EJK Award Winners and Honorees

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EJK Award Winners

Year	Name	Award	Book	Publisher
2021
	Tricia Elam Walker	Winner Writer	Nana Akua Goes to School	Penguin Random House
	Heidi Woodward Sheffield	Winner Illustrator	Brick by Brick	Penguin Random House
2020
	Ashleigh Corrin	Winner Illustrator	Layla’s Happiness	Holiday House
	Sydney Smith	Winner Writer	Small in the City	Holiday House
2019
	Oge Mora	Winner Illustrator	Thank You, Omu!	Hachette Book Group
	John Sullivan	Winner Writer	Kitten and the Night Watchman	Simon & Schuster
2018
	Derrick Barnes	Winner Writer	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Agate
	Evan Turk	Winner Illustrator	Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters	Simon & Schuster
2017
	Micha Archer	Winner Illustrator	Daniel Finds a Poem	Penguin Random House
	Jeri Watts	Winner Writer	A Piece of Home	Candlewick Press
2016
	Don Tate	Winner Writer	Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton	Trustbridge Global Media
	Phoebe Wahl	Winner Illustrator	Sonya’s Chickens	Penguin Random House
2015
	Chris Haughton	Winner Illustrator	Shh! We Have a Plan	Candlewick Press
	Chieri Uegaki	Winner Writer	Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin	Corus Entertainment Canada
2014
	Ame Dyckman	Winner Writer	Tea Party Rules	Penguin Random House
	Christian Robinson	Winner Illustrator	Rain!	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2013
	Julie Fogliano	Winner Writer	And Then It’s Spring	Macmillan
	Hyewon Yum	Winner Illustrator	Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten!	Macmillan
2012
	Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw	Winner Illustrator	Same, Same but Different	Macmillan
	Meg Medina	Winner Writer	Tia Isa Wants a Car	Candlewick Press
2011
	Laura Croza	Winner Writer	I Know Here	Groundwood
	Tao Nyeu	Winner Illustrator	Bunny Days	Penguin Random House
2010
	Tonya Cherie Hegamin	Winner Writer	Most Loved in All the World	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
	Taeeun Yoo	Winner Illustrator	Only a Witch Can Fly	Macmillan
2009
	Stian Hole	Winner Writer	Garmann’s Summer	Eerdmans Books
	Shadra Strickland	Winner Illustrator	Bird	Lee & Low Books
2008
	Jonathan Bean	Winner Illustrator	The Apple Pie that Papa Baked	Simon & Schuster
	David Ezra Stein	Winner Writer	Leaves	Penguin Random House
2007
	Kristen Balouch	Winner Illustrator	Mystery Bottle	Disney(Hyperion)
	Kelly Cunnane	Winner Writer	For You Are a Kenyan Child	Simon & Schuster
2006
	Yunmee Kyong	Winner Illustrator	Silly Chicken	Penguin Random House
	Mary Ann Rodman	Winner Writer	My Best Friend	Penguin Random House
2005
	Janice N. Harrington	Winner Writer	Going North	Macmillan
	Ana Juan	Winner Illustrator	The Night Eater	Scholastic
2004
	Jeron Ashford Frame	Winner Writer	Yesterday I Had the Blues	Penguin Random House
	Gabi Swiatkowska	Winner Illustrator	My Name is Yoon	Macmillan
2003
	Sophie Blackall	Winner Illustrator	Ruby’s Wish	McEvoy Group
	Shirin Yim Bridges	Winner Writer	Ruby’s Wish	McEvoy Group
2002
	Jerome Lagarrigue	Winner Illustrator	Freedom Summer	Simon & Schuster
	Deborah Wiles	Winner Writer	Freedom Summer	Simon & Schuster
2001
	Bryan Collier	Winner Illustrator	Uptown	Macmillan
	D.B. Johnson	Winner Writer	Henry Hikes to Fitchburg	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2000
	Soyung Pak	Winner Writer	Dear Juno	Penguin Random House
1999
	Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen	Winner Writer	Elizabeti’s Doll	Lee & Low Books
1997
	Juan Felipe Herrera	Winner Writer	Calling the Doves (El canto de las palomas)	Lee & Low Books
1995
	Cari Best	Winner Writer	Taxi! Taxi!	Hachette Book Group
1993
	Faith Ringgold	Winner Writer	Tar Beach	Penguin Random House
1991
	Angela Johnson	Winner Writer	Tell Me a Story, Mama	Scholastic
1989
	Yoriko Tsutsui	Winner Writer	Anna’s Special Present	Penguin Random House
1987
	Juanita Havill	Winner Writer	Jamaica’s Find	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
1986
	Valerie Flournoy	Winner Writer	The Patchwork Quilt	Penguin Random House

