# Golden Kite Award reading list

**128** books referenced by Golden Kite Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Golden Kite Awards, given annually since 1973 by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), are the only children's literature awards judged by a jury of peers — fellow children's-book writers and illustrators. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, Picture Book Illustration, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and the Sid Fleischman Humor Award.

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## Golden Kite Award reading list

- [A Band of Angels](https://readinglist.school/book/a-band-of-angels) by Deborah Hopkinson _(Grades K–5)_
- [A Dance Like Starlight](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dance-like-starlight-one-ballerinas-dream) by Kristy Dempsey _(Grades K–5)_
- [A Life in the Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/a-life-in-the-wild) by Pamela S. Turner _(Grades 4–10)_
- [A Room on Lorelei Street](https://readinglist.school/book/a-room-on-lorelei-street) by Mary E. Pearson _(Grades 4–9)_
- [A Visitor for Bear](https://readinglist.school/book/a-visitor-for-bear) by Bonny Becker _(Grades K–5)_
- [Abigail Adams](https://readinglist.school/book/abigail-adams) by Natalie S. Bober _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wright-brothers) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Absolutely Positively Not](https://readinglist.school/book/absolutely-positively-not) by David LaRochelle _(Grades 3–8)_
- [After the Dancing Days](https://readinglist.school/book/after-the-dancing-days) by Margaret Rostkowski _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Al Capone Does My Shirts](https://readinglist.school/book/al-capone-does-my-shirts) by Gennifer Choldenko _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Alphabatics](https://readinglist.school/book/alphabetics) by Suse MacDonald _(Grades K–5)_
- [Amelia Lost](https://readinglist.school/book/amelia-lost-the-life-and-disappearance-of-amelia-earhart) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Apples to Oregon](https://readinglist.school/book/apples-to-oregon) by Deborah Hopkinson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Arthur, For the Very First Time](https://readinglist.school/book/arthur-for-the-very-first-time) by Patricia MacLachlan _(Grades 4–9)_
- [As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President!](https://readinglist.school/book/as-if-being-12-3-4-isnt-bad-enough-my-mother-is-running-for-president) by Donna Gephart _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Ashley Bryan](https://readinglist.school/book/words-to-my-lifes-song) by Ashley Bryan _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Balloons over Broadway](https://readinglist.school/book/balloons-over-broadway) by Melissa Sweet _(Grades 1–4)_
- [Better Nate Than Ever](https://readinglist.school/book/better-nate-than-ever) by Tim Federle _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Between Shades Of Gray](https://readinglist.school/book/between-shades-of-gray) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Big](https://readinglist.school/book/big) by Vashti Harrison _(Grades K–5)_
- [Big Red Lollipop](https://readinglist.school/book/big-red-lollipop) by Rukhsana Khan _(Grades K–5)_
- [Black Potatoes](https://readinglist.school/book/black-potatoes-the-story-of-the-great-irish-famine) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Boats for Papa](https://readinglist.school/book/boats-for-papa) by Jessixa Bagley _(Grades K–5)_
- [Borrowed Children](https://readinglist.school/book/borrowed-children) by George Lyon _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Bucking the Sarge](https://readinglist.school/book/bucking-the-sarge) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(Grades 4–9)_
- [By the Light of the Halloween Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/by-the-light-of-the-halloween-moon) by Caroline Stutson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Call of the Klondike](https://readinglist.school/book/call-of-the-klondike) by David Meissner _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Catherine, Called Birdy](https://readinglist.school/book/catherine-called-birdy) by Karen Cushman _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Challenger Deep](https://readinglist.school/book/challenger-deep) by Neal Shusterman _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Chicken Sunday](https://readinglist.school/book/chicken-sunday) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades K–5)_
- [Children of the Great Depression](https://readinglist.school/book/children-of-the-great-depression) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Chimney Sweeps](https://readinglist.school/book/chimney-sweeps) by James Cross Giblin _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Clementine](https://readinglist.school/book/clementine) by Sara Pennypacker _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun](https://readinglist.school/book/commodore-perry-in-the-land-of-the-shogun) by Rhoda Blumberg _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Darkness Over Denmark](https://readinglist.school/book/darkness-over-denmark) by Ellen Levine _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Down Sand Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/down-sand-mountain) by Steve Watkins _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Doña Flor](https://readinglist.school/book/do-a-flor) by Pat Mora _(Grades K–5)_
- [Dust to Eat](https://readinglist.school/book/dust-to-eat-drought-and-depression-in-the-1930s) by Michael L. Cooper _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Enchanted Air](https://readinglist.school/book/enchanted-air-two-cultures-two-wings-a-memoir) by Margarita Engle _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Evil Librarian](https://readinglist.school/book/evil-librarian) by Michelle Knudsen _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Fairy Wings](https://readinglist.school/book/fairy-wings) by Lauren Mills _(Grades K–5)_
