We asked celebrities and other notable fans to share their thoughts and memories…and asked educators to share their Keats classroom ideas. We recommended Viking’s special anniversary edition…and talking with journalists about Ezra’s continued relevance. We celebrated a “ Snowy Day in May,” at the Brooklyn Public Library. We started the anniversary year, 2012, at the Jewish Museum’s amazing exhibition, “The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats,” which moved on to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, and other museums. From Ezra ’s Caldecott Award acceptance speech, 1963 “I can honestly say that Peter came into being because we wanted him and I hope that, as the Scriptures say, ‘a little child shall lead them,’ and that he will show in his own way the wisdom of a pure heart.” I clipped the strip of photos and stuck it on my studio wall…. His expressive face, his body attitudes, the very way he wore his clothes, totally captivated me. “Years ago, long before I ever thought of doing children’s books, while looking through a magazine I came upon four candid photos of a little boy about three or four years old.
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