Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2023
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1986 -- honoring new writers and new illustrators of children's books for our multicultural world
Sponsored by Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

- 1,516 Resources including
- 150 Videos
- 93 Book Readings
- 138 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Author Winner, 2018)
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
47 Resources13 Awards

My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
(Illustrator Honor, 2020)
45 Resources13 Awards



Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Author Winner, 2016)
33 Resources10 Awards


It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
(Author Honor, 2013)
31 Resources4 Awards


Grandfather Gandhi
by Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus, and Evan Turk
(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
30 Resources5 Awards


Nana Akua Goes to School
by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison
(Author Winner, 2021)
28 Resources11 Awards



Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin and Evan Turk
(Illustrator Winner, 2018)
26 Resources7 Awards





Layla's Happiness
by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Ashleigh Corrin
(Author Honor, 2020)
(Illustrator Winner, 2020)
22 Resources4 Awards

Everybody in the Red Brick Building
by Anne Wynter and Oge Mora
(Author Honor, 2022)
22 Resources5 Awards



Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
by Chieri Uegaki and Qin Leng
(Author Winner, 2015)
20 Resources7 Awards

Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elly Simmons
(Author Winner, 1997)
19 Resources3 Awards


The Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney
(Author Winner, 1986)
18 Resources3 Awards








Freedom Summer
by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
(Author Winner, 2002)
(Illustrator Winner, 2002)
15 Resources4 Awards

Ruby's Wish
by Shirin Yim Bridges and Sophie Blackall
(Author Winner, 2003)
(Illustrator Winner, 2003)
15 Resources3 Awards











