Winners of the 2025 Golden Kite Awards and honor books, presented to children's book authors and artists by their peers and sponsored by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, have been named. Golden Kite recipients receive a cash prize of $2,500. Golden Kite Honor recipients receive $500. This year's winning titles are:
Golden Kite winners
Picture book text: The Man Who Didn't Like Animals by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (Clarion Books)
Picture book illustration: The One and Only Googoosh by Azadeh Westergaard (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Nonfiction text for younger readers: Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote by Dinah Johnson, illustrated by Jeremy Jordan (Christy Ottaviano Books--Little Brown and Hachette)
Nonfiction text for older readers: Rising From the Ashes: Los Angeles 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City On Fire by Paula Yoo (Norton Young Readers)
Middle grade fiction: The Other Side of Tomorrow by Tina Cho, art by Deb JJ Lee (Harper/Alley)
Illustrated book for older readers: Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan (Roaring Brook Press)
YA fiction: Girls Like Her by Melanie Sumrow (Balzer + Bray)
Sid Fleischman award for humor: Harriet Tells the Truth by Elana K. Arnold (Walden Pond Press)
Honor books
Picture book text: The Night Market by Seina Wedlick, illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu (Random House Studio)
Picture book illustration: Eloisa's Magical Window, illustrated by John Parra, written by Margarita Engle (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)
Nonfiction text for younger readers: Comet Chaser: The True Cinderella Story of Caroline Herschel, The First Professional Woman Astronomer by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger (Chronicle Books)
Nonfiction text for older readers: Uprooted: A Memoir About What Happens When Your Family Moves Back by Ruth Chan (Roaring Brook Press)
Middle grade fiction: The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin (Viking Books for Young Readers)
Illustrated book for older readers: Meet Me on Mercer Street by Bookie Vivat (Scholastic Press)
YA fiction: Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers)
Sid Fleischman award for humor: On a Wing and a Tear by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Heartdrum)