This complete collection details Keats’ artistic legacy chronologically, and illustrations and annotations together present a vivid depiction of the development of the acclaimed illustrator. Through these notes, one may learn how works were received, the significance of a particular work or group of works, as well as considerable information on children’s book publishing in the 1960s and 1970s.
Long before multicultural characters and themes were popular, Ezra Jack Keats’ works crossed social boundaries and brought social issues to light in children’s literature.
About the Author
Brian Alderson is an international authority in the field of children’s literature. He has written, edited, and translated stories for children; he has organized exhibitions in Britain and the U.S. on aspects of the subject; and as children’s books reviewer of The Times of London, he has the continuing experience of reading and reviewing contemporary children’s books. For more than twenty years he lectured in children’s literature at what is now the University of North London, where he also organized courses for the British Studies program of the University of Southern Mississippi.
EZRA JACK KEATS
A Bibliography and Catalogue
By Brian Alderson
ART / Individual Artist
176 pp. 8 x 11
200 color illustrations
Index
ISBN: 9781565540071 hc