The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators have announced the winners of the 2007 Golden Kite Awards:

Fiction

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (on my to-be-read pile)

Nonfiction

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum

Picture Book Text

Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker

Picture Book Illustration

Little Night by Yuyi Morales

 

Honor Books:

Fiction

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauran Tarshis (Wonderful!  A great read.)

Nonfiction

1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange

Picture Book Text

The End by David LaRochelle (Hurrah!  A wonderful book!)

Picture Book Illustration

Who Put the B in Ballyhoo? by Carlyn Beccia