“One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.” ChildrenSnow Book:The Snowy Day Source: The Snowy Day
“Then began an experience that turned my life around-working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I'd been illustrating featured any black kids-except for token blacks in the background. My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along. Years before I had cut from a magazine a strip of photos of a little black boy. I often put them on my studio walls before I'd begun to illustrate children's books. I just loved looking at him. This was the child who would be the hero of my book.” ShouldYearsChildrenLittlesHas BeensBookWould BeKidsBlackBoysCuttingWallHeroShould HaveStudiosBackgroundsMagazinesShould Have BeenManuscriptsChildren's BooksTokensIllustratingBlack Boy Author:Ezra Jack Keats
