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African Americans in art Authors, American Authors, American Biography Juvenile literature Authorship Children's literature Authorship Juvenile literature Illustrators Illustrators United States Biography Juvenile literature Keats, Ezra Jack Keats, Ezra Jack Exhibitions Keats, Ezra Jack Juvenile literatureNahson, Claudia J.
Summary: In 1962, Ezra Jack Keats's picture book The Snowy Day introduced readers to young Peter, the first African American protagonist in a full-color children's book, who traipsed alone through the snowy, wondrous sidewalks of New York City. The book was a runaway success, capturing the Caldecott Medal and selling more than two million copies. In The Snowy Day and subsequent books, Keats's awareness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jewish Museum, under the auspices of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.6 NAHPinkney, Andrea Davis
Summary: "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016