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Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Caldecott Medalist Ezra Jack Keats's vibrant retelling of the popular African American folk ballad in this beautiful hardcover edition.

About the Author

Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) is the Caldecott Medal winning creator of The Snowy Day, which broke ground as one of the first picture books for young children to portray a realistic, multi-cultural urban setting. He is best known for his bold, beautiful, and honest interpretations of minority children living and growing in a mid-twentieth-century inner-city landscape. By the time of his death, Keats had illustrated over eighty-five books for children, and written and illustrated twenty-four children's classics.