Golden Kite Award facts for kids

This page is about the children's literature award. For the film awards, see Kite Awards (Vietnam).

The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a child flying a kite. Instituted in 1973, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers. Eligible books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members, and submitted either by publishers or individuals.

The award currently recognizes literature in seven categories: "Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction Text for Young Readers, Nonfiction text for Older Readers, Picture Book Text,Picture Book Illustration, and Illustration for Older Readers."

Winners are chosen by a panel of judges consisting of children’s book writers and illustrators. In addition to the Golden Kite Award winners, honor book recipients are named by the judges. Since 2006, each category's winner wins a $2,500 grant cash prize, as well as $1,000 to donate to their chosen non-profit organization. Honor winners receive $500, as well as $250 to donate.

Since 2003, the Sid Fleischman Award for excellence in humorous writing is given in conjunction with the Golden Kite Awards.

Recipients

In the following table, the year represents the year the awards were given, which is the year following publication. For example, the 2000 awards are for books published in 1999.

Golden Kite Award winners
Year	Category	Author	Illustrator	Title
1974		Greene, BetteBette Greene		Summer of My German Soldier
1975		Yolen, JaneJane Yolen		Girl Who Cried Flowers, TheThe Girl Who Cried Flowers
1976		Farley, CarolCarol Farley		Garden Is Doing Fine, TheThe Garden Is Doing Fine
1977		Bunting, EveEve Bunting		One More Flight
1978	Fiction	Rabe, BerniceBernice Rabe		Girl Who Had No Name, TheThe Girl Who Had No Name
1978	Nonfiction	McClung, RobertRobert McClung		Peeper, First Voice of Spring
1979	Fiction	Pevsner, StellaStella Pevsner		And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine
1979	Nonfiction	Naylor, Phyllis ReynoldsPhyllis Reynolds Naylor		How I Came to Be a Writer
1980	Fiction	Adler, C. S.C. S. Adler		Magic of the Gifts, TheThe Magic of the Gifts
1980	Nonfiction	Madison, ArnoldArnold Madison		Runaway Teens
1981	Fiction	MacLachlan, PatriciaPatricia MacLachlan		Arthur, For the Very First Time
1981	Nonfiction	Patent, Dorothy HinshawDorothy Hinshaw Patent		Lives of Spiders, TheThe Lives of Spiders
1982	Fiction	Kerr, M. E.M. E. Kerr		Little, Little
1982	Nonfiction	Helfman, ElizabethElizabeth Helfman		Blissymbolics
1983	Fiction	Cleary, BeverlyBeverly Cleary		Ralph S. Mouse
	Nonfiction	Cross Giblin, JamesJames Cross Giblin		Chimney Sweeps
	Picture Book Illustration	de Paola, TomieTomie de Paola	de Paola, TomieTomie de Paola	Giorgio's Village
1984	Fiction	Skurzynski, GloriaGloria Skurzynski		Tempering, TheThe Tempering
	Nonfiction	Sattler, Helen RoneyHelen Roney Sattler		Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary, TheThe Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary
	Picture Book Illustration	Hyman, Trina SchartTrina Schart Hyman	Schart Hyman, TrinaTrina Schart Hyman	Little Red Riding Hood
1985	Fiction	Hurmence, BelindaBelinda Hurmence		Tancy
	Nonfiction	Cross Giblin, JamesJames Cross Giblin		Walls: Defenses Throughout History
	Picture Book Illustration	Wood, AudreyAudrey Wood	Wood, DonDon Wood	Napping House, TheThe Napping House
1986	Fiction	MacLachlan, PatriciaPatricia MacLachlan		Sarah, Plain and Tall
	Nonfiction	Blumberg, RhodaRhoda Blumberg		Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
	Picture Book Illustration	Berger, Barbara HelenBarbara Helen Berger	Berger, Barbara HelenBarbara Helen Berger	Donkey's Dream, TheThe Donkey's Dream
