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Ezra Jack Keats Author and Illustrator Awards
Selected winners, past and present, of the Ezra Jack Keats Awards honoring new children's authors and illustrators. |
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Nyeu, Tao Bunny Days 2011 New Illustrator Award As a pair of busy goats inadvertently cause trouble for six bunnies, their neighbor Bear comes to the rescue. 2010 Easy Picture Book |
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2013 Fogliano, Julie And Then It's Spring 2012 New Writer Award Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green. Easy Picture Book |
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2013 Yum, Hyewon Mom It's My First Day of Kindergarten! 2012 New Illustrator Award A five-year-old boy, ready and eager on his first day at "the big kids' school," must calm his very worried mother. Easy Picture Book |
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2012 Kostecki-Shaw, Jenny Sue Same Same but Different 2012 New Illustrator Award Pen pals Elliott and Kailash discover that even though they live in different countries--America and India--they both love to climb trees, own pets, and ride school buses. Easy Picture Book |
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2012 Medina, Meg Ti`a Isa Wants a Car 2012 New Writer Award Tia Isa and her niece try to save enough money to buy a car to take the whole family to the beach. Easy Picture Book |
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2011 Nyeu, Tao Bunny Days 2011 New Illustrator Award As a pair of busy goats inadvertently cause trouble for six bunnies, their neighbor Bear comes to the rescue. Easy Picture Book |
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2011 Croza, Laurel I Know Here 2011 New Writer Award A tale about a young girl whose family moves from the forests of northeastern Saskatchewan to a strange new place called 'Toronto'. Easy Picture Book |
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2010 Hegamin, Tonya Most Loved in All the World 2010 New Writer Award Even though Mama is an agent on the Underground Railroad, in order to help others she must remain a slave, but she teaches her daughter the value of freedom through a gift of love and sacrifice. Easy Picture Book |
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2010 McGhee, Alison Only a Witch Can Fly 2010 New Illustrator Award A young girl wants to fly like a witch on a broom, and one special night, through enormous effort and with the help of her brother, her black cat, and an owl, she fulfills her dream. Easy Picture Book |
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2009 Hole, Stian Garmann's Summer 2009 New Writer Award As the summer ends, six-year-old Garmann's three ancient aunts visit and they all talk about the things that scare them. Easy Picture Book |
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2008 Thompson, Lauren The Apple Pie That Papa Baked 2008 New Illustrator Award A father prepares a treat for his daughter. The cumulative text begins with the apples and then moves on to the tree that grew the fruit, its roots, the rain, the clouds, the sky, the sun, and finally the world. Easy Picture Book |
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2008 Stein, David Ezra Leaves 2008 New Writer Award A curious bear observes how leaves change throughout the seasons. Easy Picture Book |
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2007 Cunnane, Kelly For You are a Kenyan Child 2007 New Writer Award From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather's cows. Easy Picture Book |
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2007 Balouch, Kristen Mystery Bottle 2007 New Illustrator Award What happens when a boy and his grandfather are separated from each other by borders, politics, and distance? The mystery bottle unites the two through an extraordinary gift. The bond of their love. Easy Picture Book |
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2006 Rodman, Mary Ann My Best Friend 2006 New Writer Award Six-year-old Lily has a best friend all picked out for play group day, but unfortunately the differences between first-graders and second-graders are sometimes very large. Easy Picture Book |
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2006 Khan, Rukhsana Silly Chicken 2006 New Illustrator Award In Pakistan, Rani believes that her mother loves their pet chicken Bibi more than she cares for her, until the day that a fluffy chick appears and steals Rani's own affections. Easy Picture Book |
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2005 Harrington, Janice N Going North 2005 New Writer Award A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life. Easy Picture Book |
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2005 Juan, Ana The Night Eater 2005 New Illustrator Award The Night Eater, who brings each new day by gobbling up the darkness, decides he is too fat and stops eating, with dire consequences. Easy Picture Book |
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2004 Recorvits, Helen My Name is Yoon 2004 New Illustrator Award Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country. Easy Picture Book |
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2004 Frame, Jeron Ashford Yesterday I Had the Blues 2004 New Writer Award A young boy ponders a variety of emotions and how different members of his family experience them, from his own blues to his father's grays and his grandmother's yellows. Easy Picture Book |
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2003 Bridges, Shirin Yim Ruby's Wish 2003 New Writer & Illustrator Award In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins. Easy Picture Book |
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