Kid-Friendly By Julie December 14, 2010 Author Cynthia Leitich Smith — With Art by Barry Gott Read more
SCBWI Announces 2007 Golden Kite Awards By Julie March 11, 2008 Thanks to Cynthia Leitich Smithfor posting the following info WITH LINKS:Golden Kite Award Winners:Picture Book Text: Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers (Orchard).Picture Book Illustration: Little Night by Yuyi Morales (Roaring Brook)(illustrator interview).Note: Yuyi also illustrated Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez.Golden Kite Honor Recipients:Picture Book Text: The End by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Richard Egielski (Arthur A. Levine Books)(author interview).Note: David won the 2005 Sid Fleischman Humor Award for Absolutely Positively Not.Picture Book Illustration: Who Put the B in Ballyhoo? by Carlyn Beccia (Houghton Mifflin)(author-illustrator interview)--------------------------------------------Cover illustration by Petra Mathers Read more