cimorene1558's review against another edition

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5.0

Wonderful books of course, and touching stories from other illustrators (Eric Carle, Sims Taback and others) about Keats and how he inspired them.

leslie_d's review against another edition

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4.0

wonderful, absolutely a collection to own!

http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2013/11/25/an-ezra-jack-keats-day/

calistareads's review against another edition

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4.0

There are 10 Ezra Jack Keats stories collected in this Treasury and there is also autobiographical information about Keats and then there are other famous artist who talk about what the man was like and his work ethic.

The stories are:
The Snowy Day
Whistle for Willie
A Letter for Amy
Peter’s Chair
Goggles!
Jennie’s Hat
Hi, Cat!
Apt. 3
Louie’s Search
Pet Show!

Anita Silvey talks about Ezra and his life’s work, his biography. We hear from other artists in the field like:
Jerry Pinkney
Simms Taback
Reynold Ruffins (I haven’t heard of him)
Eric Carle of Hungry Caterpillar fame.

It’s a lovely book and so nice to have so many excellent Ezra stories together. I actually own this book and glad I got through it all. He wrote 22 books in total for kids, so I still have quite a bit to track down. I wish they did these collections for all the big authors of children’s books. They are so nice to collect them together and easier to fit on the shelves.

These stories have some real artwork in them. We are lucky to have Ezra Keats in our histories.
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