A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2016., , Ã2016.
Physical Desc
52 pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - JBIO - Children's Area - Biographies
741.642 KEATS PIN
1 available
741.642 KEATS PIN
1 available
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Published
New York, New York : Viking, 2016., , Ã2016.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 3.8, 1 Points
Level 3.8, 1 Points
Lexile measure
620
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Description
"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"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day"--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
620 L,Lexile
Target Audience
620L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 84 (very high),Semantic demand: 97 (very high),Syntactic demand: 81 (very high),Structure demand: 87 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,LG,3.8,0.5,Quiz No. 186502 EN Fiction
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,3.8,0.5,186502.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,LG,3.8,0.5,Quiz No. 186502 EN Fiction
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Prescott Public Library - JBIO - Children's Area - Biographies | 741.642 KEATS PIN | Find It Now |
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Abia Judd School - NF - Nonfiction Books | 92 KEA | Find It Now |
Camp Verde Unified School District - JNF - Children's Area - Nonfiction | 741.642 KEATS | Find It Now |
Cottonwood Public Library - KZNF - Kids Zone - Nonfiction | 741.6 KEA | Find It Now |
Prescott Valley Public Library - JBIO - Children's Area - Biographies | J BIO KEATS | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pinkney, A. D., Fancher, L., & Johnson, S. (2016). A poem for Peter: the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pinkney, Andrea Davis, Lou, Fancher and Steve Johnson. 2016. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pinkney, Andrea Davis, Lou, Fancher and Steve Johnson. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day Viking, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pinkney, Andrea Davis,, Lou Fancher, and Steve Johnson. A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day Viking, 2016.
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