1987	Fiction	Rostkowski, MargaretMargaret Rostkowski		After the Dancing Days
	Nonfiction	Meltzer, MiltonMilton Meltzer		Poverty in America
	Picture Book Illustration	MacDonald, SuseSuse MacDonald	MacDonald, SuseSuse MacDonald	Alphabetics
1988	Fiction	Lowry, LoisLois Lowry		Rabble Starkey
	Nonfiction	Blumberg, RhodaRhoda Blumberg		Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark
	Picture Book Illustration	Carey, Valerie SchoValerie Scho Carey	Lobel, ArnoldArnold Lobel	Devil and Mother Crump, TheThe Devil and Mother Crump
1989	Fiction	Lyon, George EllaGeorge Ella Lyon		Borrowed Children
	Nonfiction	Cross Giblin, JamesJames Cross Giblin		Let There Be Light
	Picture Book Illustration	Wells, RosemaryRosemary Wells	Jeffers, SusanSusan Jeffers	Forest of Dreams
1990	Fiction	Gregory, KristianaKristiana Gregory		Jenny of the Tetons
	Nonfiction	St. George, JudithJudith St. George		Panama Canal: Gateway to the World
	Picture Book Illustration	Watson, Richard JesseRichard Jesse Watson	Watson, Richard JesseRichard Jesse Watson	Tom Thumb
1991	Fiction	Avi		The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
	Nonfiction	Murphy, JimJim Murphy		The Boys' War: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War
	Picture Book Illustration	Dragonwagon, CrescentCrescent Dragonwagon	Pinkney, JerryJerry Pinkney	Home Place
1992	Fiction	Thesman, JeanJean Thesman		Rain Catchers, TheThe Rain Catchers
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Wright Brothers, TheThe Wright Brothers
	Picture Book Illustration	Joosse, Barbara M.Barbara M. Joosse	Lavallee, BarbaraBarbara Lavallee	Mama Do You Love Me?
1993	Fiction	Lyons, Mary E.Mary E. Lyons		Letters From a Slave Girl
	Nonfiction	Murphy, JimJim Murphy		Long Road to Gettysburg, TheThe Long Road to Gettysburg
	Picture Book Illustration	Polacco, PatriciaPatricia Polacco	Polacco, PatriciaPatricia Polacco	Chicken Sunday
1994	Fiction	Wolff, Virginia EuwerVirginia Euwer Wolff		Make Lemonade
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Eleanor Roosevelt
	Picture Book Illustration	Stutson, CarolineCaroline Stutson	Hawkes, KevinKevin Hawkes	By the Light of the Halloween Moon
1995	Fiction	Cushman, KarenKaren Cushman		Catherine, Called Birdy
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
	Picture Book Illustration	Baker, KeithKeith Baker	Baker, KeithKeith Baker	Big Fat Hen
1996	Fiction	Curtis, Christopher PaulChristopher Paul Curtis		Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, TheThe Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
	Nonfiction	Bober, Natalie S.Natalie S. Bober		Abigail Adams
	Picture Book Illustration	Nolan, DennisDennis Nolan and Lauren Mills		Fairy Wings
1997	Fiction	McGraw, EloiseEloise McGraw		Moorchild, TheThe Moorchild
	Nonfiction	Kehret, PegPeg Kehret		Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
	Picture Book Illustration	Bunting, EveEve Bunting	Berry, HollyHolly Berry	Market Day
	Picture Book Text	Stanley, DianeDiane Stanley	Karas, G. BrianG. Brian Karas	Saving Sweetness
1998	Fiction	Napoli, Donna JoDonna Jo Napoli		Stones in Water
	Nonfiction	Schulman, ArleneArlene Schulman		Carmine's Story: A Book About a Boy Living with AIDS
	Picture Book Illustration	Davol, Marguerite W.Marguerite W. Davol	Sabuda, RobertRobert Sabuda	Paper Dragon, TheThe Paper Dragon
	Picture Book Text	Davol, Marguerite W.Marguerite W. Davol	Sabuda, RobertRobert Sabuda	Paper Dragon, TheThe Paper Dragon
1999	Fiction	Bauer, JoanJoan Bauer		Rules of the Road
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life
	Picture Book Illustration	Shulevitz, UriUri Shulevitz	Shulevitz, UriUri Shulevitz	Snow
