Ezra Jack Keats: A Biography With Illustrations

Keats’s entire life and career are chronicled in this book. His early years struggling as an inker for Five Star Comics right up through the days as an award-winning author and illustrator are told with an understanding that could only be conveyed by those who knew him well. Dean Engel and Florence Freedman were friends with Keats for much of his life. The story is enhanced by 18 pieces of Keats’s original work.