2011 Crystal Kite Award Winners Announced!

The votes are in and SCBWI is thrilled to announce the winners are for the 2011 Crystal Kite Awards!

SCBWI's Crystal Kite Awards recognize great books from the 70 SCBWI regions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers.

Congratulations to the terrific 2011 Crystal Kite Winners...

Africa

Maja Sereda

A KITE'S FLIGHT

(Jacana Media)

Australia

Claire M. Saxby

THERE WAS AN OLD SAILOR

(Walker Books Australia)

California/Hawaii

Deborah Underwood

THE QUIET BOOK 

(Houghton Mifflin)

Florida/Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina/Alabama/Mississippi

Jo S. Kittinger

ROSA'S BUS: THE RIDE TO CIVIL RIGHTS 

(Boyds Mills Press)

Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri

Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

 SELLING HOPE

(Feiwel and Friends)

Middle East/India/Asia

Monika Schröder

SARASWATI'S WAY

(Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/Wisconsin/Illinois/Michigan/Indiana/Ohio

Ann M. Angel

JANIS JOPLIN: RISE UP SINGING

(Amulet Books)

Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado/Wyoming/New Mexico

Sydney Salter Husseman

SWOON AT YOUR OWN RISK

(Harcourt)

New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island)

Brian Lies

BATS AT THE BALLGAME

(Houghton Mifflin)

New York

Kate Messner

SUGAR AND ICE

(Walker Books)

Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland

Kathryn Erskine

MOCKINGBIRD

(Philomel Books)

Texas/Oklahoma

Tammi Sauer

MOSTLY MONSTERLY

(Simon & Schuster)

The Americas (Canada/Mexico/Central & South America)

Marsha Skrypuch

STOLEN CHILD

(Scholastic Canada)

UK/Europe

Candy Gourlay

TALL STORY

(Random House)

Washington/Oregon/Alaska/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota 

Bonny J. Becker

A BEDTIME FOR BEAR

(Candlewick Press)