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May 6, 2015

May 6, 1983

Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 to May 6, 1983) wrote and illustrated books for children. This Brooklyn born author was a muralist with the WPA, and then in the Army air corps during the war. Along with his award winning books he taught art in various venues.

His early art has been described by Gertrud Mander, who wrote the article on Keats in Twentieth Century Children's Writers (1989) this way:

"his own unmistakable style...: [uses a] cut-out and gouache collage that gaily and vividly simplifies and stylizes urban landscapes...." His award winning (like the Caldecott Medal, in 1963 for "The Snowy Day") effects can be seen in this cover:

Marsha Brown


"Hi, Cat!" which he wrote and illustrated, won the 1970 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for illustration. Ezra Jack Keats also illustrated the work of other authors such as: "Speedy Digs Downside Up" (1964), for Maxine Kumin. And his publications for adults include anthologies such as God Is In the Mountain (1966).


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