It’s the first Monday in March but it is certainly not kite flying weather in Maine. We’ve had two late snow falls and while I was eager for snow in December, now I’m ready for spring. There’s nothing like the SCBWI Golden Kite Announcements to give me that warm fuzzy feeling inside.
A huge congratulations to the winners: Ruta Sepetys, Between Shades of Gray; Candace Fleming, Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart; Kate Messner, Over and Under the Snow; and (fellow Mainer) Melissa Sweet, Balloons Over Broadway.
“But that is not all,” said the Cat in the Hat…
Last Wednesday, the voting on the Crystal Kite nominations closed and this week– uour finalists were announced! To vote: SCBWI Members should sign in, go to their member home area, and follow the “what’s going on in my region,” link. Next click on the Crystal Kite tab on the far right. Votes are based purely on personal opinion and no campaigning of any kind is permitted. Votes close on March 16th.
Congratulations to the regional finalists for New England:
At The Sea Floor Cafe
Leslie Bulion
Peachtree Publishers
Red Sled
Lita Judge
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Simon & Schuster)
Pearl
Jo Knowles
Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
Beth Krommes
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Wink the Ninja Who Wanted to Nap
Julie Phillipps
Viking Children’s Books (Penguin Young Readers Group)
Island’s End
Padma Venkatraman
Penguin Group
Celebrating all these great books for kids lifts my spirits– a little like flying a kite on a warm spring day.
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