- [Firegirl](https://readinglist.school/book/firegirl) by Tony Abbott _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have](https://readinglist.school/book/food-girls-and-other-things-i-cant-have) by Allen Zadoff _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://readinglist.school/book/eleanor-roosevelt) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Giraffes, the Sentinels of the Savannas](https://readinglist.school/book/the-illustrated-dinosaur-dictionary) by Helen Roney Sattler _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs](https://readinglist.school/book/goldilocks-and-the-three-dinosaurs) by Mo Willems _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Home Place](https://readinglist.school/book/home-place) by Crescent Dragonwagon _(Grades K–5)_
- [Home of the Brave](https://readinglist.school/book/home-of-the-brave) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 4–9)_
- [I Dream of Trains](https://readinglist.school/book/i-dream-of-trains) by Angela Johnson _(Grades K–5)_
- [Jenny of the Tetons](https://readinglist.school/book/jenny-of-the-tetons) by Kristiana Gregory _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Kids at Work](https://readinglist.school/book/kids-at-work-lewis-hine-and-the-crusade-against-child-labor) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [King of Ragtime](https://readinglist.school/book/king-of-ragtime-the-story-of-scott-joplin) by Stephen Costanza _(Grades K–5)_
- [Last Night](https://readinglist.school/book/last-night) by Hyewon Yum _(Grades K–5)_
- [Laura Ingalls Wilder](https://readinglist.school/book/the-good-the-bad-and-the-barbie-a-dolls-history-and-her-impact-on-us) by Tanya Lee Stone _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer](https://readinglist.school/book/leonardo-beautiful-dreamer) by Robert Byrd _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters](https://readinglist.school/book/lesters-dreadful-sweaters) by K. G. Campbell _(Grades K–5)_
- [Letters from a Slave Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/letters-from-a-slave-girl) by Mary E. Lyons _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Lifeboat 12](https://readinglist.school/book/lifeboat-12) by Susan Hood _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Little Little](https://readinglist.school/book/little-little) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Little Red Riding Hood (40th Anniversary Edition)](https://readinglist.school/book/little-red-riding-hood) by Trina Schart Hyman _(Grades K–5)_
- [Make Lemonade](https://readinglist.school/book/make-lemonade) by Virginia Euwer Wolff _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle](https://readinglist.school/book/mama-do-you-love-me) by Barbara M. Joosse _(Grades K–5)_
- [Martha Graham](https://readinglist.school/book/martha-graham-a-dancers-life) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Marvelous Cornelius](https://readinglist.school/book/marvelous-cornelius) by Phil Bildner _(Grades K–5)_
- [Me and Momma and Big John](https://readinglist.school/book/me-and-momma-and-big-john) by Mara Rockliff _(Grades K–5)_
- [Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding](https://readinglist.school/book/and-you-give-me-a-pain-elaine) by Stella Pevsner _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Milkweed](https://readinglist.school/book/milkweed) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/millicent-min-girl-genius) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Milo](https://readinglist.school/book/milo-sticky-notes-and-brain-freeze) by Alan Silberberg _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Mr Tiger Goes Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/mr-tiger-goes-wild) by Peter Brown _(Grades K–5)_
- [Mrs. Crump's Cat](https://readinglist.school/book/mrs-biddlebox) by Linda Smith _(Grades K–5)_
- [Muckrackers](https://readinglist.school/book/muckrackers) by Ann Bausum _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Noah Webster and His Words](https://readinglist.school/book/noah-webster-and-his-words) by Jeri Ferris _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Not Afraid of Dogs](https://readinglist.school/book/not-afraid-of-dogs) by Susanna Pitzer _(Grades K–5)_
- [Old Elm Speaks](https://readinglist.school/book/old-elm-speaks-tree-poems) by Kristine O'Connell George _(Grades K–5)_
- [One Candle](https://readinglist.school/book/one-more-flight) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Openly, Honestly](https://readinglist.school/book/openly-straight) by Bill Konigsberg _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Over and Under the Rainforest](https://readinglist.school/book/over-and-under-the-snow) by Kate Messner _(Grades K–5)_
- [Panama Canal](https://readinglist.school/book/panama-canal-gateway-to-the-world) by Judith St. George _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Pie in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/pie-in-the-sky) by Remy Lai _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Pocketful of Posies](https://readinglist.school/book/pocketful-of-posies-a-treasury-of-nursery-rhymes) by Salley Mavor _(Grades K–5)_
- [Poverty in America](https://readinglist.school/book/poverty-in-america) by Milton Meltzer _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Ralph S. Mouse](https://readinglist.school/book/ralph-s-mouse) by Beverly Cleary _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Revolution](https://readinglist.school/book/revolution) by Deborah Wiles _(Grades 4–9)_
- [River Friendly, River Wild](https://readinglist.school/book/river-friendly-river-wild) by Jane Kurtz _(Grades K–5)_
- [Rules of the Road #1](https://readinglist.school/book/rules-of-the-road) by Joan Bauer _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12)_
