Ezra Jack Keats Baltimore Bookmaking Competition: February 2016

A very big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to this year's Ezra Jack Keats Baltimore Bookmaking winners!!! We are so proud of everyone who participated this year. Please join us in celebrating this year's winners. We hope to see you all on May 14th for our awards ceremony at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum.

Jump In Studio, Enoch Pratt Library, and Reginald F. Lewis Museum

announce Ezra Jack Keats Baltimore Bookmaking Competition Winners

We are proud to announce the winners of the first annual Baltimore Bookmaking Competition sponsored by The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is partnering with Enoch Pratt Library, The Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Jump In Studio, Inc. and Baltimore City Public Schools. We have named one winner and one runner up in each division.

Elementary School city-winner is: The Invasion of the Creatures by Liahna Rebello and Kenzi Merchant Monarch Academy 4th grade	Runner-up is: Stinky Feet by Lily Ureta and Donniya Burgess Arlington Elementary 5th grade
Middle School city-wide winner is: Kyonom by Marc Miango Garret Heights Elementary School 8th grade	Runner up is: The Mysteries of the Missing Letters by Majai Moulden Arlington Elementary/Middle 8th grade
High School city-wide winner is: Trust Kills byTrey Robinson Jr. Pa tterson High School 11th grade	Runner-up: A True Knight’s Day by Megan Thomspon Baltimore Design School 10th grade

The award ceremony will be held at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum on May 14, 2016, during its annual African American Children’s Book Festival. City-wide winners will receive a cash prize of $500. Supervising teachers of this year’s winners and runners up will receive a gift certificate from Penguin Random House, good for the purchase of 25 books from their catalog. School-wide winning entries will be on display at The Enoch Pratt Library in May, 2016 (dates to be announced).

Congratulations to this year’s winners!