Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Keats wrote A Letter to Amy and Hi, Cat! but he was most famous for The Snowy Day. It is considered one of the most important American books of the 20th century. Keats is best known for introducing multiculturalism into mainstream American children's literature

Maggie and the Pirate book.

Maggie and the Pirate book. In the books that Keats wrote and illustrated, he used his special artistic techniques to portray his subjects in a unique manner.

Ezra Jack Keats was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He was one of the first children’s book authors to use an urban setting for his stories and he developed the use of collage as a medium for illustration.

In Maggie and the Pirate, Keats is at the height of his artistry. The story is action-packed, yet also moving and beautifully rendered. Maggie, a little girl in a remote rural community, has her pet cricket stolen by a strange boy, and she and her friends track him down

In Maggie and the Pirate, Keats is at the height of his artistry. Maggie, a little girl in a remote rural community, has her pet cricket stolen by a strange boy, and she and her friends track him down. She overcomes her fear and confronts the boy, and in their tussle, the cricket drowns. What happens next shows us, with the directness of a child’s gaze, how our humanity connects us to one another and the world. Look Beyond the Book. Maggie and the Pirate. Mystery, bravery and friendship on the bayou.

Unlike Keats' city slums, this palm-treed, riverside shantytown has a ramshackle insouciance.

Unlike Keats' city slums, this palm-treed, riverside shantytown has a ramshackle insouciance

Keats is the late award-winning children's author known for his dreamy urban stories about small moments. Even better is the longer "Maggie and the Pirate," about a girl whose pet cricket is stolen by a pirate.

Keats is the late award-winning children's author known for his dreamy urban stories about small moments. Most kids love his books, and most kids will love these musicals, starting with "Apt. 3," a relatively brief combination of dance and text, adapted by Davidson Lloyd, about two boys waiting for their mother in a noisy building. Now, this may not sound like much of a story, but adapter Winnie Holzman (who wrote the book for Wicked ) has impressively teased out most of Keats' drama and humor.

Maggie and the Pirate. Listen in app. Impression.

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