Join us at the 2021 Mississippi Book Festival on August 21! Click here for details on this year's event. The Mississippi Book Festival, a...

By: Margaret Ann Macloud More than 60 years after library science professor Dr. Lena de Grummond began writing letters to authors and...

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Celebrates 35th Anniversary of Annual Book Award The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation (EJK Foundation), in...

35th EJK Silent Auction Co-Hosted by the R. Michelson Galleries, with special guest commentary. 6:30-7:30 p.m. CT / Auction ends at 7:45...

Sharon M. Draper is a professional educator, as well as an accomplished writer of over thirty award-winning books for adolescents and...

The 35th annual EJK Awards will be presented to this year's winners and honorees at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival on April...

Emma Walton Hamilton will present the de Grummond Lecture at the 2020 Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Virtual Lectures on...

The Mock EJK Award Toolkits provide guidance for a group activity in which you and your students discuss, evaluate and together make a...

EJK Foundation Kicks Off Yearlong Celebration with Variety of Online Resources for Kids and Adults to Honor the Legacy of Ezra Jack Keats...

Meet this year’s winners and honorees at our virtual award ceremony held on June 4th. Read more about the Ezra Jack Keats Award.

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern...

Are you interested in winning a chance to receive The Snowy Day gift package? Sign up here to learn more about the EJK Award 35th...

The Ezra Jack Keats Award at the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection provides an in-depth look at the authors, illustrators, and...

Watch October 24 at 7 p.m. and October 27 at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on MPB Television. Join host Walt Grayson on an extraordinary tour of...

On June 10, the Curious George Collection arrived back in Hattiesburg to its home at The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) de...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Award, and the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection is celebrating...

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation and de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi to Present Awards...

Syd Hoff was one of the foremost and prolific cartoonists in the United States, a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines, and...

The 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award winners are creating a legacy in accord with that of the honor’s namesake. The Keats Book Award,...

Approximately 2,000 schoolchildren gathered in Reed Green Coliseum on The University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus April...