His mother told him to wait because of the storm but he was to eager to invite Amy. He decides to write Amy a letter to come to his birthday party on Saturday at 2. What he wants to change up about his birthday party is that he wants to invite a girl but does not know how the other boys will feel about it. I really love this collage style for artwork.Ī Letter to Amy is about a little boy Peter who is having a birthday party on Saturday. There is a wonderful picture of Peter with his dog and their reflections on the wet pavement. Beautiful art again, a much brighter and more sharply delineated than Pet Show. But enough about that and more on A Letter to Amy. ) Seeing these books now actually makes me think about joining a book club as an adult because I suspect that it could have the same result. (Other factors included, frequent trips to the library and their willingness to read to me for hours. Anyway, I have always been a voracious reader and I think the fact that my parents signed me up for a book club was a huge factor. I had a bit of a penchant for really girly stuff like Angelina Ballerina. But it also means that I was exposed to a number of authors that I probably wouldn't have picked out on my own. Now this means that they have ugly, if durable binding.

A number of my kid's books are from the Children's Choice Book Club by Scholastic. Visit the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation online at quick word on book clubs. Ezra Jack Keats' legacy lives on in the popularity of his most famous character, Peter-the star of The Snowy Day, Whistle for Willie, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, Goggles, and others. Since its initial publication, The Snowy Day has come to be regarded as both a children's classic and one of the most important picture books ever written/illustrated. A master of ingenious collages, Keats has made brilliant variegated pictures.- The Horn Book Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of more than eighty-five books for children.Ībout the Author Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) is the Caldecott Medal winning author of The Snowy Day, which broke ground in 1962 as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multi-cultural urban setting.

Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. About the Book Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party but he wants it to be a surprise.īook Synopsis Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends.

A letter to amy by ezra jack keats