaster (Lerner Publishing Group/Twenty-First Century Books)
Canada Karen Krossing – Bog (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
International Other Kristy Dempsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper – A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream (Philomel Books)
Mid-South (Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri/Mississippi) Courtney Stevens – Faking Normal (HarperTeen)
Mid-South (Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri/Mississippi) Laura Roach Dragon – Hurricane Boy (Pelican Publishing)
Middle East/India/Asia Arundhati Venkatesh – Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles (Duckbill Books)
Midwest (Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/Wisconsin/Illinois/Michigan/Indiana/Ohio) Jill Esbaum, illustrated by Gus Gordon – I am Cow, Hear Me Moo (Dial Books)
New England (Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire/Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island) Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah Brannen – Feathers: Not Just for Flying (Charlesbridge)
New York Nancy Castaldo – Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (And Their Noses) are Saving The World (HMH)
Southeast (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina/Alabama) Kerry Cerra, illustrated by Katy Betz – Just a Drop of Water (Sky Pony Press)
Southwest (Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado/Wyoming/New Mexico) Tara Dairman – All Four Stars (Puffin Books)
Texas/Oklahoma Varsha Bajaj – Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood (Albert Whitman & Company)
UK/Ireland Claire Furniss – The Year of the Rat (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
West (Washington/Oregon/Alaska/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota) Laurie Ann Thompson – Be a Change Maker: How to Start Something That Matters (Simon Pulse)