2012 Winners’ Acceptance Speeches
New Writer
Meg Medina
“This is the story of bicultural children today, I think. They speak a different language than their parents. They know a different country; they experience a different geography of growing up.”
New Illustrator
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
“Ezra Jack Keats is a long-time hero of mine. I can relate to his big-kid nature and traveler’s spirit, his love for color and passion for collage. He inspires me to write and illustrate books from my heart.”