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By Ruth Demshick

Ezra Jack Keats

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Youngest of 3 children from Polish immigrants of Jewish descent. Born March 11, 1916 as Jacob Ezra Katz.

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Keats grew up in Brooklyn New York. The Depression made life challenging for the Katz family. It was difficult to provide food on the table while trying to afford the rent in their crowded tenement apartment housing.

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Honoré Daumier (French artist)Third Class Carriage (1962)

During his senior year in High school, Ezra won National Scholastic contest, while also receiving a scholarship for a fine arts school in Manhattan. The day before graduation his father died of a heart attack. Ezra has the responsibility of his family.

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Graduated High School Illustrator for Captain Marvel

1943 Joined the Army for WWII

1962 Published

1949 Anti Semitism in America..went to Paris for 1 year

1948 Legally changed name from Jacob Ezra Katz to Ezra Jack Keats

1954 Began career in Children’s books

1960 Attempted to co-author first childrens book

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1962….The Civil Rights EraDesegregation

1967…Depression, povertySibling jealousyPrejudice/acceptancePersonal experience

1968…Everyday child experiencesCommunityAcceptancePeer pressure

1969…Personal experienceBullyingInner city life for children

1972…CommunityMaturityLocate the authorPeter is now adolescent

Ground-breaking creation of an African American Character. Posed much controversy of white man portraying AA community.

Peter is jealous that his new baby sister is receiving his belongings.

Peter sends a special invitation to a girl. He is wary of what his friends might say.

Peter and his friends find a pair of motorcycle googles, but also must outwit bullies.

Peter’s friend Archie can’t find his cat. The cat finally shows but is mistaken for another’s pet.

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Caldecott Boston Globe Horn

Book

NY Public Library

(influential)

1963

1970

1970 1996

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ConclusionAuthor of 24 Books

Illustrator of 83 Books

Died in 1983

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Keats, Ezra J. Keats’s Neighborhood: An Ezra Jack Keats Treasury. Penguin Group, New York, NY. 2002

http://www.readwritethink.org/

http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/

References

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