X. Fang wins Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award for WE ARE DEFINITELY HUMAN

“I am tremendously honored to receive the EJK Award and join its remarkable legacy. My book is about being kind to strangers, who may look or act differently. It’s about small caring gestures that can reverberate throughout the galaxy. This book was made possible by the countless acts of kindness shown to me throughout my life. I wish for all young people to experience the same.”

— X. Fang

We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang

Tundra, Penguin Random House, Canada

This delightfully silly book about extraterrestrials who land on a farm with a broken spaceship raises the question, “What do kind humans do when confronted with strangers who need help?” The answer is clearly, “No matter how strange those strangers are, kind humans help.” Happily this is a book children and adults will read together and separately many times over, each time reinforcing this important message.