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Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Project

2023–2024

ADMISSION: Free

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 twelfth 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.

All participating students, families, and teachers are invited to The CJM for a Bookmaking Celebration and Family Day on Sunday, March 10, 2024, from 11am–2pm. All book submissions will be on display in the lobby; winners and participants should visit the lobby for prizes and recognition.  

Events for Educators and Families

Bookmaking Celebration

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 11am–2pm

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All Winners
The 2017 Ezra Jack Keats Awards Ceremony at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. Photo by Olivia Smartt.

Participants of the 2017 competition. Photo by Olivia Smartt.

ABOUT EZRA JACK KEATS

Caldecott winner Ezra Jack Keats was the creator of over twenty children’s books, including the classic The Snowy Day. He was motivated to pursue a career as an author/illustrator as the result of an art achievement medal he received while attending public school in Brooklyn, New York. 

Ezra Jack Keats, “Crunch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow.” Final illustration for The Snowy Day, 1962. Collage and paint on board, 10 x 20 in. Ezra Jack Keats papers, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, McCain Library and Archives, The University of Southern Mississippi. Copyright © Ezra Jack Keats Foundation.

SUPPORTERS

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

Major support for K-12 School and Teacher Programs is generously provided by the California Arts Council; California Bank & Trust; William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Barbara and Ronald Kaufman; The Bernard Osher Foundation; Pacific Gas and Electric Company; The Ullendorff Memorial Foundation; and Yerba Buena Community Benefit Fund.