| Educator | Program | Organization | City |
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Alabama |
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| Cindy Suggs | Our Neighborhood Garden | Marjorie Younce Snook Public Library | Summerdale |
Alaska |
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| Kristin Troxclair Fuller | Lovely Life Cycle of Sockeye Salmon | Cooper Landing Community Library | Cooper Landing |
California |
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| Michelle Mary Lee | Me and the City | School for the Visual Arts and Humanities | Los Angeles |
| Jennifer Kirby | Creating Family Stories | Brookside Children’s Center | Richmond |
| Marie Town | Cultural Community Cookbook | Oceanside Public Library | Oceanside |
| Michael Zysk | Mekong Faces | Yuba Gardens Middle School | Olivehurst |
Colorado |
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| Ann Marie Jenninngs | Apple Head Dolls | Creekside Elementary | Boulder |
Connecticut |
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| Valerie Toner | Imagining New and Different Worlds with Ezra! | Bristol Public Library | Bristol |
Florida |
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| Patricia Leifer-Hayes | Creative Arts Team(A Reader’s TheatreTroop) = CAT | Matthew W. Gilbert Middle School | Jacksonville |
| Shawneequa Brown | Cultural Bridges: A Reading Program | Rock Lake Elementary | Orlando |
Georgia |
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| Lori Shiver | Folding Up and Cutting Out! Creating Paper Art | Cedartown Middle School | Cedartown |
| Gina Stone | Communities United | Childcare Network | Thomaston |
Idaho |
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| Barbara Johnson | Children’s Raised Garden | Priest Lake Public Library | Priest Lake |
Illinois |
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| Irena Just | In My Neighborhood | Herrin City Library | Herrin |
| Eila Rose Kvaran | The Ogden Community Cloth Mural | Ogden International School of Chicago | Chicago |
| Emily Porter | Positive Print Makers | Smyser Elementary | Chicago |
Kentucky |
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| Debbie Romance | “Acts of Kindness” Summer Camp Days | Cub Run Elementary School | Cub Run |
| Katie Parr | Family Reading Nights | Fulton Independent School | Fulton |
| Kristen Bennett | Ezra Jack Keats Author Study& Art Project | Lexington Public Library | Lexington |
Louisiana |
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| Penny McDonald | The Ezra Jack Keats Mural at the Caldwell Parish Library | Caldwell Parish Library | Columbia |
| Deleon M. Wilson | Istrouma’s Little Free Library | Istrouma High School | Baton Rouge |
| Luticia Cortez | Blooming Buddies | Lafourche Parish Public Library, Choctaw Branch | Thibodaux |
| Jess Bialecki | I’m a Published Author! | Schaumburg Elementary | New Orleans |
Maryland |
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| Denise Schneider | “Over the Meadow” Hands on Sensory Experience | Halethorpe Elememtary | Halethorpe |
Massachusetts |
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| Jennifer Annand | Art and Literature Linkages (ALL) | Kittredge Elementary School | Hinsdale |
| Janet Gallagher | The ’60s Turn 50! | Weymouth Public Libraries | Weymouth |
Michigan |
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| Susan Kading | Keats Kids Picturebook Club | Benton Harbor Public Library | Benton Harbor |
Missouri |
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| Muymbi Bynum | The Ancestor Quilt Project | Pamoja Preparatory Academy | St. Louis |
Nevada |
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| Kristin J.L. Klug | Let Me Tell You a Story Theatre | Yerington Paiute Tribal Library | Yerington |
New Hampshire |
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| Michelle M. Myler | Project Explore | Concord School District | Concord |
| Elizabeth Thompson | Catching Dreams on Canvas | Gorham Public Library | Gorham |
| Carol Sanborn | Puppetry Workshop and Performance for Children | Hampton Falls Free Library | Hampton Falls |
| Kristin Readel | Buddy Book Making | Stephenson Memorial Library | Greenfield |
New Jersey |
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| Julie Stratton | Environmental Literacy Schoolyard Habitats | Cape May County Tech School District | Cape May Court House |
| Theresa Hamilton | Growing Together Garden | Lakehurst Elementary School | Lakehurst |
| Meaghan Darling | Stories Alive! Bringing the Works of Ezra Jack Keats to Life Through Art and Performance | Plainsboro Free Public Library | Plainsboro |
New York |
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| Keri Dudek | Fairview Library Children’s Mural | Fairview Public Library | Margaretville |
| Sara Burlingame | The Colors of Beautiful | George Clinton Elementary School | Poughkeepsie |
| Susan Polos | My Dog is Lost! Mi perro se ha perdido! | Mt. Kisco Elementary School | Mt. Kisco |
| Mary Blieka | Art Spectrum—Arts and Crafts for All Children | Queens Library, South Hollis Branch | South Hollis |
North Carolina |
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| Karen Bell | Readers on the Move | The Library at Ruby C. Hunt YMCA | Shelby |
Ohio |
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| Tina Sabol | Teen Writers Guild/Teen Theater Troupe: One Act Performances | Medina County District Library | Medina |
| Mary Webb | Take Flight— Soaring in the 21st Century | North College Hill Middle School | North College Hill |
| Alissa Farmer | Connections Forever | Riverdale Elementary School | Mt. Blanchard |
| Lynn Carney | Puppets: In Their Own Words | Watterson Lake School | Cleveland |
Oregon |
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| Lynda Hanson | A Year with Ezra Jack Keats | Aloha Community Library | Aloha |
Pennsylvania |
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| Beth Milanak | Creative Minds | Kittanning Public Library | Kittanning |
| Michele M. Legate | I Am a Hero | Lackawanna County Children’s Library | Scranton |
| C. Lynn Williams | Dare to Dream | Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library | Northumberland |
| Ingrid Kalchthaler | Wee Welcome You: Inspired by the Works of Ezra Jack Keats | Shaler North Hills Library | Glenshaw |
Rhode Island |
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| Denise Phillips | A Journey Through Ezra Jack Keats | Harris Elementary School | Woonsocket |
South Carolina |
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| Tammy Kelley | Storytime on the Spectrum | Pickens County Library System | Easley |
Tennessee |
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| Pam Bowen | Around the World in 10 Quilts | Hixson Middle School | Hixson |
| Regan Aymett | Ezra Jack Keats Literacy | Learning Way Elementary | Shelbyville |
Texas |
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| Selina R. Perez | The Artist’s Book | Clark Elementary | Laredo |
| Shannon Caesar | Winter Writers Rock! | Holmsley Elementary | Houston |
Virginia |
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| Susan Boyle | Creative Writing Magazine | I.C. Norcom High School | Portsmouth |
Wisconsin |
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| Norma Soulier | Bad River Traditional Outfit Creation Program | Bad River Public Tribal Library | Odanah |
| Shannon Barniskis | Maker Fair Transliteracy Outreach | Lomira QuadGraphics Community Library | Lomira |
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