Brooklyn students win city-wide Bookmaking Competition
Winning books on exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, announced on Tuesday the winners of the 27th annual city-wide Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition for grades 3-12. With Brooklyn students taking home top awards, winning books and honorable mention books will be featured in the Grand Lobby at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Library (at Grand Army Plaza) from May 6-26.
At an awards ceremony to be held on May 17 at the Library, the four city-wide and 23 borough-wide winners of the Bookmaking Competition will receive medals. In addition, the city-wide winners will receive $500 each and the borough-wide winners will receive $100 each from the Foundation.
“We are proud of all the students who worked so diligently to create picture books. We honor their teachers and librarians who guide them, as well as their families who nurture them,” says Karen Rosner, Coordinator of Visual Arts, New York City Department of Education, and supervisor of the Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking initiative. “The exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library demonstrates the talent and the rich diversity that exists in the New York City public schools.”