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Those who loved The Snowy Day and other picture books by Ezra Jack Keats will find this biography informative and illuminating. Relying on Keats's unpublished autobiography, Butler deftly conveys the life story of the beloved children's author, with emphasis on his experiences and how they made their way into his stories and illustrations. The Brooklyn born and raised son of poor Jewish immigrants survived a tough childhood inhabited by poverty, gangs, eccentric rel...Log In or Sign Up to Read More