Gallery: 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners
One of my favorite book awards out there is the Ezra Jack Keats award. The award “celebrates exceptional early career authors and illustrators for portraying the multicultural nature of our world in the spirit of Ezra Jack Keats.”
EJK Award winner for writer is Paul Harbridge for Out Into the Big Wide Lake. Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, and Published by Tundra Books
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The EJK Award winner for illustrator is Gracey Zhang for Lala’s Words. Written by Gracey Zhang and Published by Orchard Books (Scholastic)
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EJK Award Illustrator Honors:
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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