Golden Kite Awards

[Via Children's Bookshelf]

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators has announced the winners of the 2009 Golden Kite Awards, which recognize excellence in children’s literature. Winning authors and illustrators receive $2,500 and a trip to the award ceremony in Los Angeles on August 9. This year’s winners are Steve Watkins for Down Sand Mountain(Candlewick) in Fiction; Pamela S. Turner for A Life in the Wild: George Schaller’s Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts (FSG) in Nonfiction; Bonny Becker for A Visitor for Bear, illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton (Candlewick) for Picture Book Text; and Hyewon Yum for Last Night (FSG) for Picture Book Illustration. For a list of honor titles and additional information, visit the SCBWI Web site.