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From: mtice at nypl.org <mtice>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:33:52 -0400
Children?s book illustrator Kristen Balouch and writer Kelly Cunnane will be awarded the 2007 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for their outstanding work in children?s literature on May 10, 2007 at 5 p.m. in The New York Public Library?s Donnell Library Center located on 20 West 53rd Street in Manhattan. Brooklyn based Kristen Balouch will receive the New Illustrator Award for her book, Mystery Bottle (Hyperion, 2006), a heartwarming story about a young boy and his grandfather separated by the distance of their countries and united by a mysterious bottle. The 2007 New Writer Award will go to first-time children?s book writer Kelly Cunnane for For You Are A Kenyan Child (Atheneum, 2006), illustrated by previous Keats Book Award winner Ana Juan, which recounts a day in the life of a young boy growing up a small Kenyan village. Kelly Cunnane lived in Africa for many years but now resides in Beals, Maine.
The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards are
given annually to an outstanding new writer and illustrator of
picture books for children (age 9 and under) and are presented
jointly by The New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats
Foundation. A distinguished selection committee of early
childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators and
experts in children?s literature review entries, seeking books
that portray the universal qualities of childhood, strong and
supportive families, and, true to the nature of Ezra Jack
Keats? own picture books, the multicultural nature of our
world. To be eligible, writers and illustrator must have
published no more than three books. At the award ceremony the
winners are presented with the Keats Book Award medallion and a
check for $1,000.
Margaret Tice, Coordinator
Office of Children's Services
New York Public Library
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-0122
212-340-0903, fax: 212-340-0988
Received on Fri 04 May 2007 04:33:52 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:33:52 -0400
Children?s book illustrator Kristen Balouch and writer Kelly Cunnane will be awarded the 2007 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for their outstanding work in children?s literature on May 10, 2007 at 5 p.m. in The New York Public Library?s Donnell Library Center located on 20 West 53rd Street in Manhattan. Brooklyn based Kristen Balouch will receive the New Illustrator Award for her book, Mystery Bottle (Hyperion, 2006), a heartwarming story about a young boy and his grandfather separated by the distance of their countries and united by a mysterious bottle. The 2007 New Writer Award will go to first-time children?s book writer Kelly Cunnane for For You Are A Kenyan Child (Atheneum, 2006), illustrated by previous Keats Book Award winner Ana Juan, which recounts a day in the life of a young boy growing up a small Kenyan village. Kelly Cunnane lived in Africa for many years but now resides in Beals, Maine.
The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards are
given annually to an outstanding new writer and illustrator of
picture books for children (age 9 and under) and are presented
jointly by The New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats
Foundation. A distinguished selection committee of early
childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators and
experts in children?s literature review entries, seeking books
that portray the universal qualities of childhood, strong and
supportive families, and, true to the nature of Ezra Jack
Keats? own picture books, the multicultural nature of our
world. To be eligible, writers and illustrator must have
published no more than three books. At the award ceremony the
winners are presented with the Keats Book Award medallion and a
check for $1,000.
Margaret Tice, Coordinator
Office of Children's Services
New York Public Library
455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-0122
212-340-0903, fax: 212-340-0988
Received on Fri 04 May 2007 04:33:52 PM CDT
