The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM), the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), and the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) are pleased to announce the winners of the eleventh annual Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Project! The project promotes the art and craft of bookmaking in the classroom, inviting students in grades K–12 in SFUSD to write, illustrate, and assemble their own books.
This year, we were thrilled to receive over eighty book submissions from twenty-four schools across SFUSD. We would like to thank our panel of expert judges, including Rachelle Resnick, Supervisor Emerita, SFUSD Library Services; Jen Woo, Family Engagement Coordinator, SFPL; Mareiwa Miller, Curatorial Assistant, The CJM; Candace Goodwin, Singer/Songwriter and Educator; and Emma Purves, Artist and Teen Art Connect (TAC) alumna. You can learn more about this year’s judges here. The project also would not have been possible without the support of SFUSD teacher librarians Karen Mooney of Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) and Pamela Gee of SF Public Montessori.
All participating students, families, and teachers are invited to The CJM for a Bookmaking Celebration and Family Day on Sunday, March 19, 2023, from 11am–2pm. All book submissions will be on display in The Museum lobby; winners and participants should visit the lobby for prizes and recognition.
All participating books will be exhibited at SFPL branches around the city from March 24–May 4, 2023. Check out books from participating schools at the following library branches:
What a Beautiful Moment, Second Grade, Guadalupe
Hábitats alrededor del mundo, Second Grade, Spring Valley
Seollal: Korean Lunar New Year, Third Grade, Claire Lilienthal
Beautiful Thoughts from Our Beautiful Hearts, Third Grade, BVHM
How to Play Hand Ball, Fourth and Fifth Grade, Edwin & Anita Lee Newcomer School
The Funny Friends, Second Grade, Rooftop
Moon Child, by Zuri Summers, Fourth Grade, SF Public Montessori
Winter Is Here, by Patrick Lam, Third Grade, West Portal
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Flea, by Penelope Marquez, Fifth Grade, Jefferson
The Village Murder, by Isolde (Gabby) Rodriguez, Fifth Grade, SF Public Montessori
Escape, by Mia Tanabe and Katherine Becker, Fifth Grade, Grattan
The Adventures of Leaf Bug and Stick Bug, by Addison Chivvis, Fourth Grade, Rooftop
The Salad Friends, by Rudolf Vaneev, Sixth Grade, Marina
Eclipse, by Jhoana Sanchez, Eighth Grade, Everett
The Lost Knight, by Anisha Li, Seventh Grade, Aptos
The Legion of Lost Things, by Fen O’Neal, Seventh Grade, Willie Brown
Attack of the Cheeseburgers, by Lilia Dodd Gurn, Seventh Grade, Marina
The Orange Orange, by Aizah Shaikh, Eighth Grade, Marina
Trial and Error, by Katelyn Tung, Twelfth Grade, George Washington
Welcome To, by Eloise (Lola) Hewitt, Twelfth Grade, George Washington
The Border, by Omari Love, Twelfth Grade, Downtown
Lucid Dreams, by Hillary Zhu, Twelfth Grade, Lowell
A Little Bit of Rat, by Alejandra Garcia Castro, Eleventh Grade, Burton
Support for the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition is provided by The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, The Kimball Foundation, The Ullendorff Memorial Foundation, and Blick Art Materials and is presented in partnership with the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Francisco Public Library.
Photos: Dallis Willard