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Presented annually to PAL books that represent excellence in the field of children’s literature, the Crystal Kites Awards are peer-selected, voted on by SCBWI members from local regions. Congratulations to our wonderful 2020 winners for books published in 2019, listed here by division.
For more information about submitting to the Crystal Kites, visit our official award description page.
For more information about each of the winners (and to purchase the title if provided), click on the book covers.
Atlantic
(Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Wash DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
HEDY LAMARR’S DOUBLE LIFE
Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor
Laurie Wallmark (Katy Wu, illustrator)
Australia, New Zealand
CATCH A FALLING STAR
Meg McKinlay
California, Hawaii
THE DOWNSTAIRS GIRL
Stacey Heather Lee
Canada
SMALL WORLD
Ishta Mercurio-Wentworth, (Jen Corace, illustrator)
Europe, Latin America, Africa
SWISSTORY:
The Untold, Bloody, and Absolutely Real History of Switzerland
Laurie Theurer (Michael Meister, illustrator)
Mid South Division
(Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana)
POETREE
Shauna LaVoy Reynolds & Shahrzad Maydani (illustrator)
Middle East, India, Asia
INDIGO GIRL
Suzanne Kamata
Mid West Division
(Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)
JUST LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG
Sarah Aronson (Robert Neubecker, illustrator)
New England
(Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
THE BRIDGE HOME
Padma Venkatraman
New York
THE LITTLE GREEN GIRL
Lisa Anchin
South East Division
(Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama)
THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST:
The True Story of Jadav Payeng
Sophia Gholz & Kayla Harren (illustrator)
South West Division
(Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Southern Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico)
TRUMAN
Jean Reidy (Lucy Ruth Cummins, illustrator)
Texas, Oklahoma
HER OWN TWO FEET:
A Rwandan Girl’s Brave Fight To Walk
Meredith Davis (Rebeka Uwitonze, co-author)
United Kingdom, Ireland
THE TIDE
Clare Welsh (Ashling Lindsay, illustrator)
Western Division
(Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
GHOST CAT
Kevan Atteberry
Last Updated June 2020