The Ezra Jack Keats Awards, established in 1985, are presented jointly by The New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to talented new children’s book authors and illustrators, who, in the spirit of Ezra Jack Keats, create vividly written and illustrated books for children (age 9 and under).

We are so happy to hear that Taeeun Yoo has jointly won the 2010  Ezra Jack Keats Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature for the stunning picture book she illustrated – Only a Witch Can Fly (written by Alison McGhee).

Her lino block illustrations in this book are simply magnificent and match McGhee’s text perfectly. Written in an ancient form of poetry called a sestina this picture book is indeed so unique and ground breaking in the picture book market. Read more about the book on our website.

To celebrate we’d love to give a copy of this wonderful picture away to a good home. To win just leave a comment on this post telling us your favourite Award Winning Children’s Book, it doesn’t have to be a picture book just one that you love.

The winner will be randomly selected (by one of those number generator thingys) on Wednesday the 14th of April.