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