	Picture Book Text	O'Connell George, KristineKristine O'Connell George	Kiesler, KateKate Kiesler	Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
2000	Fiction	Anderson, Laurie HalseLaurie Halse Anderson		Speak
	Nonfiction	Dyson, Marianne J.Marianne J. Dyson		Space Station Science: Life in Free Fall
	Picture Book Illustration	Sturges, PhilemonPhilemon Sturges	Wolrod, AmyAmy Wolrod	Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza), TheThe Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
	Picture Book Text	Hopkinson, DeborahDeborah Hopkinson	Colon, RaulRaul Colon	Band of Angels, AA Band of Angels
2001	Fiction	Karr, KathleenKathleen Karr		Boxer, TheThe Boxer
	Nonfiction	Levine, EllenEllen Levine		Darkness over Denmark
	Picture Book Illustration	Shannon, DavidDavid Shannon		Rain Came Down, TheThe Rain Came Down
	Picture Book Text	Kurtz , JaneJane Kurtz		River Friendly, River Wild
2002	Fiction	Wolff, Virginia EuwerVirginia Euwer Wolff		True Believer
	Nonfiction	Campbell Bartoletti, SusanSusan Campbell Bartoletti		Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine
	Picture Book Illustration	Krommes, BethBeth Krommes		The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish
	Picture Book Text	Lewis, J. PatrickJ. Patrick Lewis	Sheban, ChrisChris Sheban	Shoe Tree of Chagrin, TheThe Shoe Tree of Chagrin
2003	Fiction	Placide, JaïraJaïra Placide		Fresh Girl
	Nonfiction	Partridge, ElizabethElizabeth Partridge		This Land was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
	Picture Book Illustration	Smith, LindaLinda Smith	Frazee, MarlaMarla Frazee	Mrs. Biddlebox
	Picture Book Text	Wilson, SarahSarah Wilson		George Hogglesberry: Grade School Alien
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Fleischman, SidSid Fleischman
2004	Fiction	Spinelli, JerryJerry Spinelli		Milkweed
	Nonfiction	Byrd, RobertRobert Byrd		Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer
	Picture Book Illustration	Johnson, AngelaAngela Johnson	Long, LorenLoren Long	I Dream Of Trains
	Picture Book Text	Timberlake, AmyAmy Timberlake	Rex, AdamAdam Rex	Dirty Cowboy, TheThe Dirty Cowboy
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Yee, LisaLisa Yee		Millicent Min, Girl Genius
2005	Fiction	Curtis, Christopher PaulChristopher Paul Curtis		Bucking The Sarge
	Nonfiction	Cooper, Michael L.Michael L. Cooper		Dust To Eat: Drought and Depression in the 1930s
	Picture Book Illustration	Cassels, JeanJean Cassels	Cassels, JeanJean Cassels	The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
	Picture Book Text	Hopkinson, DeborahDeborah Hopkinson	Carpenter, NancyNancy Carpenter	Apples to Oregon
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Choldenko, GenniferGennifer Choldenko		Al Capone Does My Shirts
2006	Fiction	Pearson, Mary E.Mary E. Pearson		Room on Lorelei Street, AA Room on Lorelei Street
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Children of the Great Depression
	Picture Book Illustration	Yolen, JaneJane Yolen	Sweet, MelissaMelissa Sweet	Baby Bear's Chairs
	Picture Book Text	Mora, PatPat Mora	Colón, RaulRaul Colón	Doña Flor
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	LaRochelle, DavidDavid LaRochelle		Absolutely Positively Not
2007	Fiction	Abbott, TonyTony Abbott		Firegirl
	Nonfiction	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman		Adventures of Marco Polo, TheThe Adventures of Marco Polo
	Picture Book Illustration	Pitzer, SusannaSusanna Pitzer	Day, LarryLarry Day	Not Afraid of Dogs
	Picture Book Text	Myers, Walter DeanWalter Dean Myers	Myers, ChristopherChristopher Myers	Jazz
