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EJK Award Winners

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EJK Honors

EJK Award Winners

Year Name Award Book Publisher
 

2022

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Paul Harbridge Winner Writer Out Into The Big Wide Lake Tundra/PRH Canada
  Gracey Zhang Winner Illustrator Lala’s Words Orchard Books/Scholastic
         

2021

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  Tricia Elam Walker Winner Writer Nana Akua Goes to School Penguin Random House
  Heidi Woodward Sheffield Winner Illustrator Brick by Brick Penguin Random House

2020

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  Ashleigh Corrin Winner Illustrator Layla’s Happiness Holiday House
  Sydney Smith Winner Writer Small in the City Holiday House

2019

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  Oge Mora Winner Illustrator Thank You, Omu! Hachette Book Group
  John Sullivan Winner Writer Kitten and the Night Watchman Simon & Schuster

2018

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  Derrick Barnes Winner Writer Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Agate
  Evan Turk Winner Illustrator Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters Simon & Schuster

2017

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  Micha Archer Winner Illustrator Daniel Finds a Poem Penguin Random House
  Jeri Watts Winner Writer A Piece of Home Candlewick Press

2016

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  Don Tate Winner Writer Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton Trustbridge Global Media
  Phoebe Wahl Winner Illustrator Sonya’s Chickens Penguin Random House

2015

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  Chris Haughton Winner Illustrator Shh! We Have a Plan Candlewick Press
  Chieri Uegaki Winner Writer Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin Corus Entertainment Canada

2014

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  Ame Dyckman Winner Writer Tea Party Rules Penguin Random House
  Christian Robinson Winner Illustrator Rain! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

2013

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  Julie Fogliano Winner Writer And Then It’s Spring Macmillan
  Hyewon Yum Winner Illustrator Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten! Macmillan

2012

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  Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw Winner Illustrator Same, Same but Different Macmillan
  Meg Medina Winner Writer Tia Isa Wants a Car Candlewick Press

2011

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  Laura Croza Winner Writer I Know Here Groundwood
  Tao Nyeu Winner Illustrator Bunny Days Penguin Random House

2010

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  Tonya Cherie Hegamin Winner Writer Most Loved in All the World Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  Taeeun Yoo Winner Illustrator Only a Witch Can Fly Macmillan

2009

       
  Stian Hole Winner Writer Garmann’s Summer Eerdmans Books
  Shadra Strickland Winner Illustrator Bird Lee & Low Books

2008

       
  Jonathan Bean Winner Illustrator The Apple Pie that Papa Baked Simon & Schuster
  David Ezra Stein Winner Writer Leaves Penguin Random House

2007

       
  Kristen Balouch Winner Illustrator Mystery Bottle Disney(Hyperion)
  Kelly Cunnane Winner Writer For You Are a Kenyan Child Simon & Schuster

2006

       
  Yunmee Kyong Winner Illustrator Silly Chicken Penguin Random House
  Mary Ann Rodman Winner Writer My Best Friend Penguin Random House

2005

       
  Janice N. Harrington Winner Writer Going North Macmillan
  Ana Juan Winner Illustrator The Night Eater Scholastic

2004

       
  Jeron Ashford Frame Winner Writer Yesterday I Had the Blues Penguin Random House
  Gabi Swiatkowska Winner Illustrator My Name is Yoon Macmillan

2003

       
  Sophie Blackall Winner Illustrator Ruby’s Wish McEvoy Group
  Shirin Yim Bridges Winner Writer Ruby’s Wish McEvoy Group

2002

       
  Jerome Lagarrigue Winner Illustrator Freedom Summer Simon & Schuster
  Deborah Wiles Winner Writer Freedom Summer Simon & Schuster

2001

       
  Bryan Collier Winner Illustrator Uptown Macmillan
  D.B. Johnson Winner Writer Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

2000

       
  Soyung Pak Winner Writer Dear Juno Penguin Random House

1999

       
  Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen Winner Writer Elizabeti’s Doll Lee & Low Books

1997

       
  Juan Felipe Herrera Winner Writer Calling the Doves (El canto de las palomas) Lee & Low Books

1995

       
  Cari Best Winner Writer Taxi! Taxi! Hachette Book Group

1993

       
  Faith Ringgold Winner Writer Tar Beach Penguin Random House

1991

       
  Angela Johnson Winner Writer Tell Me a Story, Mama Scholastic

1989

       
  Yoriko Tsutsui Winner Writer Anna’s Special Present Penguin Random House

1987

       
  Juanita Havill Winner Writer Jamaica’s Find Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

