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Ezra Jack Keats

Born March 11, 1916 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died May 6, 1983 · aged 67

Ezra Jack Keats was an award-winning author and illustrator of books for children. He is best known for The Snowy Day, about a little boy playing in the snow. Many of Ezra’s stories are about a group of friends growing up in the city. The neighborhood they live in looks like the streets where Ezra grew up in Brooklyn, New York.

Known For

The Snowy DayThe Snowy Day · 2016
The Snowy Day
★ 7.02016
MovieAnimation
Based on the award-winning book by Ezra Jack Keats. Peter goes on a magical, snowy walk to his Nana's house to bring home their Christmas Eve dinner.
Pet Show!Pet Show! · 2003
Pet Show!
2003
MovieFamily
Archie wants to enter his cat in the neighborhood pet show, but the cat has vanished! What will he do?
Goggles!Goggles! · 1974
Goggles!
1974
MovieAnimationFamily
Two boys discover a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles, and have to outsmart some older boys before they can have fun with their new treasure.
Whistle for WillieWhistle for Willie · 1965
Whistle for Willie
1965
MovieFamilyAnimation
For Peter, learning to whistle means being able to call his dog, Willie, and being a bit closer to those two magic words: grown-up.
The Snowy DayThe Snowy Day · 1965
The Snowy Day
★ 10.01965
MovieAnimationFamily
A small boy's enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains - and looking forward to going outside again.
The TripThe Trip
The Trip
Movie
Written and Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats; Narrated by Charles Turner Louie moves to a new neighborhood and he is lonely without his friends, so he enters a magical world of imagination and flies back to his old home.
Peter's ChairPeter's Chair · 1971
Peter's Chair
1971
Movie
Narrated by Loretta Long A little sister means big trouble for Peter -- first his parents paint his cradle pink, and then they paint his crib! But he won't let them paint his chair!
Apt. 3Apt. 3
Apt. 3
MovieFamily
Narrated by Charles Turner One rainy day, Sam hears the sad sounds of a harmonica. He searches the building to find the source and meets a new friend.

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