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BOOK HONORS
THE SNOWY DAY
- Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association (ALA), (1963)
- Brooklyn Art Books for Children Citation (1973)
- Chosen by US State Department for its international touring collection, 1971
- Cited by The New York Public Library as one of the 150 most influential books of the 20th century, 1996
IN A SPRING GARDEN - Library of Congress' Books of the Year (1965)
GOGGLES - Caldecott Medal Honor Book (1970)
HI, CAT! - Boston Globe Horn Book Award for illustration (1970)
APT. 3 and THE KING’S FOUNTAIN - School Library Journal's Best Books List (1971)
THE TRIP - Children are Choice, International Reading Association (IRA) and the Children's Book Council (1977)
Child Study Association of America's Children's Books of the Year 14 times for:
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PERSONAL HONORS
Society of Illustrators NYC, Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006
Ezra Jack Keats Free Family Concert in Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn Series established by Brooklyn Recreation, Information and Culture (BRIC) organization in 2005.
Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition established by the New York City Department of Education in 1986.
Brooklyn’s Celebrity Walk in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Keats inducted, 1985
de Grummond Collection of Children’s Literature, Keats Archives established at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, 1985
American Library Association Convention, Posthumous HonoreeJuly, 2000, for outstanding advocacy for libraries in the 20th century
Harvard University Gutman LibraryFirst children's book author/illustrator to receive a request that he donate his correspondence and illustrations
Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award established by the NYPL in 2001
Ezra Jack Keats New Writers Award set up by the New York Public Library in 1986
Member of White House Forum on Child Development and the Mass Media, 1970
UNICEF Ezra Jack Keats International Award for Children’s Book Illustration: awarded in 1985, 1987, and 1989.
UNICEF - invited to design their first set of greeting cards. Keats created five multicultural cards (theme: Peace); over one million of his cards were sold that year.
Silver Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi, (1980) for "Outstanding Service in the Field of Children's Literature"
LOCATIONS DEDICATED TO KEATS
Cuyahoga Library, Ohio dedicated an Ezra Jack Keats Reading Room, 1971
SKATES roller rink opened in Tokyo, Japan in honor of Keats’ book of the same name, 1974
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The Ezra Jack Keats International School name was awarded to P.S. 253 in Brooklyn, New York, in 1988. This school serves a population of great diversity; including children who have come to the United States from over 40 different countries.
Arlington Branch Brass Plaque dedicated to Keats in the corner where he stood and read as a child.
Ezra Jack Keats stepping stone dedicated in Brooklyn Celebrity Walk, located in the Brooklyn, Botanic Gardens.
EXHIBITIONS
Associated American Artists Gallery, New York, New York, 1950, 1954
United States, Department of State, International Touring Exhibit, 1971
Ohanashi Caravan, Japan (mobile storytelling and puppetry program) toured that country in honor of Keats, 1973
de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, Special Collections Library, The University of Southern Mississippi, 1988
Annual Exhibits as part of the Children’s Book Festival in March, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, 1990
New York Public Library, 1994
In Japan, a tour of the retrospective illustrations of Keats, 1995
Brooklyn Public Library, 1995
Traveling Retrospective Exhibit in Japan sponsored by Book Globe Co., 1995-1996
Traveling Exhibit of “Lasting Impressions Illustrating African American Children’s Books”, originating at the California Afro American Museum, shown on the East Coast at the Walters Museum in Baltimore, 1996, and at the Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1996
Exhibit at Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, June 2 to September 8, 1996
Traveling Exhibit of Keats work sponsored by National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL)
BIOGRAPHIES
"Collage: An Ezra Jack Keats Retrospective", de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, The University of Southern Mississippi, January through July, 2002
Brian Alderson, EZRA JACK KEATS, ARTIST AND PICTURE BOOK MAKER, Pelican Press, Gretna, LA, 1994.
Brian Alderson, EZRA JACK KEATS, VOLUME 2: A CATALOG RAISONEE, Pelican Press, Gretna, LA, 2002.
Dean Engel and Florence Freedman, EZRA JACK KEATS, A BIOGRAPHY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, Silver Moon Press, NY, 1995.
Children’s' Literature Review, Vol. 35, pp.82-143, Gale Research Inc., Detroit, MI, 1995.
See also the University of Southern Mississippi DeGrummond site on web
"Memory", by Dr. Martin Pope, President, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
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