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| ezra jack keats activities: The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, 2024-10-29 The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child’s bookshelf and a perfect gift for the holiday season. New York Public Library's #1 book on the list of “Top Check Outs of All Time” In 1962, a little boy named Peter put on his snowsuit and stepped out of his house and into the hearts of millions of readers. Universal in its appeal, this story beautifully depicts a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. The quiet fun and sweetness of Peter’s small adventures in the deep, deep snow is perfect for reading together on a cozy winter day. Ezra Jack Keats was also the creator of such classics as Goggles, A Letter to Amy, Pet Show!, Peter’s Chair, and A Whistle for Willie. (This book is also available in Spanish, as Un dia de nieve.) Praise for The Snowy Day: “Keats made Peter’s world so inviting that it beckons us. Perhaps the busyness of daily life in the 21st century makes us appreciate Peter even more—a kid who has the luxury of a whole day to just be outside, surrounded by snow that’s begging to be enjoyed.” —The Atlantic Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow.—Publisher's Weekly |
| ezra jack keats activities: Whistle for Willie Ezra Jack Keats, 1977-02-24 Since it was first published in 1964, Whistle for Willie has delighted millions of young readers with its nearly wordless text and its striking collage artwork depicting the story of Peter, who longs to whistle for his dog. The New York Times wrote: Mr. Keats' illustrations boldly, colorfully capture the child, his city world, and the shimmering heat of a summer's day. |
| ezra jack keats activities: A Letter to Amy Ezra Jack Keats, 1998-08-01 Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin. 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. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Pet Show! Ezra Jack Keats, 2001-09-10 How can you enter a pet show when your pet runs away? That's the question Archie faces when he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show. Fortunately, he does some fast thinking to win a prize in this beloved classic from award-winning author-illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. |
| ezra jack keats activities: A Poem for Peter Andrea Davis Pinkney, 2016-11-01 A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra’s dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA and Marvel comics. But it was many years before Keats’s greatest dream was realized and he had the opportunity to write and illustrate his own book. For more than two decades, Ezra had kept pinned to his wall a series of photographs of an adorable African American child. In Keats’s hands, the boy morphed into Peter, a boy in a red snowsuit, out enjoying the pristine snow; the book became The Snowy Day, winner of the Caldecott Medal, the first mainstream book to feature an African American child. It was also the first of many books featuring Peter and the children of his — and Keats’s — neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkney’s lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream, and who, in turn, inspired generations of other dreamers. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Things to Do Elaine Magliaro, 2017-02-07 With playful prose and vivid art, Things to Do brings to life the small moments and secret joys of a child's day. There are wonders everywhere. In the sky and on the ground—blooming in a flower bed, dangling from a silken thread, buzzing through the summer air—waiting ...waiting to be found. In this thoughtful and ingenious collection of poems, Elaine Magliaro, an elementary school teacher for more than three decades and a school librarian for three years, and illustrator Catia Chien provide a luminous glimpse of the ordinary wonders all around us. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Louie's Search Ezra Jack Keats, 2001-02-19 When Louie goes looking for a father, he meets Barney. Barney accuses Louie of stealing a music box from his truck, but Louie says he didn't do it. It's up to Louie's mother to settle the conflict and reveal that meeting Barney may be the beginning of the end of Louie's search. This heartwarming tale features the same collage art and colorful urban setting that are featured in Keats' popular books A Letter to Amy and Peter's Chair. |
| ezra jack keats activities: En Aguel Prado Olive A. Wadsworth, 1993 A variety of meadow animals pursuing their daily activities introduce the numbers one through ten. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Clementina's Cactus Ezra Jack Keats, 1999-06-01 Keats departs from his traditional style for his one and only wordless picture book, Clementina's Cactus. Clementina and her father are out for a walk in the desert when Clementina discovers a lone cactus, all shriveled and prickly. But Clementina discovers there is something beautiful hiding inside that thick skin. |
| ezra jack keats activities: My Dog is Lost! Ezra Jack Keats, 1999 After only two days in New York, a young Puerto Rican boy who speaks no English loses his dog and sets out to find it. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Over and Under the Snow Kate Messner, 2012-12-07 Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow exists a secret kingdom of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals that live through the winter safe and warm, awake and busy, under the snow. Discover the wonder and activity that lies beneath winter s snowy landscape in this magical book. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Snow Day! Barbara M. Joosse, 1999-08-23 When school is cancelled because of snow, Robby and his family enjoy the day together. |
