Ezra Jack Keats

Author profile

born

March 11, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

died

May 06, 1983

gender

male

website

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/about/index.html

genre

Children's Books

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FROM WEBSITE:
Long before multicultural characters and themes were fashionable, Ezra Jack Keats crossed social boundaries by being the first American picture-book maker to give the black child a central place in children’s literature.

In the books that Keats wrote and illustrated, he used his special artistic techniques to portray his subjects in a unique manner. One of these was his blending of gouache with collage. Gouache is an opaque watercolor mixed with a gum that produces an oil-like glaze.

The characters in Keats’ books come from the community around him. Many of his stories illustrate family life, the simple pleasures and more complex problems, that a child often encounters in his daily routine. To create his books, Keats drew upon hi...more

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Books by Ezra Jack Keats

Average rating: 4.06 · 24,414 ratings · 1,066 reviews · 57 distinct works

	The Snowy Day 4.07 avg rating — 20,133 ratings — published 1962 — 40 editions	My rating:
	Whistle for Willie 4.13 avg rating — 1,484 ratings — published 1964 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Peter's Chair 4.01 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 1973 — 24 editions	My rating:
	A Letter to Amy 3.95 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1965 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Goggles 3.75 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Pet Show! 3.81 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1972 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Little Drummer Boy 4.10 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Over in the Meadow 4.20 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions	My rating:
	Apt. 3 3.89 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Hi, Cat! 3.84 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1978 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Ezra Jack Keats

Peter (7 books)
by Ezra Jack Keats

4.07 avg rating — 22,966 ratings

Quotes by Ezra Jack Keats

“One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.”
― Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day

tags: children , snow

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