1986

       
  Valerie Flournoy Winner Writer The Patchwork Quilt Penguin Random House

EJK Honors

Year Name Award Book Publisher

2022

       
  Joanna Ho Honor Writer Playing at the Border Harper/HarperCollins
  Anne Wynter Honor Writer Everybody in the Red Brick Building Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins
  Marta Bartolj Honor Illustrator Every Little Kindness Chronicle
  Kenehsa Sneed/td> Honor Illustrator Many Shapes of Clay Prestel/PRH

2021

       
  Jarrett & Jerome Pumphrey Honor Writer The Old Truck W. W. Norton & Company
  Raymond Antrobus Honor Writer Can Bears Ski? Candlewick Press
  Steve Small Honor Illustrator I’m Sticking With You Macmillan
  Victoria Tentler-Krylov Honor Illustrator Cyclops of Central Park Penguin Random House

2020

       
  Matthew Farina Honor Writer Lawrence in the Fall Hachette Book Group
  Zeke Peña Honor Illustrator My Papi Has a Motorcycle Penguin Random House
  Kate Read Honor Illustrator One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller Holiday House
  Doug Salati Honor Illustrator Lawrence in the Fall Hachette Book Group
  Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie Honor Writer Layla’s Happiness Enchanted Lion Books

2019

       
  Keith Calabrese Honor Writer Lena’s Shoes are Nervous Simon & Schuster
  Matt James Honor Writer The Funeral Groundwood
  Jessica Love Honor Illustrator Julian is a Mermaid Candlewick Press
  Juana Martinez-Neal Honor Writer Alma Candlewick Press
  Jane McGuinness Honor Illustrator Prickly Hedgehogs! Candlewick Press

2018

       
  Jessixa Bagley Honor Writer Laundry Day Macmillan
  Thi Bui Honor Illustrator A Different Pond Capstone
  Rachel Cole Honor Writer City Moon Penguin Random House
  Bianca Diaz Honor Illustrator The One Day House Charlesbridge
  E.B. Goodale Honor Illustrator Windows Candlewick Press
  Gordon C. James Honor Illustrator Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut Agate
  Elaine Magliaro Honor Writer Things to Do McEvoy Group
  Bao Phi Honor Writer A Different Pond Capstone

2017

       
  Daisy Hirst Honor Illustrator The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head Candlewick Press
  Stacy McAnulty Honor Writer Excellent Ed Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  Francesca Sanna Honor Illustrator The Journey Nobrow Press
  Francesca Sanna Honor Writer The Journey Nobrow Press

2016

       
  Megan Dowd Lambert Honor Writer A Crow of His Own Charlesbridge
  Ryan T. Higgins Honor Illustrator Mother Bruce Disney(Hyperion)
  Julia Sarcone-Roach Honor Writer The Bear Ate Your Sandwich Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  Rowboat Watkins Honor Illustrator Rude Cakes McEvoy Group

2015

       
  Adam Auerbach Honor Writer Edda: A Little Valkyrie’s First Day of School Macmillan
  Misty Copeland Honor Writer Firebird Penguin Random House
  Mike Curato Honor Illustrator Little Elliot, Big City Macmillan
  Alan (deceased) Rabinowitz Honor Writer A Boy and a Jaguar Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  Evan Turk Honor Illustrator Grandfather Gandhi Simon & Schuster

2014

       
  Marta Altés Honor Illustrator My Grandpa Abrams
  K.G. Campbell Honor Illustrator Tea Party Rules Penguin Random House
  Linda Davick Honor Writer I Love You, Nose! I Love You, Toes! Simon & Schuster
  Aaron Meshon Honor Illustrator Take Me Out to the Yakyu Simon & Schuster
  Pat Zietlow Miller Honor Writer Sophie’s Squash Penguin Random House

2013

       
  K.G. Campbell Honor Illustrator Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters Corus Entertainment Canada
  Jennifer Lanthier Honor Writer The Stamp Collector Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
  Sanjay Patel Honor Illustrator Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth McEvoy Group
  Mara Rockliff Honor Writer My Heart Will Not Sit Down Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  Don Tate Honor Writer It Jes’ Happened Lee & Low Books

2012

       
  Micha Archer Honor Illustrator Lola’s Fandango Barefoot Books
  David Ercolini Honor Illustrator Not Inside this House! Hachette Book Group
  Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw Honor Writer Same, Same but Different Macmillan
  Nicola Winstanley Honor Writer Cinnamon Baby Corus Entertainment
  Anna Witte Honor Writer Lola’s Fandango Barefoot Books
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