Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Explained

Ezra Jack Keats book award
Presenter:Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Date:April
Country:United States
Year:1985
Year2:Active

The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award is an annual U.S. literary award.

At the Ezra Jack Keats Book Awards Ceremony every April, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation presents the New Writer Award (since 1985) and New Illustrator Award (since 2001) to an author and an illustrator who are at an early stage of their career. An Honor Books category was added in 2012.

The nonprofit Ezra Jack Keats Foundation was established in 1964 in Brooklyn, New York by author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. [1] [2]

Until 2011, the Award was presented jointly with the New York Public Library.[3] Since 2012, it is co-presented with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi, in Hattiesburg.[4] [5] [6]

Award winners include Stian Hole, Garmann's Summer in 2009, Meg Medina, Tía Isa Wants a Car in 2012 and Don Tate, The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton in 2016.

Winner

Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winners[7] !Year!Category!Author!Title!
1986Writer
1987WriterJamaica's Find
1989WriterAnna's Special Present
1991WriterTell Me a Story, Mama
1993WriterTar Beach
1995WriterTaxi! Taxi
1997WriterCalling the Doves (El Canto de las Palomas)
1999WriterElizabeti's Doll
2000WriterDear Juno
2001IllustratorUptown
WriterHenry Hikes to Fitchburg
2002WriterFreedom Summer
2003IllustratorRuby's Wish[8]
WriterRuby's Wish
2004IllustratorMy Name Is Yoon[9]
WriterYesterday I Had the Blues
2005Illustrator
WriterGoing North
2006IllustratorSilly Chicken
WriterMy Best Friend
2007IllustratorMystery Bottle
WriterFor You Are a Kenyan Child
2008Illustrator
WriterLeaves[10]
2009IllustratorBird
WriterGarmann's Summer
2010IllustratorOnly a Witch Can Fly[11]
WriterMost Loved in All the World
2011IllustratorBunny Days[12]
WriterI Know Here
2012IllustratorSame, Same but Different
WriterTía Isa Wants a Car[13]
2013IllustratorMom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten![14]
WriterAnd Then It’s Spring
2014IllustratorRain[15]
WriterTea Party Rules
2015IllustratorShh! We Have a Plan[16]
WriterHana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
2016IllustratorSonya's Chicken
WriterPoet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
2017IllustratorDaniel Finds a Poem[17]
Writer
2018IllustratorMuddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters[18]
WriterCrown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
2019IllustratorThank you, Omu![19] [20]
WriterKitten and the Night Watchman
2020IllustratorLayla’s Happiness[21]
WriterSmall in the City
2021IllustratorBrick by Brick[22] [23]
WriterNana Akua Goes to School
2022IllustratorLala's Words [24] [25]
WriterOut into the Big Wide Lake
2023IllustratorHot Dog[26] [27]
WriterHow To Say Hello to a Worm

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ezra Jack Keats Foundation: “A History of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation” . Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  2. GuideStar: “Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, Inc.” . Retrieved 2016-10-22.
  3. Huffington Post Blog: “Bunnies in Washing Machines and Children Moving to New Places, This is What Award-Winning Children’s Books are Made Of”, July 26, 2011
  4. School Library Journal: “Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced”, February 20, 2014
  5. Publishers Weekly: “Ezra Jack Keats Awards Celebrated”, April 18, 2013
  6. Ezra Jack Keats Foundation: “About the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award” . Retrieved 2016-10-22,
  7. Web site: EJK Award Winners . 2023-03-15 . The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation . en-US . 2023-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230124150906/https://www.ejkf.org/ejk-award-all-winners-and-honorees/ . live .
  8. Web site: Winston . Kimberly . 2013-04-30 . 19th-Century-Style Mailing Promotes New Picture Book . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2022-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220813213645/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/57022-19th-century-style-mailing-promotes-new-picture-book.html . live .
  9. Web site: Goddu . Krystyna Poray . 2015-10-20 . Illustrator Gabi Swiatkowska's New York Tour in Photos . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2022-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205011425/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/68424-illustrator-gabi-swiatkowska-s-new-york-tour-in-photos.html . live .
  10. Web site: Saxon . Antonia . 2013-03-19 . Q & A with David Ezra Stein . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2013-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130321060146/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/56438-q-a-with-david-ezra-stein.html . live .
  11. Web site: 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature to Be Presented to Author Tonya Hegamin and Illustrator Taeeun Yoo at NYPL Ceremony on April 28 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230709163324/https://www.nypl.org/press/2010-ezra-jack-keats-awards-excellence-childrens-literature-be-presented-author-tonya-hegamin . 2023-07-09 . 2023-07-04 . . en.
  12. Web site: 2011-05-16 . Awards: Pannell and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winners . 2023-03-15 . . 2023-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230204233751/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1464 . live .
  13. Web site: 2021-04-22 . In Brief: April 22, 2021 . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2022-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204014835/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/86143-in-brief-april-22-2021.html . live .
  14. Web site: 2013-04-18 . In Brief: April 18 . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2022-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204021612/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/56873-in-brief-april-18.html . live .
  15. Web site: 2014-04-17 . 2014 Kaigler Children's Book Festival: In Photos . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2021-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130224233/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/61893-2014-kaigler-children-s-book-festival-in-photos.html . live .
  16. Web site: 2015-04-23 . In Brief: April 23, 2015 . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2015-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150628182640/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/66370-in-brief-april-23-2015.html . live .
  17. Web site: 2017-02-24 . Awards: Ezra Jack Keats . 2023-03-15 . . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225221549/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2944#m35588 . live .
  18. Web site: 2018-04-26 . In Brief: April 26, 2018 . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2018-04-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180427035525/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/76717-in-brief-april-26-2018.html . live .
  19. Web site: 2019-04-19 . Image of the Day: Ezra Jack Keats Winners . 2023-03-15 . . 2022-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220521153758/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3477 . live .
  20. Web site: 2019-02-21 . Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced and More NewsBites . 2023-03-15 . School Library Journal.
  21. Web site: Yorio . Kara . 2020-03-02 . Sydney Smith, Ashleigh Corrin Win 2020 Ezra Jack Keats Awards . 2023-03-15 . . 2023-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315130242/https://www.slj.com/story/sydney-smith-ashleigh-corrin-win-2020-ezra-jack-keats-awards-books . live .
  22. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-03-09 . Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners Are Revealed . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2021-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210311182707/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ezra-jack-keats-award-winners-are-revealed/ . live .
  23. Web site: 2021-03-10 . Tricia Elam Walker and Heidi Woodward Sheffield Win Ezra Jack Keats Awards . 2023-03-15 . . 2023-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315130248/https://www.slj.com/story/tricia-elam-walker-and-heidi-woodward-sheffield-win-ezra-jack-keats-awards . live .
  24. Web site: 2022-03-09 . Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners: Paul Harbridge and Gracey Zhang . 2023-03-15 . . 2022-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221027163319/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4185#m55565 . live .
  25. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2022-03-08 . Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners Are Revealed . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2022-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220310230115/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ezra-jack-keats-award-winners-are-revealed-1/ . live .
  26. Web site: Schaub . Michael . 2023-03-14 . Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners Are Announced . 2023-03-15 . . en . 2023-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230314192948/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ezra-jack-keats-award-winners-are-announced/ . live .
  27. Web site: 2023-03-15 . Awards: Ezra Jack Keats Book Winners; International Booker Longlist . 2023-03-15 . Shelf Awareness.

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