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Pennypacker, SaraSara Pennypacker		Clementine
2008	Fiction	Applegate, KatherineKatherine Applegate	Applegate, KatherineKatherine Applegate	Home of the Brave
	Nonfiction	Bausum, AnnAnn Bausum	Bausum, AnnAnn Bausum	Muckrackers
	Picture Book Illustration	Morales, YuyiYuyi Morales	Morales, YuyiYuyi Morales	Little Night
	Picture Book Text	Pennypacker, SaraSara Pennypacker	Mathers, PetraPetra Mathers	Pierre in Love
2009	Fiction	Watkins, SteveSteve Watkins		Down Sand Mountain
	Nonfiction	Turner, Pamela S.Pamela S. Turner		Life in the Wild, AA Life in the Wild
	Picture Book Illustration	Yum, HyewonHyewon Yum	Yum, HyewonHyewon Yum	Last Night
	Picture Book Text	Becker, BonnyBonny Becker	MacDonald Denton, KadyKady MacDonald Denton	Visitor for Bear, AA Visitor for Bear
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Gephart, DonnaDonna Gephart		As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running For President
2010	Fiction	Durango, JuliaJulia Durango		Sea of the Dead
	Nonfiction	Bryan, AshleyAshley Bryan		Words to My Life's Song
	Picture Book Illustration	Mora, PatPat Mora	Parra, JohnJohn Parra	Gracias Thanks
	Picture Book Text	Bauer, Marion DaneMarion Dane Bauer	Lewin, TedTed Lewin	Longest Night, TheThe Longest Night
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Zadoff, AllenAllen Zadoff		Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
2011	Fiction	Holm, Jennifer L.Jennifer L. Holm		Turtle in Paradise
	Nonfiction	Stone, Tanya LeeTanya Lee Stone
	Picture Book Illustration	Mavor, SalleySalley Mavor	Mavor, SalleySalley Mavor	Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
	Picture Book Text	Khan, RukhsanaRukhsana Khan	Blackall, SophieSophie Blackall	Big Red Lollipop
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Silberberg, AlanAlan Silberberg		Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
2012	Fiction	Sepetys, RutaRuta Sepetys		Between Shades of Gray
	Nonfiction	Fleming, CandaceCandace Fleming		Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
	Picture Book Illustration	Sweet, MelissaMelissa Sweet	Sweet, MelissaMelissa Sweet	Balloons Over Broadway
	Picture Book Text	Messner, KateKate Messner	Neal, Christopher SilasChristopher Silas Neal	Over and Under the Snow
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Rylander, ChrisChris Rylander		Fourth Stall, TheThe Fourth Stall
2013	Fiction	Rocklin, JoanneJoanne Rocklin		Five Lives of Our Cat Zook, TheThe Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
	Nonfiction	Ferris, Jeri ChaseJeri Chase Ferris		Noah Webster and His Words
	Picture Book Illustration	Campbell, K.G.K.G. Campbell	Campbell, K.G.K.G. Campbell	Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
	Picture Book Text	Rockliff, MaraMara Rockliff	Low, WilliamWilliam Low	Me and Momma and Big John
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Willems, MoMo Willems		Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
2014	Fiction	Federle, TimTim Federle		Better Nate Than Ever
	Nonfiction	Meissner, DavidDavid Meissner		Call of the Klondike
	Picture Book Illustration	Brown, PeterPeter Brown	Brown, PeterPeter Brown	Mr. Tiger Goes Wild
	Picture Book Text	Zietlow Miller, PatPat Zietlow Miller	Wilsdorf, AnneAnne Wilsdorf	Sophie's Squash
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Konigsberg, BillBill Konigsberg		Openly Straight
2015	Fiction	Wiles, DeborahDeborah Wiles		Revolution
	Nonfiction	Fleming, CandaceCandace Fleming		The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
	Picture Book Illustration	Bryant, JenJen Bryant	Sweet, MelissaMelissa Sweet	The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
