Bringing the multicultural, creative spirit of Ezra Jack Keats
into children's lives and literature
March 2016
Dear Friends,
Ezra’s 100th birthday occurs this month—on March 11—and we’re over the moon about the activities in the pipeline, events that will be taking place throughout the year at major museums, children’s museums, libraries and bookstores.
On the actual date, we’re hosting a Birthday Read-a-thon at Books of Wonder, one of the best children’s bookstores in New York City, with an honor roll of amazing writers and illustrators reading books by Keats to a roomful of second-grade.
This is also the last month we can accept Keats-themed Mini-Grant proposals. Please keep them coming before March 31!!
100 Days of Ezra
Let us know about your plans for Ezra’s100th and we’ll add it to our calendar! Then use our Birthday Kit to make it a blast and share your celebration with us!
The West Coast winners have been chosen! The EJK Bookmaking Awards in San Francisco are slated for on March 13, followed by an exhibition of books at the San Francisco Public Library.
Clementina's Cactus is a Keats story unlike any other - it's told entirely without words! Gorgeous watercolors set the scene, and you supply the text. And enjoy our read-aloud, words and all!
