![]() A Blue Star Museum, the Skirball is currently exhibiting The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats, which originated at the Jewish Museum in New York. ![]() “The children's picture book publishing industry didn't believe before that time that books featuring minority characters would sell very well it didn't think that there was a market for it,” said Erin Clancy, curator at the Skirball Cultural Center in California. Using beautiful layers of collage illustrations (one of the first to do so), the book describes the snow day adventures of Peter, a little boy who lives in the city. Written and illustrated by Keats, the book won the 1963 Caldecott Medal and went on to become an icon of children’s literature. In 1962, he published The Snowy Day, the first full-color picture book to feature a black child as its protagonist. ![]() Amid the sit-ins, marches, and protests of the Civil Rights movement, Ezra Jack Keats played a quieter role, choosing to be an activist on the page rather than in the streets. ![]()
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