The winners of the Golden Kite Awards, presented to children's book authors and artists by their peers and sponsored by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, are:
- Fiction: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (Feiwel and Friends)
- Nonfiction: Muckrakers by Ann Bausum (National Geographic Society)
- Picture Book Text: Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers (Orchard Books)
- Picture Book Illustration: Little Night illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook Press)
Golden Kite Honor Recipients:
- Fiction: Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis (Dial Books for Young Readers)
- Nonfiction: 1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange (National Geographic Society)
- Picture Book Text: The End by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Richard Egielski (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic)
- Picture Book Illustration: Who Put the B in Ballyhoo? illustrated and written by Carlyn Beccia (Houghton Mifflin)
The Golden Kite Awards will be presented at the Golden Kite Luncheon during the SCBWI’s 37th Annual Conference on Writing and Illustrating for Children, which takes place in Los Angeles August 1-4. For more information and lists of previous winners and honor books, go to scbwi.org.