- [Sarah, Plain and Tall](https://readinglist.school/book/sarah-plain-and-tall) by Patricia MacLachlan _(660L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Sea of the Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/sea-of-the-dead) by Julia Durango _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Small Steps](https://readinglist.school/book/small-steps-the-year-i-got-polio) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Snow (Book & CD Set)](https://readinglist.school/book/snow) by Uri Shulevitz _(Grades K–5)_
- [Sophie's Squash](https://readinglist.school/book/sophies-squash) by Pat Zietlow Miller _(Grades K–5)_
- [Space Station Science](https://readinglist.school/book/space-station-science-life-in-free-fall) by Marianne J. Dyson _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Speak](https://readinglist.school/book/speak) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(690L · Grades 8–10)_
- [Stones in Water](https://readinglist.school/book/stones-in-water) by Donna Jo Napoli _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Summer of My German Soldier](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-my-german-soldier) by Bette Greene _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Tancy](https://readinglist.school/book/tancy) by Belinda Hurmence _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Teddy Mars Book #3: Almost an Outlaw](https://readinglist.school/book/teddy-mars-almost-a-world-record-beaker) by Molly B. Burnham _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Boxer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boxer) by Kathleen Karr _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Boy's War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boys-war-confederate-and-union-soldiers-talk-about-the-civil-war) by Jim Murphy _(Grades 4–10)_
- [The Christmas Boot](https://readinglist.school/book/the-christmas-boot) by Lisa Wheeler _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Detective's Assistant - FREE PREVIEW EDITION (The First 8 Chapters)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-detectives-assistant) by Kate Hannigan _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Dirty Cowboy](https://readinglist.school/book/the-dirty-cowboy) by Amy Timberlake _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia](https://readinglist.school/book/the-family-romanov-murder-rebellion-and-the-fall-of-imperial-russia) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–10)_
- [The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook](https://readinglist.school/book/the-five-lives-of-our-cat-zook) by Joanne Rocklin _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Fourth Stall Part III](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fourth-stall) by Chris Rylander _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Full Moon at the Napping House](https://readinglist.school/book/the-napping-house) by Audrey Wood _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Girl who Cried Flowers, and Other Tales](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-cried-flowers) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Haunting of Falcon House](https://readinglist.school/book/the-haunting-of-falcon-house) by Eugene Yelchin _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark](https://readinglist.school/book/incredible-journey-of-lewis-and-clark) by Rhoda Blumberg _(Grades 4–10)_
- [The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-little-red-hen-makes-a-pizza) by Philemon Sturges _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Long Road to Gettysburg](https://readinglist.school/book/the-long-road-to-gettysburg) by Jim Murphy _(Grades 4–10)_
- [The Longest Night](https://readinglist.school/book/the-longest-night) by Marion Dane Bauer _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Moorchild](https://readinglist.school/book/the-moorchild) by Eloise McGraw _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mysterious-collection-of-dr-david-harleyson) by Jean Cassels _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Rain Came Down](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rain-came-down) by David Shannon _(Grades K–5)_
- [The Rain Catchers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rain-catchers) by Jean Thesman _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Shoe Tree of Chagrin](https://readinglist.school/book/the-shoe-tree-of-chagrin) by J. Patrick Lewis _(Grades K–5)_
- [The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle](https://readinglist.school/book/the-true-confessions-of-charlotte-doyle) by Avi _(Grades 4–9)_
- [The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963](https://readinglist.school/book/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(1000L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Time of the Month!](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devil-and-mother-crump) by Valerie Scho Carey _(Grades K–5)_
- [To Catch a Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/to-catch-a-thief) by Martha Brockenbrough _(Grades 4–5)_
- [True Believer](https://readinglist.school/book/true-believer) by Virginia Euwer Wolff _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Turtle in Paradise](https://readinglist.school/book/turtle-in-paradise) by Jennifer L. Holm _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Vincent and Theo](https://readinglist.school/book/vincent-and-theo-the-van-gogh-brothers) by Deborah Heiligman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [We Will Not Be Silent](https://readinglist.school/book/we-will-not-be-silent) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 4–10)_
- [When Alexander Graced the Table](https://readinglist.school/book/when-alexander-graced-the-table) by Alexander Smalls _(Grades K–5)_

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