	Picture Book Text	Dempsey, KristyKristy Dempsey	Cooper, FloydFloyd Cooper	A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Knudsen, MichelleMichelle Knudsen		Evil Librarian
2016	Middle Grade Fiction	Hannigan, KateKate Hannigan		Detective's Assistant, TheThe Detective's Assistant
	Nonfiction	Engle, MargaritaMargarita Engle		Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
	Picture Book Illustration	Bildner, PhilPhil Bildner	Parra, JohnJohn Parra	Marvelous Cornelius
	Picture Book Text	Bagley, JessixaJessixa Bagley	Bagley, JessixaJessixa Bagley	Boats for Papa
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Burnham, Molly B.Molly B. Burnham	Spencer, TrevorTrevor Spencer	Teddy Mars: Almost a World Record Beaker
	Young Adult Fiction	Shusterman, NealNeal Shusterman		Challenger Deep
2017	Middle Grade Fiction	Yelchin, EugeneEugene Yelchin		Haunting of Falcon House, TheThe Haunting of Falcon House
	Nonfiction	Innerst, StacyStacy Innerst		Music in George's Head, TheThe Music in George's Head
	Picture Book Illustration	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman	Freedman, RussellRussell Freedman	We Will Not Be Silent
	Picture Book Text	Wheeler, LisaLisa Wheeler	Pinkney, JerryJerry Pinkney	Christmas Boot, TheThe Christmas Boot
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Grabenstein, ChrisChris Grabenstein		Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel
	Young Adult Fiction	Sepetys, RutaRuta Sepetys		Salt to the Sea
2018	Middle Grade Fiction	Cheng, JackJack Cheng		See You in the Cosmos
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Heiligman, DeborahDeborah Heiligman		Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Weatherford, Carole BostonCarole Boston Weatherford		Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
	Picture Book Illustration	Pak, KenardKenard Pak	Pak, KenardKenard Pak	Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
	Picture Book Text	Crimi, CarolynCarolyn Crimi	Molk, LaurelLaurel Molk	There Might Be Lobsters
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Allen, CrystalCrystal Allen		The Magnificent Mya Tibb: The Wall of Fame Game
	Young Adult Fiction	Arnold, Elana K.Elana K. Arnold		What Girls Are Made Of
2019	Middle Grade Fiction	Hood, SusanSusan Hood		Lifeboat 12
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Partridge, ElizabethElizabeth Partridge		Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Rosenstock, BarbBarb Rosenstock		Otis and Will Discover the Deep
	Picture Book Illustration	Schaefer, Carole LexaCarole Lexa Schaefer	Stadtlander, BeccaBecca Stadtlander	Made by Hand: A Crafts Sampler
	Picture Book Text	Oliveros, JessieJessie Oliveros	Wulfekotte, DandaDanda Wulfekotte	Remember Balloons, TheThe Remember Balloons
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Dominguez, AngelaAngela Dominguez		Stella Diaz Has Something to Say
	Young Adult Fiction	Yolen, JaneJane Yolen		Mapping the Bones
2020	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Heiligman, DeborahDeborah Heiligman		Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children's Ship
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Rusch, ElizabethElizabeth Rusch		Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
	Picture Book Illustration	Van, Muon ThjMuon Thj Van	Yum, HyewonHyewon Yum	Clever Little Witch
	Picture Book Text	Yazdani, Ashley BenhamAshley Benham Yazdani		A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Lai, RemyRemy Lai		Pie in the Sky
	Young Adult Fiction	Berry, JulieJulie Berry		Lovely War
	Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction	Venkatraman, PadmaPadma Venkatraman		Bridge Home, TheThe Bridge Home
