Annal:2000 Golden Kite Picture Book Text Award
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Results of the Golden Kite Picture Book Text Award in the year 2000. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- Golden Kite Picture Book Text Award
- Children's books
- Children's authors
- Young Adult books
- Young Adult authors
- 2000 Golden Kite-picturebook text winner
- Score: 10.5
On TV we watch our city where people navigate the river-streets in any way they can….
“Look.” Max points. “it’s Sarah’s house.”
All I see is roof.
In searing personal poems, Jane Kurtz explores what it’s like to struggle through a flood and pull your life together afterward. Inspired by Kurtz’s own flood experience, this tale is realistic and unforgettable. Not just a moving story of one girl’s courage, River Friendly, River Wild is a tribute to everyone who’s ever faced great loss.
Marie Bradby, Chris K. Soentpiet
- 2000 Golden Kite-picturebook text honor
- Score: 6.5
Momma describes the special people and surroundings of her childhood, in a place where the edge of town met the countryside, in a time when all the children at school were brown.
