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<DIV><SPAN class=819463318-06032009>2009 Golden Kite winners announced.
The Golden Kite is the only award presented to children's and teen authors and
artists by their peers.</SPAN></DIV>
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href="http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6642208.html?nid=3242">http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6642208.html?nid=3242</A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=819463318-06032009>WINNERS:</SPAN></DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Fiction<BR></STRONG>Steve Watkins for <EM><FONT
color=#800080><STRONG>Down</STRONG></FONT></EM><EM><FONT color=#800080><STRONG>
Sand Mountain</STRONG></FONT><SPAN class=819463318-06032009>
</SPAN></EM>(Candlewick)</P>
<P><STRONG>Nonfiction<BR></STRONG>Pamela S. Turner for <EM><STRONG><FONT
color=#800080>A Life in the Wild: George Schaller’s Struggle to Save the Last
Great Beasts</FONT></STRONG> </EM>(Farrar, Straus)</P>
<P><STRONG>Picture Book Text<BR></STRONG>Bonny Becker for <EM><STRONG><FONT
color=#800080>A Visitor for Bear</FONT></STRONG></EM>, illustrated by Kady
MacDonald Denton (Candlewick)</P>
<P><STRONG>Picture Book Illustration<BR></STRONG>Hyewon Yum for
<EM><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Last Night</FONT></STRONG> (</EM>Farrar,
Straus)</P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=819463318-06032009>HONORS:</SPAN></DIV>
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class=819463318-06032009></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=819463318-06032009><STRONG><SPAN
class=819463318-06032009>F</SPAN>iction<BR></STRONG>Mary E. Pearson for
<EM><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>The Adoration of Jenna Fox</FONT></STRONG>
(Holt)</EM></DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Nonfiction<BR></STRONG>Ellen Jackson for <EM><STRONG><FONT
color=#800080>The Mysterious Universe: Supernovae, Dark Energy, and Black
Holes</FONT></STRONG>,</EM> photos and illustrations by Nic Bishop
(Houghton)</P>
<P><STRONG>Picture Book Text<BR></STRONG>Carole Boston Weatherford for
<EM><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>Before John was a Jazz
Giant</FONT></STRONG>,</EM> illustrated by Sean Qualls (Holt)</P>
<P><STRONG>Picture Book Illustration<BR></STRONG>Mo Willems for
<EM><STRONG><FONT color=#800080>I Love My New Toy</FONT></STRONG></EM>
(Hyperion)</P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Katie Anderson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Youth Services Consultant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Library Development</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon State Library</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>503-378-2528</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A></FONT></DIV>
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