Ezra Jack Keats Awards

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, in collaboration with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi, has announced the winners of the 29th annual Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, celebrating a new writer and illustrator. Candidates must have no more than three picture books published prior to the year under consideration. The award committee is comprised of educators, librarians, illustrators and experts in the field of children’s literature.

The 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winner for new writer:
 
Chieri Uegaki for Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin (Kids Can Press; illustrated by Qin Leng)
 
 
The 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winner for new illustrator:
 
 
Chris Haughton for Shh! We Have a Plan (Candlewick Press)
 
New Writer Honors:
 
Adam Auerbach for Edda: A Little Valkyrie’s First Day of School (Christy Ottaviano Books; illustrated by Adam Auerbach)
Alan Rabinowitz for A Boy and a Jaguar (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; illustrated by Cátia Chien)
Misty Copeland for Firebird (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers; illustrated by Christopher Myers)
 
New Illustrator Honors:
 
Evan Turk for Grandfather Gandhi (Atheneum Books for Young Readers; written by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus)
Mike Curato for Little Elliot, Big City (Henry Holt and Company Books for Young Readers)
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin By Chieri Uegaki, Qin Leng (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Chieri Uegaki, Qin Leng (Illustrator)
$18.99
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ISBN: 9781894786331
Published: Kids Can Press - August 1st, 2014

Shh! We Have a Plan By Chris Haughton, Chris Haughton (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Chris Haughton, Chris Haughton (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780763672935
Availability: Available to Order
Published: Candlewick - September 9th, 2014

A Boy and a Jaguar By Alan Rabinowitz, Cátia Chien (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Alan Rabinowitz, Cátia Chien (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9780547875071
Availability: Warehouse Out of Stock
Published: Clarion Books - May 6th, 2014

Firebird By Misty Copeland, Christopher Myers (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Misty Copeland, Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780399166150
Availability: Available to Order
Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 4th, 2014

Grandfather Gandhi By Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus, Evan Turk (Illustrator) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781442423657
Availability: Available to Order
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - March 11th, 2014

Little Elliot, Big City By Mike Curato, Mike Curato (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Mike Curato, Mike Curato (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780805098259
Availability: Available to Order
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - August 26th, 2014