Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024
Resources for a selection of the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1973 -- honoring excellence in children’s literature as judged by a jury of peers
Sponsored by Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
![Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/118.jpg)
- 6,278 Resources including
- 599 Videos
- 344 Book Readings
- 542 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 395 book results
![Poet X, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0062662805.jpg)
![We Are Water Protectors](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250203554.jpg)
We Are Water Protectors
by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade
(Picture Book Text Honor, 2021)
66 Resources19 Awards
![Hey, Kiddo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0545902487.jpg)
![Undefeated, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/62315_hi.jpg)
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson
(Picture Book Text Honor, 2020)
53 Resources22 Awards
![All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1536209457.jpg)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
(Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Winner, 2021)
51 Resources18 Awards
![Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0525555277.jpg)
![I Am Every Good Thing](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0525518770.jpg)
I Am Every Good Thing
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Picture Book Text Finalist, 2021)
45 Resources15 Awards
![Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0385321759.jpg)
![Ghost Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0316262285.jpg)
![Elatsoe](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/71971_hi.jpg)
![Bud, Not Buddy](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0385323069.jpg)
![Right Word, The: Roget and His Thesaurus](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0802853854.jpg)
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
(Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2015)
42 Resources15 Awards
![With the Fire on High](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/006266283X.jpg)
![People's Painter, The: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1419741306.jpg)
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Y. Levinson and Evan Turk
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022)
42 Resources10 Awards
![Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1481435221.jpg)
![Ways to Make Sunshine](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/154760056X.jpg)
Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson and Nina Mata
(Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Winner, 2021)
41 Resources9 Awards
![Red, White, and Whole](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/74570_hi.jpg)
![I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/031642692X.jpg)
I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story
by Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin, and Julia Kuo
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022)
41 Resources8 Awards
![Speak](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0312674392.jpg)
![Family Romanov, The: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0375867821.jpg)
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
(Nonfiction Winner, 2015)
40 Resources15 Awards
![Salt to the Sea](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0399160302.jpg)
![Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076368046X.jpg)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2018)
40 Resources12 Awards
![Bridge Home, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1524738115.jpg)
![Challenger Deep](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0061134147.jpg)
Challenger Deep
by Neal Shusterman and Brendan Shusterman
(Young Adult Winner, 2016)
39 Resources11 Awards
![Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/78225_hi.jpg)
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua
by Gloria Amescua and Duncan Tonatiuh
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Finalist, 2022)
39 Resources12 Awards
![Seedfolks](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0060274719.jpg)
![Warrior Girl Unearthed](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/84837_hi.jpg)
![Between Shades of Gray](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0399254129.jpg)
![Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1250149010.jpg)
Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown
(Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Finalist, 2022)
36 Resources11 Awards
![Eyes that Kiss in the Corners](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0062915622.jpg)
![Napping House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0152567089.jpg)
![Mañanaland](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1338157868.jpg)
![All Because You Matter](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/133857485X.jpg)
All Because You Matter
by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier
(Picture Book Text Winner, 2021)
34 Resources8 Awards
![Big](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0316353221.jpg)
![Jazz](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0823415457.jpg)
Jazz
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
(Picture Book Text Winner, 2007)
33 Resources8 Awards
![Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0547199457.jpg)
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
(Picture Book Illustration Winner, 2012)
33 Resources12 Awards
![Fighting Words](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1984815709.jpg)
![Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525646558.jpg)
The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh
(Nonfiction Text for Older Readers Finalist, 2021)
32 Resources7 Awards
![How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0525647422.jpg)
How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity's Greatest Adventure
by John Rocco
(Illustration for Older Readers Finalist, 2021)
32 Resources11 Awards
![Flamer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1250756146.jpg)
![Great Stink, The: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1534449299.jpg)
The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
by Colleen Paeff and Nancy Carpenter
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2022)
32 Resources8 Awards
![First Time for Everything, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1626724156.jpg)
A First Time for Everything
by Dan Santat
(Illustration for Older Readers Finalist, 2024)
(Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction Finalist, 2024)
32 Resources12 Awards
![Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0811837580.jpg)
Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales
(Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2004)
31 Resources10 Awards
![Niño Wrestles the World](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1250062705.jpg)
Niño Wrestles the World
by Yuyi Morales
(Picture Book Illustration Honor, 2014)
31 Resources7 Awards
![Rose Under Fire](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/038567953X.jpg)
![Revolution](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0545106079.jpg)
![William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1561459356.jpg)
William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad
by Don Tate
(Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2021)
31 Resources5 Awards
![Over and Under the Snow](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0811867846.jpg)
Over and Under the Snow
by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal
(Picture Book Text Winner, 2012)
29 Resources5 Awards