![]() ![]() Visit the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation online at www.ezra-jack-keats. Ezra Jack Keats' legacy lives on in the popularity of his most famous character, Peter-the star of The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, Goggles, and others. Since its initial publication, The Snowy Day has come to be regarded as both a children's classic and one of the most important picture books ever written/illustrated. ![]() ![]() I feel very lucky that so many of his books are. Ezra Jack Keats : a biography with illustrations by Engel, Dean, 1943-Publication date 1995 Topics Keats, Ezra Jack - Juvenile literature, Keats, Ezra Jack, Authors, American - 20th century - Biography - Juvenile literature, Illustrators - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature, Childrens stories - Authorship - Juvenile. A master of ingenious collages, Keats has made brilliant variegated pictures.- The Horn Book Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of more than eighty-five books for children.Ībout the Author Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) is the Caldecott Medal winning author of The Snowy Day, which broke ground in 1962 as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multi-cultural urban setting. When I was little, I read a gazillion Ezra Jack Keats books and they were all wonderful. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. About the Book Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party but he wants it to be a surprise.īook Synopsis Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. ![]()
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