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The Snowy Day |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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0670867330 |
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Book Review
The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. Keats's illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. The tranquil story mirrors the calm presence of the paintings, and both exude the silence of a freshly snow-covered landscape. The little boy celebrates the snow-draped city with a day of humble adventures--experimenting with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. Awakening to a winter wonderland is an ageless, ever-magical experience, and one made nearly visceral by Keats's gentle tribute. The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as... |
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Tar Beach |
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Faith Ringgold |
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From Publishers Weekly
"Quilt paintings"--acrylic on canvas paper, with fabric borders from Ringgold's story quilt of the same name--illustrate a Depression era girl's imaginative foray to heights from which she can see and therefore claim her world. Picnicking on the roof of her family's Harlem apartment building--a "tar beach" to which they bring fried chicken and roasted peanuts, watermelon and beer, and, not least, friends and laughter--Cassie pictures herself soaring above New York City: above the George Washington Bridge, which her father helped build; above the headquarters of the union that has denied him membership, because he's black; above the rooms in which they live. Ringgold's strong figures and flattened perspective bring a distinctive magic to this dreamy and yet wonderfully concrete vision, narrated in poetic cadences... |
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Goggles |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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Paperback |
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0140564403 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Everyone wants the goggles Peter found in this fast-paced Caldecott Honorwinner. Ages 5-9. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Audio Cassette
edition.
Book Description
Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. A well-loved character, a familiar childhood situation, and an urban setting are the components of this winning picture book, one of Keats's best. -- Booklist Ezra Jack Keats (19161983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eighty-five books for children.
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Patchwork Quilt |
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Valerie Flournoy |
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School Library Journal, starred review
This story will leave children moved and satisfied.
Booklist
Pinkney interprets the story with warm family scenes that glow.
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The Snowy Day |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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Paperback |
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0140501827 |
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Book Review
The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. Keats's illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. The tranquil story mirrors the calm presence of the paintings, and both exude the silence of a freshly snow-covered landscape. The little boy celebrates the snow-draped city with a day of humble adventures--experimenting with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. Awakening to a winter wonderland is an ageless, ever-magical experience, and one made nearly visceral by Keats's gentle tribute. The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as... |
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Un Dia de Nieve / The Snowy Day |
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| Author: |
Ezra Jack Keats |
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(Paperback) - Spanish |
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0140543635 |
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Ships within 2-3 days. |
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-2-- This translation of Keats's original Caldecott Medal winner captures the physical and emotional experiences of Peter and his delight in a snowfall. The vivid illustrations assist the narration, showing the boy's connection with nature. The book is appropriate for storytelling and beginning readers.Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Language Notes
Text: Spanish (translation)
Original Language: English
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Snowy Day |
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| Author: |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Book Review
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Hardcover |
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0670654000 |
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Book Review
The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. Keats's illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. The tranquil story mirrors the calm presence of the paintings, and both exude the silence of a freshly snow-covered landscape. The little boy celebrates the snow-draped city with a day of humble adventures--experimenting with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. Awakening to a winter wonderland is an ageless, ever-magical experience, and one made nearly visceral by Keats's gentle tribute. The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as... |
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Silbale A Willie / Whistle for Willie |
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| Author: |
Ezra Jack Keats |
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(Paperback) - Spanish |
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0140557660 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-- This translation of Keat's ever-popular story of a young boy who is determined to learn how to whistle holds the same charm as his English version. However, Peter is still Peter rather than Pedro and Willie remains Willie.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Card catalog description
Willie longs to be able to whistle for his dog and makes many ingenious attempts.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Whistle for Willie |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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0140502025 |
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When Whistle for Willie was first published in 1964, The New York Times wrote Mr. Keats' illustrations boldly, colorfully capture the child, his city world. and the shimmering heat of a summer's day. Now the story of Peter, who longs to whistle for his dog, is accessible to even the youngest child in a durable board book edition, with reinforced pages, a handy trim size, and safe, rounded corners. Ezra Jack Keats, who died in 1983, was the award-winning author of such children's favorites as The Snowy Day, which won the Caldecott Medal, and Goggles, a Caldecott Honor Book.
--This text refers to the
Board book
edition.
Card catalog description
A little boy wishes so much he could whistle.
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Peter's Chair |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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0140564411 |
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Book Description
Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin.
"A more charming or contemporary child than Peter...is hard to bring to mind." -- Library Journal
Card catalog description
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
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Tell Me a Story, Mama |
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Angela Johnson |
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From Publishers Weekly
Mama's memories of her own childhood have been told to her daughter so many times that the girl has made them her own bedtime litany; she tells her mother the stories and her mother reassures her that she has the story right. About the story of a neighborhood woman who used to scare Mama (as a girl) and her sister, the daughter says, "She was so mean that she used to holler out her window at you and Aunt Jessie when you passed her house every morning. You weren't afraid of her, though." " No sir, I was not, " is Mama's firm answer. The girl is curious about the love between generations: "Did Grandmama squeeze you tight when you were her little girl, like she does me?" " Uh-huh. " "You were lucky, too, Mama." " Yes, I was. " Johnson captures perfectly the way children make stories they love their own. Soman's... |
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Letter to Amy |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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Paperback |
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014056442X |
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Book Description
Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. "A master of ingenious collages, [Keats] has made brilliant variegated pictures..." -- The Horn Book Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eighty-five books for children.
Card catalog description
Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party but he wants it to be a surprise.
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Apt. 3 |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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0140565078 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In a dingy tenement building, the sounds of a harmonica intrigue two brothers and send them off in search of the musician. They find a blind man, and begin a friendship. PW's comment: "Keats is no stranger to miracles, as two boys discover the miracle of music and the miracle of compassion in themselves." Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
In his apartment building in the city, Sam hears voices, barking dogs, snoring, and all kinds of other noises. One rainy day he also hears the sad sounds of a harmonica, and wonders who's playing. Sam's search leads him to Apt. 3, where he finds not only the source of the music--but a new friend.
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Henry Hikes to Fitchburg |
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D. B. Johnson |
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Library Binding |
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0395968674 |
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Book Review
When Henry and his friend agree to go to Fitchburg to see the country, they each choose very different methods of travel, based on their very different approaches to life. This charming little story illustrates through minimal text and fantastically stylized paintings the concepts Henry David Thoreau spent his life trying out. While Henry (the storybook Henry is a bear) collects flowers to press, strolls on stone walls, finds bird nests, and gathers blackberries, his friend toils and sweats to earn enough money for the train fare to Fitchburg. With subtle nods at Thoreau and his real-life pals Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne (Henry's friend cleans out Mrs. Thoreau's chicken house, moves the bookcases in Mr. Emerson's study, and pulls weeds in Mr. Hawthorne's garden), D.B. Johnson cleverly introduces young... |
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Over in the Meadow |
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Ezra Jack Keats |
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0140565086 |
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Book Description
Welcome to a lush meadow bustling with activity, where one turtle digs, two fish swim, three bluebirds sing, and so on to ten fireflies that shine in the night. Keats's collage-style illustrations perfectly complement this classic Appalachian counting rhyme, which is also a popular song for toddlers.
Card catalog description
An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
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