The Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, and San Francisco Unified School District are pleased to announce the results of the first-ever Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition on the West Coast!  The Bookmaking Competition promotes the art and craft of original bookmaking in the classroom, and invites students in grades K–12 to design, write, and create their own books.

Participants were honored at an awards ceremony at the CJM on February 21.  Winning books will be on display from March 2-10 at the San Francisco Unified School District Arts Festival at the Asian Art Museum. All books submitted to the Competition will be on display in the Children’s Room at the Main Branch of San Francisco Public Library from April 5-May 1.

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2013 Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition Winners

Collaborative Early Elementary Category

First Place
I Never Eat Rice with Clowns
First Grade, Sherman, Ms. Shew and Ms. Kunz

Second Place
The Rain Book/The Sunshine Book
First Grade, Marshall, Ms. Moore and Ms. Viertel

Third Place
The Amazing Adventures in the Coolest Castles
Second Grade, Lakeshore, Mr. Glover and Ms. Buss

The Big Book of Castle Adventures around the World
First Grade, Commodore Sloat, Mrs. Siddle and Ms. Marshall

Honorable Mention
My Sister’s Wedding; Sophie Liang and Amy Huang Chi
Francisco, Ms. Cussary

High School

First Place (tie)
The Creative Heart; John Kelly
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, Mr. Carames

Paul; Jeremy Tu
Wallenberg, Ms. Kavanagh

Second Place
Love Life; Lena Venu
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, Mr. Carames

Special thanks to all participating schools:

Alamo, Claire Lilienthal, Clarendon, Fairmount, Francis Scott Key, Francisco, Frank McCoppin, Grattan, Harvey Milk, Lakeshore, Commodore Sloat, Marshall, New Traditions, Rooftop, Sherman, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, Sunset, Wallenberg, Wornick JDS