The Ezra Jack Keats Award
Sydney Smith (L) EJK Award, Writer of Small in the City and Ashleigh Corrin (R) EJK Award, Illustrator of Layla’s Happiness will be accepting their awards at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival in Hattiesburg, MS on Thursday, April 2nd. We’ll all be cheering them on!
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.