| ezra jack keats activities: It's Winter! Linda Glaser, 2011-08-01 Simple text and bold, beautiful paper sculpture convey the animal life, plant life, weather, colors, clothing, and feelings associated with the winter season. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Extra Yarn Mac Barnett, 2013 With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Snowballs Lois Ehlert, 2001 When it's snowing, there's only one thing to do: pull on some mittens and head outside. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Button Hill Michael Bradford, 2015-04-01 Dekker isn’t happy that he and his little sister, Riley, are stuck in Button Hill with their weird old great-aunt Primrose. When he discovers an old clock in the cellar, made entirely of bones and with a skull for a face, he doesn’t think much about it. But when Riley goes missing, a strange boy named Cobb appears in Button Hill. He tells Dekker that Button Hill sits on the border between Nightside and Dayside—and that Riley is in Nightside and may never return. In order to save her, Dekker must follow her into the darkness and sacrifice something he thought he couldn’t live without. <br> <br> |
| ezra jack keats activities: Ezra Jack Keats Literature Activities--Hi, Cat! Patricia Pecuch, 2015-03-01 These quick activities help students enjoy the influential literature of Ezra Jack Keats. Here, students focus on the story Hi, Cat! Before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of the story. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Apt. 3 Ezra Jack Keats, 1999-05-24 In his apartment in the city, Sam hears voices, barking dogs, snoring, and all kinds of other noises. One rainy day he also hears the sad sounds of a harmonica, and wonders who's playing. Sam's search leads him to Apt. 3, where he finds not only the source of the music--but a new friend. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Storyteller Evan Turk, 2016-06-28 In a time of drought in the Kingdom of Morocco, a storyteller and a boy weave a tale to thwart a Djinn and his sandstorm from destroying their city. |
| ezra jack keats activities: All Because You Matter (An All Because You Matter Book) Tami Charles, 2020-10-06 A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will, from powerhouse rising star author Tami Charles and esteemed, award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier. Discover this poignant, timely, and emotionally stirring picture book, an ode to black and brown children everywhere that is full of hope, assurance, and love.Tami Charles pens a poetic, lyrical text that is part love letter, part anthem, assuring readers that they always have, and always will, matter. This powerful, rhythmic lullaby reassures readers that their matter and their worth is never diminished, no matter the circumstance: through the joy and wonder of their first steps and first laughter, through the hardship of adolescent struggles and the pain and heartbreak of current events, they always have, and always will, matter. Accompanied by illustrations by renowned artist Bryan Collier, a four-time Caldecott Honor recipient and a nine-time Coretta Scott King Award winner or honoree, All Because You Matter empowers readers with pride, joy, and comfort, reminding them of their roots and strengthening them for the days to come.Lyrical, personal, and full of love, All Because You Matter is for the picture book audience what The Hate U Give was for YA and Ghost Boys was for middle grade: a conversation starter, a community touchstone, and a deep affirmation of worth for the young readers who need it most. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Little Drummer Boy Ezra Jack Keats, 2000-10-02 A procession travels to Bethlehem, bringing gifts for the newborn baby Jesus. The little drummer boy comes along, although he is too poor to bring a present fit for a king. Instead, he plays a song on his drum for the Christ Child. Within the little drummer boy's seemingly simple gift lies the true spirit of Christmas. Ezra Jack Keats' vivid, jewel-toned artwork perfectly illustrates this classic holiday carol. Music for the song appears at the back of the book. Keats evocatively portrays this story. -Publishers Weekly |
| ezra jack keats activities: Snow Is Falling Franklyn M. Branley, 2000-01-05 Snow is falling. Snow is wonderful - for sledding, for skiing, and for building snowmen. But did you know that snow can actually keep things warm? Find out how snow helpf plants, animals, and people to survive. But when a blizzard blows, watch out! The snow that is so useful can be dangerous too. Franklyn M. Branley and Holly Keller team up for a fun and colorful exploration of the world of snow, including experiments and activities for cold winter days. A Let's Read and Find Out Science book, for Stage 1. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Reading Picture Books with Children Megan Dowd Lambert, 2015-11-03 A new, interactive approach to storytime, The Whole Book Approach was developed in conjunction with the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and expert author Megan Dowd Lambert's graduate work in children's literature at Simmons College, offering a practical guide for reshaping storytime and getting kids to think with their eyes. Traditional storytime often offers a passive experience for kids, but the Whole Book approach asks the youngest of readers to ponder all aspects of a picture book and to use their critical thinking skills. Using classic examples, Megan asks kids to think about why the trim size of Ludwig Bemelman's Madeline is so generous, or why the typeset in David Wiesner's Caldecott winner,The Three Pigs, appears to twist around the page, or why books like Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express and Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar are printed landscape instead of portrait. The dynamic discussions that result from this shared reading style range from the profound to the hilarious and will inspire adults to make children's responses to text, art, and design an essential part of storytime. