26th Annual Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winners Announced

Posted on March 8, 2012

The winners of the 26th Annual Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Book Awards have been announced. The EJK Book Award is given annually to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator of picture books for children (age 9 and under) by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.

The 2012 awards ceremony will be held on April 12th in conjunction with The University of Southern Mississippi's Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival.

Here is a list of the winners and honorable mentions:

2012 New Writer Award: Tia Isa Wants a Car by Meg Medina (Candlewick Press)
2012 New Illustrator Award: Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Christy Ottaviano Books)
2012 New Writer Honor: Cinnamon Baby by Nicola Winstanley (Kids Can Press)
2012 New Writer and New Illustrator Honor: Lola's Fandango by Anna Witte (writer), Micha Archer (illustrator) (Barefoot Books)
2012 New Illustrator Honor: Not Inside this House! by David Ercolini (Orchard Books)