Ezra Jack Keats Award

Given jointly with Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to a promising new children's book author.

Find all the Keats Award Winners in our Catalog.Ezra Jack Keats Award for Excellence in Children's Literature

• 2011: Tao Nyeu and children's author Laurel Croza
• 2010: Tonya Hegamin and Taeeun Yoo
• 2009: Stian Hole and Shandra Strickland
• 2008: David Ezra Stein and Jonathan Bean
• 2007: Kristen Balouch and Kelly Cunnane
• 2006: Mary Ann Rodman and Yunmee Kyong
• 2005: Ana Juan and Janice N. Harrington
• 2004: Gabi Swiatkowska and Jeron Ashford Frame
• 2003: Shirin Yim Bridges and Sophie Blackall
• 2002: Deborah Wiles & Jerome Lagarrigue
• 2001: D. B. Johnson and Bryan Collier
• 2000: Soyung Pak
• 1999: Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen