Annal:2005 Golden Kite Picture Book Text Award
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Results of the Golden Kite Picture Book Text Award in the year 2005. 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
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
- 2006 Belpré–illustration winner
- 2005 Golden Kite-picturebook text winner
- 2006 Belpré–narrative honor*
- Score: 20.56
Doña Flor is a giant woman who lives in a puebla with lots of families. She loves her neighbors – she lets the children use her flowers for trumpets, and the families use her leftover tortillas for rafts. So when a huge puma is terrifying the village, of course Flor is the one to investigate.
- 2005 Golden Kite-picturebook text honor
- Score: 6.55
In 1956 two African American girls travel south with their mother to visit their Grandmama. Although their mother tries to shield them they experience racism and prejudice unlike anything in the North.
