Apply for a Mini-Grant Now!
Approximately 70 grants, up to $500 each, will be awarded to teachers and librarians in public schools and libraries whose proposals reflect an imaginative approach to experiential learning.
The Ezra Jack Keats Award
Winning an EJK Award is the beginning of a great career.
John Sullivan/EJK Award, Writer for Kitten and the Nightwatchman also won a Margaret Wise Brown Prize; and Oge Mora/EJK Award, Illustrator for Thank You, Omu! also won a Caldecott Honor!
EJK Educational Programs
Bookmaking Competition for public schools (grades 3–12)
Mini-Grants for public schools & libraries (grades pre-K–12)
Performance & Scholarship
About Ezra
Ezra Jack Keats broke the color barrier in children’s literature with the success of The Snowy Day, in 1962. He believed that all children should be able to see themselves in books they love.
