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A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats

A Letter to Amy

Ezra Jack Keats

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · August 1, 1998

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Who it’s for
A classic Peter story offers the familiar company of neighborhood friends.
Themes
Neighborhood friendship
Genres
US: African American Stories, Family Stories, New Baby Stories

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About this book

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.

Neighborhood Stories

A classic Peter story offers the familiar company of neighborhood friends.

Come here for

  • The pleasure of returning to Peter and his neighborhood friends

Expect

  • A longstanding children’s story by Ezra Jack Keats

Where it sits

New Baby Stories39%
Family Stories32%
US: African American Stories31%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • US: African American Stories
  • Growing Up
Authors
Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
August 1, 1998
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Neighborhood friendship
Reading lane
The Classics