EJK Honorees

Year	Name	Award	Book	Publisher
2021
	Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey	Honor Writer	The Old Truck	W. W. Norton & Company
	Raymond Antrobus	Honor Writer	Can Bears Ski?	Candlewick Press
	Steve Small	Honor Illustrator	I’m Sticking With You	Macmillan
	Victoria Tentler-Krylov	Honor Illustrator	Cyclops of Central Park	Penguin Random House
2020
	Matthew Farina	Honor Writer	Lawrence in the Fall	Hachette Book Group
	Zeke Peña	Honor Illustrator	My Papi Has a Motorcycle	Penguin Random House
	Kate Read	Honor Illustrator	One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller	Holiday House
	Doug Salati	Honor Illustrator	Lawrence in the Fall	Hachette Book Group
	Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie	Honor Writer	Layla’s Happiness	Enchanted Lion Books
2019
	Keith Calabrese	Honor Writer	Lena’s Shoes are Nervous	Simon & Schuster
	Matt James	Honor Writer	The Funeral	Groundwood
	Jessica Love	Honor Illustrator	Julian is a Mermaid	Candlewick Press
	Juana Martinez-Neal	Honor Writer	Alma	Candlewick Press
	Jane McGuinness	Honor Illustrator	Prickly Hedgehogs!	Candlewick Press
2018
	Jessixa Bagley	Honor Writer	Laundry Day	Macmillan
	Thi Bui	Honor Illustrator	A Different Pond	Capstone
	Rachel Cole	Honor Writer	City Moon	Penguin Random House
	Bianca Diaz	Honor Illustrator	The One Day House	Charlesbridge
	E.B. Goodale	Honor Illustrator	Windows	Candlewick Press
	Gordon C. James	Honor Illustrator	Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut	Agate
	Elaine Magliaro	Honor Writer	Things to Do	McEvoy Group
	Bao Phi	Honor Writer	A Different Pond	Capstone
2017
	Daisy Hirst	Honor Illustrator	The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head	Candlewick Press
	Stacy McAnulty	Honor Writer	Excellent Ed	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
	Francesca Sanna	Honor Illustrator	The Journey	Nobrow Press
	Francesca Sanna	Honor Writer	The Journey	Nobrow Press
2016
	Megan Dowd Lambert	Honor Writer	A Crow of His Own	Charlesbridge
	Ryan T. Higgins	Honor Illustrator	Mother Bruce	Disney(Hyperion)
	Julia Sarcone-Roach	Honor Writer	The Bear Ate Your Sandwich	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
	Rowboat Watkins	Honor Illustrator	Rude Cakes	McEvoy Group
2015
	Adam Auerbach	Honor Writer	Edda: A Little Valkyrie’s First Day of School	Macmillan
	Misty Copeland	Honor Writer	Firebird	Penguin Random House
	Mike Curato	Honor Illustrator	Little Elliot, Big City	Macmillan
	Alan (deceased) Rabinowitz	Honor Writer	A Boy and a Jaguar	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
	Evan Turk	Honor Illustrator	Grandfather Gandhi	Simon & Schuster
2014
	Marta Altés	Honor Illustrator	My Grandpa	Abrams
	K.G. Campbell	Honor Illustrator	Tea Party Rules	Penguin Random House
	Linda Davick	Honor Writer	I Love You, Nose! I Love You, Toes!	Simon & Schuster
	Aaron Meshon	Honor Illustrator	Take Me Out to the Yakyu	Simon & Schuster
	Pat Zietlow Miller	Honor Writer	Sophie’s Squash	Penguin Random House
2013
	K.G. Campbell	Honor Illustrator	Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters	Corus Entertainment Canada
	Jennifer Lanthier	Honor Writer	The Stamp Collector	Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
	Sanjay Patel	Honor Illustrator	Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth	McEvoy Group
	Mara Rockliff	Honor Writer	My Heart Will Not Sit Down	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
	Don Tate	Honor Writer	It Jes’ Happened	Lee & Low Books
2012
	Micha Archer	Honor Illustrator	Lola’s Fandango	Barefoot Books
	David Ercolini	Honor Illustrator	Not Inside this House!	Hachette Book Group
	Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw	Honor Writer	Same, Same but Different	Macmillan
	Nicola Winstanley	Honor Writer	Cinnamon Baby	Corus Entertainment
	Anna Witte	Honor Writer	Lola’s Fandango	Barefoot Books