The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi have announced the winners of the 2015 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award.  The award celebrates a new writer and a new illustrator of children’s books each year. 

NEW WRITER WINNER

Chieri Uegaki for Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin

 

NEW ILLUSTRATOR WINNER

Chris Haughton for Shh! We Have a Plan