the 2013 Golden Kite Awards, honor books, and Sid Fleischman recipient. Congratulations to the winners!
WINNERS
FICTION
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet Books/Abrams), edited by Maggie Lehrman
NONFICTION
Noah Webster & His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris (HM for Children), edited by Kate O’Sullivan
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff (Candlewick), edited by Karen Lotz
SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD
Mo Willems for his smart, and very funny, picture book Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (HarperCollins), edited by Alessandra Balzer
FICTION
Code Name Verity
NONFICTION
Electric Ben by Robert Byrd (Dial)
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson (Peachtree)
PICTURE BOOK TEXT
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas (Millbrook)
Over
1,200 books were entered, and the first round of voting ended February 28.
The second round begins March 4–––DON’T FORGET TO
VOTE!