2016 Crystal Kite Awards Announced

Here is an amazing list of books for kids–every one of them a winner. They’d make a great summer reading list, don’t you think?

Writing and Illustrating

The Winners of the 2016 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards:

Congratulations to all this year’s winners and my friends:
Laurie Wallmark, April Chu, Kat Yeh, Elisa Wheeler, and Don Tate.

Atlantic (Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland)

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Laurie Wallmarkillustrated by April Chu  Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books)

New YorkTwinkie Pie

Kat Yeh – The Truth About Twinkie Pie (Little, Brown)

Midwest (Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/Wisconsin/Illinois/Michigan/Indiana/Ohio)

Pat Zietlow Miller

Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler – Wherever You Go (Little, Brown)

Texas/Oklahoma

Don Tate

Don Tate Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree Publishers)

Australia/New Zealand

Frane Lessac 

Frané LessacA is for Australia (Walker Books Australia) and
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Peter Carnavas Blue Whale Blues (New Frontier Publishing/Scholastic Australia)

California/Hawaii

Stacey Lee

Stacey Lee – Under a Painted Sky (Penguin BFYR)

Canada

Margriet Ruurs

Margriet Ruurs – A Brush Full of Colour (Pajama Press)

International Other

Angela Cerrito

Angela Cerrito – The Safest Lie (Holiday…

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