The annual awards selected a winner and honor title for each of the seven categories.
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators announced its 2022 Golden Kite Awards this week. A winner and honor title was selected for each of the seven categories. The winners received $2,500 plus $1,000 to donate to a nonprofit organization of their choice. Honor title winners were awarded $500 plus $250 for donation.
Here are the 2022 Golden Kite Award winners:
Winner: Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho, illus. by Dung Ho. HarperCollins Books for Young Readers.
Honor Book: Soul Food Sunday by Winsome Bingham, illus. by C.G. Esperanza. Abrams Books for Young Readers
Finalists: The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros, illus. by Amy Bates. Abrams Books for Young Readers; Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter, illus. by Oge Mora. Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins; Me + Tree by Alexandria Giardino, illus. by Anna and Elena Balbusso. Creative Editions
Winner: King Of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin illustrated and written by Stephen Costanza. Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Honor book: Wonder Walkers illustrated and written by Micha Archer. Nancy Paulsen Books
Finalists: Gladys The Magic Chicken illustrated by Adam Rex, written by Adam Rubin. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Reader; Outside Inside illustrated and written by LeUyen Pham. Roaring Brook Press; ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge illustrated by Raúl the Third, story by Elaine Bay. Versify
Winner: Red, White, And Whole by Rajani LaRocca. Quill Tree Books
Honor book: Cuba In My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux Books for Young Readers
Finalists: Better With Butter by Victoria Piontek. Scholastic Press; Mighty Inside by Sundee T. Frazier. Levine Querido; Strong As Fire, Fierce as Flame by Supriya Kelkar. Tu Books
Winner: Samira Surfs illustrated by Fahmida Azim, written by Rukhsanna Guidroz. Kokila
Honor book: The Genius Under the Table illustrated and written by Eugene Yelchin. Candlewick Press
Finalists: Pawcasso illustrated and written by Remi Lai. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers; The Sea Ringed World illustrated by Amanda Mijangos, written by María García Esperón, translated by David Bowles. Levine Querido; Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Louisa & Shari Becker. Crown Books for Young Readers
Winner: The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem by Colleen Paeff, illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Margaret K. McElderry Books
Honor book: The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levison, illus. by Evan Turk. Abrams Books for Young Readers
Finalists: Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua by Gloria Amescua, illus. by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams Books for Young Readers; I am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Grace Lin and Martha Brockenbrough, illus. by Julia Kuo. Little Brown Books for Young Readers; Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature by Cynthia Argentine. Millbrook Press
Co-Winners: A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers and Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition by Anton Treuer. Levine Querido
Finalists: Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook Press; Together We March: 25 Protest Movements That Marched Into History by Leah Henderson, illus. by Tyler Feder. Atheneum Books for Young Readers; We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance by Deborah Hopkinson. Scholastic Focus
Winner: When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris. Quill Tree Books
Honor book: Perfectly Parvin by Olivia Abtahi. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Finalists: Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck. Knopf Books for Young Readers; Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Dutton Books for Young Readers; The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim. Quill Tree Books
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