February 2014—The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi announced today the winners of the 28th annual Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. Each year, a new writer and new illustrator are celebrated.
“The Book Award provides an extraordinary opportunity to celebrate and encourage exceptional new writers and illustrators, who are rarely recognized early in their careers,” said Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. “These new artists have created books of beauty in the spirit of Keats that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family and the multicultural nature of our world.”
The 2014 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Winner Is: Ame Dyckman for Tea Party Rules . Cub has discovered a backyard tea party with cookies to boot. But before he can dig in, the hostess shows up with rules, rules and more rules for playing tea party! Cub tries, but it’s a lot for one bear to take. The two eventually become friends as they learn together about the give-and-take of playtime.
2014 New Writer Honor Books are:
Pat Zietlow Miller for Sophie’s Squash
Linda Davick for I Love You, Nose! I Love You, Toes!
The 2014 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award Winner Is: Christian Robinson for Rain! by Linda Ashman. It’s a matter of perspective in Rain! when a high-spirited little boy sporting a green frog hat (“Hoppy, hoppy, hoppy!”) and a grumpy man (“dang puddles”) have very different experiences with the weather. Eventually crossing paths, the boy helps turn the man’s day around. Set in the city, the book’s vibrant cut-paper-style artwork brings the story to life.
2014 New Illustrated Honor Books are:
- Tea Party Rules by Amy Dyckman, illustrated by K.G.Campbell
- Take Me Out to the Yakyu written and illustrated by Aaron Meshon
- My Grandpa written and illustrated by Marta Altes
Cathy
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