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2022 EZRA JACK KEATS BOOKMAKING COMPETITION WINNERS

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM), the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), and the San Francisco Public Library are pleased to announce the winners of the tenth annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Project! The project promotes the art and craft of bookmaking in the classroom, inviting SFUSD students in grades K–12 to write, illustrate, and assemble their own books. 

All participating students, families, and teachers are invited to visit The CJM for a Family ArtBash and Bookmaking Celebration on Sunday, April 10 from 10am–3pm. All book submissions will be on display in the Museum lobby; winners and participants should visit the lobby for prizes and recognition.

Collaborative Elementary Category

First Place

Rooftop Robots Change the World, Second Grade, Rooftop

Second Place

Todo Lo Que Somos: Un Libro de Opuestos (All That We Are: A Book of Opposites), Kindergarten, Buena Vista Horace Mann

Third Place

Fried Rice, Third–Fifth Grade, Edwin and Anita Lee Newcomer School

Special Recognition for Illustrations from Nature

I Feel in the Garden, Second Grade, Bret Harte 

Special Recognition for Eco-Journalism 

Blue Print Issue 1, Third Grade, Dolores Huerta 

Special Recognition for Mixed Media

Los Sentimientos del Monstruo de Colores (The Color Monster’s Feelings), Kindergarten–First Grade, Mission Education Center 

Elementary Category

First Place

Richella and the Charity Gala, by Karissa Bohnert, Fourth Grade, Jefferson 

Second Place (tie)

Nahua, by Joss Pearlman and Noah Zakharov, Fifth Grade, McKinley 

Second Place (tie) 

Adventures with Scarlet: A Trip to the Academy of Sciences, by Alba Bailey Valera, Fifth Grade, Rooftop 

Third Place (tie)

Pizza, by Kyle Corpuz and Jacob Ge, Third Grade, Guadalupe 

Third Place (tie)

What Words Can Do, by Katherine Becker and Franklin Bewley, Fourth Grade, Grattan 

Special Recognition for Creative Colors

The Book of Oranges, by Annabel Cunningham, Third Grade, Lafayette 

Special Recognition for Graphic Novel Achievement

Carmen on a Mission, by Tinsae Fanos, Fifth Grade, San Francisco Public Montessori 

Special Recognition for Creative Fiction

Fire vs. Fur, by Ashton Hutchinson and Ella Feeny, Fourth Grade, McKinley 

Special Recognition for Animal Drawings

That’s Cheesy, by Cybelle Scott and Iona Ossamain, Fifth Grade, Rooftop

Middle Schol Category

First Place

Gus’s Wild Plan, by Hugo Shum, Seventh Grade, Roosevelt 

Second Place

Stand Up, by Sofia Bais and Elise Phoeung, Sixth Grade, Rooftop 

Third Place

Ajax’s Adventure, by Charlotte Ng, Sixth Grade, Marina 

Special Recognition for Science Fiction

Kyo’s Tale, by Giullian Rodriguez, Seventh Grade, Willie Brown 

Special Recognition for Inspiring Illustrations

You Did It Estrella, by Jhoana Sanchez, Seventh Grade, Everett 

Special Recognition for Graphic Novel Achievement

Scratch, by Angel Ochoa, Rooftop

High School Category

First Place

The Lion’s Eye, by Dominic deRoulhac, Ninth Grade, Lowell 

Second Place

On the Battlefield of a Prison-Like School, by Vinson Mai, Twelfth Grade, Burton 

Third Place

I am: a siren song, by Qianrong (Julia) Ding, Eleventh Grade, Lowell 

Special Recognition for Watercolor

An Ode to Citrine, by Elise Muchowski, Eleventh Grade, Lowell 

Special Recognition for a Brave Title

How I Peed My Pants in Class Because of Mr. Pelican, by Erin Jen Caligagan, Eleventh Grade, Burton 

Supporters

Support for the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Project is generously provided by The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, The Kimball Foundation, The Ullendorff Memorial Foundation, and Blick Art Materials. The Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Project is presented in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco Public Library.