Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 1986 -- honoring early-career writers and illustrators of children's books for our multicultural world
- 1,602 Resources including
- 173 Videos
- 110 Book Readings
- 176 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 118 book results
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James
(Author Winner, 2018)
(Illustrator Honor, 2018)
50+ 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)
35+ Resources10 Awards
The Last Stand
by Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, and Jarrett Pumphrey
(Author Honor, 2025)
30+ Resources10 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)
30+ Resources11 Awards
And Then It's Spring
by Julie Fogliano and Erin E. Stead
(Author Winner, 2013)
25+ Resources8 Awards
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
(Author Honor, 2013)
25+ Resources4 Awards
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin and Evan Turk
(Illustrator Winner, 2018)
25+ Resources7 Awards
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller
by Breanna J. McDaniel and April Harrison
(Author Winner, 2025)
25+ Resources14 Awards
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
by Anne Wynter and Oge Mora
(Author Honor, 2022)
25+ Resources4 Awards
The Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney
(Author Winner, 1986)
25+ Resources3 Awards
Layla's Happiness
by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Ashleigh Corrin
(Author Honor, 2020)
(Illustrator Winner, 2020)
20+ Resources4 Awards
Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elly Simmons
(Author Winner, 1997)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Ernö Rubik and His Magic Cube
by Kerry Aradhya and Kara Kramer
(Illustrator Honor, 2025)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
by Chieri Uegaki and Qin Leng
(Author Winner, 2015)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Ruby's Wish
by Shirin Yim Bridges and Sophie Blackall
(Author Winner, 2003)
(Illustrator Winner, 2003)
20+ Resources3 Awards
