Bringing the multicultural, creative spirit of Ezra Jack Keats
into children's lives and literature
March 2017
Book awards, bookmaking season, birthdays & more!.
Meet the 2017 EJK Book Award Winners
Congratulations to Jeri Watts, New Writer for A Piece of Home, and Micha Archer, New Illustrator for Daniel Finds a Poem! Take a look at their stellar books, plus this year's amazing Honor Books.
A $500 Mini-Grant could be quite a boon for your school or library! Our online application is easier than ever to submit, and the deadline is still a month away (March 31). Don't wait—go for it!
It's Ezra's birthday on March 11, and we're always up for a celebration. We have everything you need for an awesome author study, with fun and games to follow.
The Y's renowned read-aloud series presents Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of A Poem for Peter, on March 13. Attending are 30 classes from NYC schools, and the presentation is being streamed worldwide.
After half a century, this Keats classic of sibling rivalry is as fresh as ever. Frankly, it's a subject that never gets old. It's worth revisiting Peter's rite of passage, and discovering a new slew of sibling tales.
