{"product_id":"becoming-ezra-jack-keats-hardcover-1","title":"Becoming Ezra Jack Keats - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia McGee Butler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Ezra Jack Keats \u003c\/i\u003eoffers the first complete biography of acclaimed children's author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) intended for adult readers. Drawing extensively from his unpublished autobiography and letters, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ezra Jack Keats\u003c\/i\u003e covers the breadth of Keats's life, taking readers through his early years as the child of immigrant parents, his introduction to illustration and writing, and the full arc of his remarkable career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeyond a standard biography, this volume presents a time capsule of the political, social, and economic issues evolving during the span of Keats's lifetime. It also addresses his trailblazing commitment to representation and diversity, most notably in his work \u003ci\u003eThe Snowy Day\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Caldecott Medal as the first full-color picture book to feature a Black child as the protagonist. Keats far surpassed his father's prediction that he would be a starving artist. Instead, as shown in \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ezra Jack Keats\u003c\/i\u003e, he is now regarded as one of the most influential figures in children's literature, having published twenty-two books translated into sixteen languages, all featuring the diversity he saw in the children outside the window of his Brooklyn studio.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia McGee Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and early childhood educator. Her research at the University of Southern Mississippi's de Grummond Children's Literature Collection has been used in the fiftieth-anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Snowy Day\u003c\/i\u003e and in other scholarly works on Ezra Jack Keats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.58 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181478756601,"sku":"9781496844743","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WDJ4MzhtVzJIa0R0Sk02eHkwQ05BZz09_3c028b3d-4ced-4959-88bb-c36699206216.webp?v=1767759174","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/becoming-ezra-jack-keats-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}