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The Resource A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson

A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson

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  • "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 school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA and Marvel comics. But it was many years before Keats's 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 Keats's 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 Keats's -- neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkney's lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream, and who, in turn, inspired generations of other dreamers"--
  • "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day"--
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eng
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A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day
Title
A poem for Peter
Title remainder
the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day
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Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson
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Author
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eng
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 school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA and Marvel comics. But it was many years before Keats's 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 Keats's 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 Keats's -- neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkney's lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream, and who, in turn, inspired generations of other dreamers"--
  • "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day"--
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Biography type
individual biography
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Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Dewey number
  • 813/.54
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3561.E25243
LC item number
Z83 2016
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1960-
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  • Johnson, Steve
  • Fancher, Lou
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  • Keats, Ezra Jack
  • Keats, Ezra Jack
  • Keats, Ezra Jack
  • Authors, American
  • Illustrators
  • Children's literature
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Books & Libraries
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
  • Authors, American
  • Illustrators
  • Children's literature
Target audience
juvenile
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A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier.
Content category
  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent.
  • rdacontent.
Control code
950750024
Dimensions
25 x 28 cm.
Extent
52 pages
Isbn
9780425287682
Lccn
2016011990
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
Label
A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of the snowy day, Andrea Davis Pinkney ; pictures by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent.
  • rdacontent.
Control code
950750024
Dimensions
25 x 28 cm.
Extent
52 pages
Isbn
9780425287682
Lccn
2016011990
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations

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