Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024
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
Sponsored by Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
![Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1986-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/list_image/2665.jpg)
- 1,652 Resources including
- 168 Videos
- 103 Book Readings
- 142 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 112 book results
![Alma and How She Got Her Name](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0763693553.jpg)
![Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1572842245.jpg)
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](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/052555341X.jpg)
My Papi Has a Motorcycle
by Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña
(Illustrator Honor, 2020)
42 Resources13 Awards
![Small in the City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0823442616.jpg)
![Tía Isa Wants a Car](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0763641561.jpg)
![Julián is a Mermaid](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0763690457.jpg)
![Thank You, Omu!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0316431249.jpg)
![Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1561458252.jpg)
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
by Don Tate
(Author Winner, 2016)
32 Resources10 Awards
![It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1600602606.jpg)
It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
(Author Honor, 2013)
28 Resources4 Awards
![Grandfather Gandhi](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/144242365X.jpg)
Grandfather Gandhi
by Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus, and Evan Turk
(Illustrator Honor, 2015)
28 Resources5 Awards
![Old Truck, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/132400519X.jpg)
![Nana Akua Goes to School](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0525581138.jpg)
Nana Akua Goes to School
by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison
(Author Winner, 2021)
28 Resources11 Awards
![Windows](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/076369035X.jpg)
![Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1481443496.jpg)
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
by Michael Mahin and Evan Turk
(Illustrator Winner, 2018)
27 Resources7 Awards
![Bird](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/160060241X.jpg)
![And Then It's Spring](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1596436247.jpg)
![Firebird](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0399166157.jpg)
![Tar Beach](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0517580306.jpg)
![Layla's Happiness](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1592702880.jpg)
Layla's Happiness
by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and Ashleigh Corrin
(Author Honor, 2020)
(Illustrator Winner, 2020)
23 Resources4 Awards
![Just Like Grandma](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0063049244.jpg)
![Everybody in the Red Brick Building](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0062865765.jpg)
Everybody in the Red Brick Building
by Anne Wynter and Oge Mora
(Author Honor, 2022)
22 Resources4 Awards
![Elizabeti's Doll](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1880000709.jpg)
![Patchwork Quilt, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0803700970.jpg)
The Patchwork Quilt
by Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney
(Author Winner, 1986)
21 Resources3 Awards
![Journey, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1909263990.jpg)
![Boy and a Jaguar, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/054787507X.jpg)
![Henry Hikes to Fitchburg](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/0395968674.jpg)
![Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1894786335.jpg)
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
by Chieri Uegaki and Qin Leng
(Author Winner, 2015)
19 Resources7 Awards
![Mother Bruce](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1484730887.jpg)
![Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0892391669.jpg)
Calling the Doves / El canto de las palomas
by Juan Felipe Herrera and Elly Simmons
(Author Winner, 1997)
18 Resources3 Awards
![Shh! We Have a Plan](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0763672939.jpg)
![Hot Dog](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0593308441.jpg)
![Nell Plants a Tree](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062865773.jpg)
![I Know Here](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0888999232.jpg)
![Sophie's Squash](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0307978966.jpg)
![Daniel Finds a Poem](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/039916913X.jpg)
![Can Bears Ski?](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1536212660.jpg)
![Uptown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0805057218.jpg)
![Little Elliot, Big City](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0805098259.jpg)
![Ruby's Wish](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0811834905.jpg)
Ruby's Wish
by Shirin Yim Bridges and Sophie Blackall
(Author Winner, 2003)
(Illustrator Winner, 2003)
15 Resources3 Awards
![Tell Me a Story, Mama](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0531070328.jpg)
![Same, Same But Different](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0805089462.jpg)
![Rain!](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/054773395X.jpg)
![One Day House, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1580897096.jpg)
![Funeral, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1554989086.jpg)
![One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1682631311.jpg)
![When You Can Swim](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1338830961.jpg)
![Freedom Summer](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0689830165.jpg)
Freedom Summer
by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue
(Author Winner, 2002)
(Illustrator Winner, 2002)
14 Resources4 Awards
![Take Me Out to the Yakyu](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/1442441771.jpg)