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Apply for a Mini-Grant Now!

Approximately 70 grants, up to $500 each, will be awarded to teachers and librarians in public schools and libraries whose proposals reflect an imaginative approach to experiential learning.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis we will be accepting applications for the 2020-2021 academic year until April 7, 2020.

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The Ezra Jack Keats Award

Sydney Smith (L) EJK Award, Writer of Small in the City and Ashleigh Corrin (R) EJK Award, Illustrator of Layla’s Happiness will be accepting their awards at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival in Hattiesburg, MS on Thursday, April 2nd. We’ll all be cheering them on!

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About Ezra

Ezra Jack Keats broke the color barrier in children’s literature with the success of The Snowy Day, in 1962. He believed that all children should be able to see themselves in books they love.

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  • Mini-Grant Call for Proposals

    Press Release: Application Deadline March 31.

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