SCBWI Announces Golden Kite and Sid Fleischman Award Finalists

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Picture Book Text

• Hello, Mister Blue, written and illustrated by Daria Peoples, published by Greenwillow Books
• Nell Plants a Tree, written by Anne Wynter, illustrated by Daniel Miyares, published by Balzer + Bray
• Salat in Secret written by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Hatem Aly (also a member), published by Random House Studio
• Spanish Is the Language of My Family written by Michael Genhart, illustrated by John Parra (also a member), published by Neal Porter Books
• The Walk written by Winsome Bingham, illustrated by E.B. Lewis, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers

Middle Grade

• Between Monsters and Marvels by Alysa Wishingrad, published by HarperCollins
• A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat, published by First Second
• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh, published by Roaring Brook Press
• A Snow Day for Plum! by Matt Phelan, published by Greenwillow
• Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango, published by Random House Books for Young Readers

Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel for Older Readers

• Super Boba Café written and illustrated by Nidhi Chanani, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers
• A First Time for Everything written and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by First Second Books
• Curlfriends (New in Town) written and illustrated by Sharee Miller, published by LB Ink
• A Sky of Paper Stars written and illustrated by Susie Yi, published by Roaring Brook
• The Faint of Heart written and illustrated by Kerilynn Wilson, published by Greenwillow Books

Picture Book Illustration

• Big illustrated and written by Vashti Harrison, published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers
• Can You Hug a Forest? Illustrated by Amy Hevron, written by Frances Gilbert, published by Beach Lane Books
• Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider, illustrated and written by Jessica Lanan, published by Roaring Brook Press
• Nell Plants a Tree illustrated by Daniel Miyares, written by Anne Wynter, published by Balzer + Bray
• Simon and the Better Bone illustrated and written by Corey R. Tabor, published by Balzer + Bray

Young Adult

• The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold, published by Balzer + Bray
• This Town is on Fire by Pamela N. Harris, published by Quill Tree Books
• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
• Alondra by Gina Femia, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers 
• Gloria Buenrostro is Not My Girlfriend by Brandon Hoàng, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers 

Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers

• Tomfoolery by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Barbara McClintock (also a member) published by Chronicle Books
• Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage by Lisa Rogers, illustrated by Il Sung Na, published by Anne Schwartz Books
• Patterns Everywhere by Lisa Varchol Perron, published by Millbrook Press
• Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Amy June Bates, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings by Angela Burke Kunkel, illustrated by Claire Keane, published by Random House Studio

Nonfiction Text for Older Readers 

• The 21: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change by Elizabeth Rusch, published by Greenwillow Books
• Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed by Dashka Slater, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Books for Young Readers
• A Long Time Coming: A Lyrical Biography of Race in America from Ona Judge to Barack Obama by Ray Anthony Shepard, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, published by Calkins Creek
• Cities: How Humans Live Together by Megan Clendenan, illustrated by Suharu Ogawa, published by Orca Book Publishers
• What's a Germ Joseph Lister?: The Medical Mystery That Forever Changed the Way We Heal by Lori Alexander, published by Clarion Books

Sid Fleischman Award for Humor

• Flat Cat by Tara Lazar; illustrated by Pete Oswald, published by Flamingo Books
• A Snow Day for Plum written and illustrated by Matt Phelan, published by Greenwillow Books
• To Catch a Thief by Martha Brockenbrough, published by Scholastic Press
• Fenway and the Loudmouth Bird by Victoria Coe, illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• The Great Vandal Scandal by Emily Ecton, illustrated by David Mottram, published by Atheneum