2021	Illustrated Book for Older Readers	Shulevitz, UriUri Shulevitz		Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood
	Middle Grade/Young Readers Fiction	Watson, RenéeRenée Watson		Ways to Make Sunshine
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Soontornvat, ChristinaChristina Soontornvat		All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Don Tate		William Still and His Freedom Stories
	Picture Book Illustration	Burgess, MatthewMatthew Burgess	Chien, CatiaCatia Chien	Bear and the Moon, TheThe Bear and the Moon
	Picture Book Text	Charles, TamiTami Charles	Collier, BryanBryan Collier	All Because You Matter
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Higuera, Donna BarbaDonna Barba Higuera		Lupe Wong Won't Dance
	Young Adult Fiction	Smith, Sherri L.Sherri L. Smith		Blossom and the Firefly, TheThe Blossom and the Firefly
2022	Illustrated Book for Older Readers	Guidroz, RukhsannaRukhsanna Guidroz	Azim, FahmidaFahmida Azim	Samira Surfs
	Middle Grade Fiction	LaRocca, RajaniRajani LaRocca		Red, White, and Whole
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Henley, ArielAriel Henley		A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Treuer, AntonAnton Treuer		Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Paeff, ColleenColleen Paeff	Carpenter, NancyNancy Carpenter	The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem
	Picture Book Illustration	Costanza, StephenStephen Costanza		King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
	Picture Book Text	Ho, JoannaJoanna Ho	Ho, DungDung Ho	Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
	Young Adult Fiction	Harris, Pamela N.Pamela N. Harris		When You Look Like Us
2023	Illustrated Book for Older Readers	Roxas, IsabelIsabel Roxas		Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens
	Middle Grade Fiction	Leali, MichaelMichael Leali		Civil War of Amos Abernathy The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Lazar, TaraTara Lazar		Absurd Words: A Kids’ Fun and Hilarious Vocabulary Builder for Future Word Nerds
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	McAnulty, StacyStacy McAnulty	Litchfield, DavidDavid Litchfield	Our Planet: There’s No Place Like Earth
	Picture Book Illustration	Maclear, KyoKyo Maclear	Dion, NathalieNathalie Dion	Kumo the Bashful Cloud
	Picture Book Text	Thurman, Brittany J.Brittany J. Thurman	Cunha, AnnaAnna Cunha	Fly
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Badua, TracyTracy Badua		Freddie vs. the Family Curse
	Young Adult Fiction	Huey, Emily InouyeEmily Inouye Huey		Beneath the Wide Silk Sky
2024	Illustrated Book for Older Readers	Miller, ShareeSharee Miller	Miller, ShareeSharee Miller	Curlfriends (New in Town)
	Middle Grade Fiction	Marsh, KatherineKatherine Marsh		Lost Year The Lost Year
	Nonfiction Text for Older Readers	Rusch, ElizabethElizabeth Rusch		The 21: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change
	Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers	Markel, MichelleMichelle Markel	McClintock, BarbaraBarbara McClintock	Tomfoolery: Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children's Books
	Picture Book Illustration	Harrison, VashtiVashti Harrison	Harrison, VashtiVashti Harrison	Big
	Picture Book Text	Wynter, AnneAnne Wynter	Miyares, DanielDaniel Miyares	Nell Plants a Tree
	Sid Fleischman Humor Award	Brockenbrough, MarthaMartha Brockenbrough		To Catch a Thief
	Young Adult Fiction	Arnold, Elana K.Elana K. Arnold		Blood Years The Blood Years

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:

Golden Kite Award Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.