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A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day


School year: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

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No. of pages 60

Published: 2016

Great for age 7-11 years

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A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator ofThe 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 Keatss obvious talent, his father worried that Ezras dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA and Marvel comics. But it was many years before Keatss greatest dream was realized and he had the opportunity to write and illustrate his own book. For more than two decades, Ezra had kept pinned to his wall a series of photographs of an adorable African American child. In Keatss hands, the boy morphed into Peter, a boy in a red snowsuit, out enjoying the pristine snow; the book became The Snowy Day, winner of the Caldecott Medal, the first mainstream book to feature an African American child. It was also the first of many books featuring Peter and the children of his and Keatss neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkneys lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream, and who, in turn, inspired generations of other dreamers.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 60 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

STEVE JOHNSON and LOU FANCHER have collaborated on over 45 picture books. Their work has received rave reviews and won awards, including My Many Colored Days , I Walk at Night , and New York's Bravest . Visit them online at www. johnsonandfancher. com. Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author of many acclaimed picture books and young adult novels and works for Scholastic Publishing. Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children and he has written and illustrated several of his own books.

 

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016

 

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year 2016

 

A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year 2016

 

A Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book

 

An ALSC 2017 Notable Children's Books list pick

"Those who love Peter (and who does not?) will relish the illustrations, particularly that of Keats holding hands with Peter under a snow-dappled tree. More to the point, Pinkney lets readers know what Peter meant and still means as a milestone in inclusive children's literature. "He brought a world of white / suddenly alive with color." A loving and forceful reminder that Keats' Peter is our Peter--always." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Fancher and Steve Johnson's acrylic, collage, and pencil illustrations seamlessly integrate images from Keats' books into their own art, which employs a style complementary to the originals. Equally important they skillfully represent Pinkney's lyrical text, which sometimes requires historical accuracy, magic realism, and nods to future possibilities, all within one spread . . . This is an important book." --Booklist, starred review

"Pinkney's poem sheds fascinating light on Keats's long-lived achievement." --Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Pinkney's verse seamlessly weaves together story and fact to craft an intimate conversation about the artist's history and impact . . . Lovely." --School Library Journal

"In lively verse, Pinkney presents a picture book biography of Ezra Jack Keats . . . The resonances are immediate and cathartic. Fancher and Johnson, who, like Keats, are known for their collage illustrations, thoughtfully incorporate Snowy Day motifs and other images from Peter's world along with photos and additional archival material; the color palette and textures, too, effectively pay homage to Keats's work." --The Horn Book

"A heartfelt and thoughtful look at an artist's growth and a single individual's effect on a genre." --BCCB

 

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