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Starcrossed Julia Denos, 2020-10-27 A resonant story of two friends trying to maintain their relationship from afar with dazzling results, filled with wishes, curiosity, and bravery. From award-winning author-illustrator Julia Denos. She was made of blood and bones, and he was made of space and stars. Back in a time when there were still students of the stars, there were two friends, Acamar and Eridani. Eridani was a star pupil studying the night skies, and Acamar . . . well, he was made of the stuff she studied. In a star-crossed twist of fate, these long-distance friends find they’ve wished themselves into unexpected new worlds. Filled with stardust and moonglow, this cosmic adventure shows us how even the most brilliant wishes can have a mind of their own—and that true friendship can endure, despite time and space. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Snowmen Pop-up Book Caralyn Buehner, 2006 Snowmen play games at night when no one is watching. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Maggie and the Pirate Ezra Jack Keats, 1992-04-01 When Maggie's pet cricket is stolen, she and her friends embark on a search for the pirate thief which ensues in a small tragedy, but the making of a new friend. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Trip Ezra Jack Keats, 2007-08-16 When his family moves to a new neighborhood, Louie has to leave his friends behind. Sad and lonely, Louie creates a city scene inside a shoe box. The tiny diorama has a magical effect, sending his imagination back to old friends and old times. Then the spell ends, and a real-life adventure begins as Louie joins some new friends for Halloween night. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Great Day for Up Dr. Seuss, 2009 A rhyming list of many things which go up. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Ezra Jack Keats Literature Activities--Story Mapping Patricia Pecuch, 2015-03-01 These pages explain how to use story mapping to help students become better critical readers. The pages explain the concept of story mapping, and offer lessons and activities to help make the idea easy and fun to teach. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Berlioz the Bear Jan Brett, 1996-10-15 A Reading Rainbow Feature Title Zum, zum, buzz.... zum, zum, buzz... What's that strange buzz coming from the double bass? Berlioz has no time to investigate, because he and his bear orchestra are due at the gala ball in the village square at eight. But Berlioz is so worried about his buzzing bass that he steers the mule and his bandwagon full of magicians into a hole in the road and gets stuck. Time is running out, and if a rooster, a cat, a billy goat, a plow horse, and an ox can't rescue the bandwagon, who can? As the suspense mounts, intricate borders reveal the village animals making their way to the square one by one. When the clock chimes eight, the animals, ready to dance, have filled the square-but there's no sign of Berlioz. Jan Brett's glorious illustrations invite the eye to linger over exquisite details and humorous nuances that enhance the story. This delightful cumulative tale is one that will be looked at again and again. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Cam Jansen: the Snowy Day Mystery #24 David A. Adler, 2005-10-06 After nearly a quarter of a century, Cam Jansen remains a popular character, garnering new fans with each new title. In this newest Cam Jansen mystery, it's a very snowy day outside, so Cam and Eric are running late to computer lab. When they finally arrive, they realize that three computers are missing! There are only two clues—footprints in the snow outside and a locked window. This mystery seems impossible to solve, but with Cam Jansen on the case, the thieves don't stand a chance! |
| ezra jack keats activities: A Birthday Basket for Tia Pat Mora, 1997-05 With the help and interference of her cat Chica, Cecilia prepares a surprise gift for her great-aunt's ninetieth birthday. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Ezra Jack Keats Literature Activities--Dreams Patricia Pecuch, 2015-03-01 These quick activities help students enjoy the influential literature of Ezra Jack Keats. Here, students focus on the story Dreams. Before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of the story. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Peterrific Victoria Kann, 2017-05-02 The #1 New York Times bestselling author-artist of the Pinkalicious series, Victoria Kann, is back with an imagination-sparking new book starring Pinkalicious’s brother, Peter. In Peterrific, readers can follow Peter's own adventures as he builds a tower of blocks all the way to the moon. Peter loves to build with blocks. One day, he decides to build a tower that will reach the moon, and he wants to do it all by himself. Will the moon be made of cheese? Can he catch a shooting star? As Peter climbs higher and higher into space, he discovers he doesn’t have a way down! He’ll have to figure out what to do next—all by himself. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Shirley Neitzel, 1994-10-19 Rhyme follows rhyme as layer after layer of winter clothing (bunchy and hot, wrinkled a lot, stiff in the knee, and too big for me!) is first put on and then taken off to the relief of the child bundled inside. Clever rebuses and jaunty illustrations make The Jacket I Wear in the Snow especially fun for prereaders and new readers. |
