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New Writer Award: Julie Fogliano Illustrated by Erin E. Stead Roaring Brook Press And Then It’s Spring New Illustrator Award: Hyewon Yum Written by Hyewon Yum Farrar Straus Giroux Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! 1999 New Writer Award: Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen Illustrated by Christy Hale Lee & Low Books Elizabeti’s Doll 2000 Dear Juno New Writer Award: Soyung Pak Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung Viking 1995 New Writer Award: Cari Best Illustrated by Dale Gottlieb Little, Brown & Co. Taxi! Taxi! 1993 New Writer Award: Faith Ringgold Illustrated by Faith Ringgold Crown Publishers Tar Beach 1991 Tell Me a Story, Mama New Writer Award: Angela Johnson Illustrated by David Soman Orchard Books (Scholastic) 1989 New Writer Award: Yoriko Tsutsui Illustrated by Akiko Hayashi Viking Kestrel Anna’s Special Present 1987 New Writer Award: Juanita Havill Illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien Houghton Mifflin Jamaica’s Find 1986 New Writer Award: Valerie Flournoy Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Dial Books The Patchwork Quilt 1997 New Writer Award: Juan Felipe Herrera Illustrated by Elly Simmons Children’s Book Press Calling the Doves (El canto de las palomas) New Illustrator Award: Bryan Collier Written by Bryan Collier Henry Holt & Co. Uptown 2002 New Writer Award: Deborah Wiles New Illustrator Award: Jerome Lagarrigue Atheneum Freedom Summer Henry Hikes to Fitchburg New Writer Award: D.B. Johnson Illustrated by D.B. Johnson Houghton Mifflin 2001 New Illustrator Award: Ana Juan Written by Ana Juan Arthur A. Levine Books The Night Eater 2004 Yesterday I Had the Blues New Writer Award: Jeron Ashford Frame Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Tricycle Press 2006 My Best Friend New Writer Award: Mary Ann Rodman Illustrated by E.B. Lewis Viking New Illustrator Award: Yunmee Kyong Written by Rukhsana Khan Viking Silly Chicken New Illustrator Award: Kristen Balouch Written by Kristen Balouch Hyperion Books Mystery Bottle 2003 New Writer Award: Shirin Yim Bridges New Illustrator Award: Sophie Blackall Chronicle Books Ruby’s Wish My Name Is Yoon New Illustrator Award: Gabi Swiatkowska Written by Helen Recorvits Farrar, Straus and Giroux For You Are a Kenyan Child New Writer Award: Kelly Cunnane Illustrated by Ana Juan Atheneum Going North New Writer Award: Janice N. Harrington Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005 2010 2010 New Writer Award: Tonya Cherie Hegamin Illustrated by Cozbi Cabrera Houghton Mifflin Most Loved in All the World New Illustrator Award: Jonathan Bean Written by Lauren Thompson Simon & Schuster The Apple Pie That Papa Baked New Writer Award: David Ezra Stein Illustrated by David Ezra Stein G.P. Putnam’s Sons Leaves 2008 2007 Bird New Illustrator Award: Shadra Strickland Written by Zetta Elliot Lee & Low Books New Illustrator Award: Taeeun Yoo Written by Alison McGhee Feiwel & Friends Only a Witch Can Fly New Illustrator Award: Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw Written by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw Henry Holt Same, Same but Different New Writer Award: Meg Medina Illustrated by Claudio Muñoz Candlewick Press Tía Isa Wants a Car 2012 2013 New Writer Award: Ame Dyckman Illustrated by K.G. Campbell Viking Tea Party Rules New Illustrator Award: Christian Robinson Written by Linda Ashman Houghton Mifflin Rain! 2014 New Writer Award: Laurel Croza Illustrated by Matt James Groundwood Books I Know Here 2011 New Illustrator Award: Tao Nyeu Written by Tao Nyeu Dial Books Bunny Days 2009 Garmann’s Summer New Writer Award: Stian Hole Illustrated by Stian Hole Eerdmans New Writer Award: Chieri Uegaki Illustrated by Qin Leng Kids Can Press Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin New Illustrator Award: Chris Haughton Written by Chris Haughton Candlewick Press Shh! We Have a Plan © 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, www.ezra-jack-keats.org The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award 2015 Winners 2015 Winners