| ezra jack keats activities: The Berenstain Bears and the Christmas Angel Mike Berenstain, 2016 Brother, Sister, and Honey go out into snow-covered Bear Country where they build a Christmas Angel and receive a lesson about God's angels from Mama and Papa Bear. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Leaves David Ezra Stein, 2010-07-29 This simple, charming story of a young bear's first autumn is perfectly suited to board book format. Bear is surprised when the leaves start falling off the trees, but when he tries to reattach them, it doesn't work. Eventually, he gets sleepy, and burrows into the fallen leaves for a long nap. When he wakes up, it's spring-and there are suddenly brand-new leaves all around, seeming to welcome him. With its childlike main character and graceful illustrations, Leaves is a great way to teach the youngest children about the changing seasons. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Uptown Bryan Collier, 2012 A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barbershop, summer basketball, the Harlem Boys Choir, and sunset over the Hudson River. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Ezra Jack Keats Literature Activities--Maggie and the Pirate Patricia Pecuch, 2015-03-01 These quick activities help students enjoy the influential literature of Ezra Jack Keats. Here, students focus on the story Maggie and the Pirate. Before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of the story. |
| ezra jack keats activities: Ezra Jack Keats Literature Activities--A Letter to Amy Patricia Pecuch, 2015-03-01 These quick activities help students enjoy the influential literature of Ezra Jack Keats. Here, students focus on the story A Letter to Amy. Before-, during-, and after-reading activities are provided for a comprehensive study of the story. |
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Ezra (fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) [1] [a] [b] is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple …
Who Was Ezra and Why Is His Book Significant? - Bible Study Tools
Oct 9, 2023 · Ezra, whose name means “help,” was a descendent of Aaron, the chief priest under Moses, and was related to Joshua, who became the High Priest of the rebuilt temple (Ezra 3:2). …
Ezra 1 NIV - Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return - Bible Gateway
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm …
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Sep 30, 2024 · Ezra was a scribe and priest sent with religious and political powers by the Persian King Artaxerxes to lead a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:8, 12). Ezra …
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Commentary for Ezra 1 The history of this book is the accomplishment of Jeremiah's prophecy concerning the return of the Jews out of Babylon. From its contents we especially learn, that …
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Sep 21, 2021 · Ezra was the second of three key leaders to lead a remnant of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem as prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah. This return happened in three stages.
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Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation, 17 and by the …
Book of Ezra Overview - Insight for Living Ministries
The book of Ezra provides an account of the Jews’ regathering, of their struggle to survive and to rebuild what had been destroyed. Through his narrative, Ezra declared that they were still God’s …
Ezra | Hebrew Scribe & Reformer | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Ezra (flourished 5th–4th century bce, Babylon and Jerusalem) was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the …
Book of Ezra – Read, Study Bible Verses Online
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah relate how God's covenant people were restored from Babylonian exile to the covenant land as a theocratic (kingdom of God) community even while continuing …
Ezra - Wikipedia
Ezra (fl. fifth or fourth century BCE) [1] [a] [b] is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple …
Who Was Ezra and Why Is His Book Significant? - Bible Study Tools
Oct 9, 2023 · Ezra, whose name means “help,” was a descendent of Aaron, the chief priest under Moses, and was related to Joshua, who became the High Priest of the rebuilt temple (Ezra …
Ezra 1 NIV - Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return - Bible Gateway
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout …
Who was Ezra in the Bible? - GotQuestions.org
Sep 30, 2024 · Ezra was a scribe and priest sent with religious and political powers by the Persian King Artaxerxes to lead a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:8, 12). …
EZRA CHAPTER 1 KJV - King James Bible Online
Commentary for Ezra 1 The history of this book is the accomplishment of Jeremiah's prophecy concerning the return of the Jews out of Babylon. From its contents we especially learn, that …
Ezra in the Bible - Who Was He and What Did He Do
Sep 21, 2021 · Ezra was the second of three key leaders to lead a remnant of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem as prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah. This return happened in three stages.
Ezra: The Book of Ezra - Bible Hub
Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation, 17 …
Book of Ezra Overview - Insight for Living Ministries
The book of Ezra provides an account of the Jews’ regathering, of their struggle to survive and to rebuild what had been destroyed. Through his narrative, Ezra declared that they were still …
Ezra | Hebrew Scribe & Reformer | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
Ezra (flourished 5th–4th century bce, Babylon and Jerusalem) was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the …
Book of Ezra – Read, Study Bible Verses Online
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah relate how God's covenant people were restored from Babylonian exile to the covenant land as a theocratic (kingdom of God) community even while …
