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Books Illustrated by Keats
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DANNY DUNN AND THE ANTI-GRAVITY PAINT
by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin, McGraw-Hill, 1957 (Out of Print)
DANNY DUNN AND THE HOMEWORK MACHINE
by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin, McGraw-Hill, 1958 (Out of Print)
DANNY DUNN AND THE WEATHER MACHINE
by Jay Williams and Raymond Abrashkin, McGraw-Hill 1959 (Out of Print)
IN A SPRING GARDEN
Richard Lewis, editor, Dial, 1965 (Now Scholastic)
Keats’s stunning artwork perfectly illustrates the spare and beautiful words that describe the delicate balances of nature in this collection of haiku poems. “A red morning sky, For you, snail; Are you glad about it?” (Issa)
INDIAN TWO FEET AND HIS HORSE
by Margaret Friskey, Scholastic, 1964 (Out of Print)
There is nothing Little Indian Two Feet wants more than his own horse. But in order to have a horse you have to catch one and tame it. Indian Two Feet is too young to do all of this by himself. Sadly, the boy wanders into the forest, and there he comes upon a wild horse with an injured foot. This is a horse Indian Two Feet can catch and tame, making boy and horse better for the effort.
IN THE PARK: AN EXCURSION IN FOUR LANGUAGES
by Esther R. Hautzig, Macmillan, 1968 (Out of Print)
JIM CAN SWIM
by Helen D. Olds, Knopf, 1963 (Out of Print)
OVER IN THE MEADOW
Olivia A. Wadsworth, Four Winds Press, 1971 (Now Viking)
Welcome to a lush meadow bustling with activity, where one turtle digs, two fish swim, three bluebirds sing, four muskrats dive, and so on to ten little fireflies that shine in the night. Ezra Jack Keats's vivid illustrations perfectly complement this classic Appalachian counting rhyme, sure to delight the youngest reader.
PENNY TUNES AND PRINCESSES
by Myron Levoy, Harper, 1972 (Out of Print)
SPEEDY DIGS DOWNSIDE UP
by Maxine W. Kumin, Putnam, 1964 (Out of Print)
THE KING'S FOUNTAIN
Lloyd Alexander, Dutton, 1971 (Out of Print)
The king has decided to use the water supply of his city to create a wonderful fountain for his palace. A poor man, hearing that soon the people of his city will have no water to drink, tries to find someone who will persuade the king to change his mind. Finding no one willing, or better equipped, he is forced to go himself to speak with the king. A thoughtful king and a courageous citizen come to terms in this brilliantly illustrated book
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Katherine Davis, Henry Ohorati and Harry Simeone, Macmillan, 1968 (Now Viking)
“I played my drum for Him, pa-rum pum, pum pum. Me and my drum. Pa-rum pum, pum pum.” A poor child wants to see the baby Jusus but has nothing to give that would be worthy of royalty. Or so he thinks. Brought to life by Keats’s glowing illustrations, a young boy learns that a gift from the heart can be the best present of all.
THE NAUGHTY BOY: A POEM
by John Keats, Viking, 1965 (Out of Print)
THE NAUGHTY BOY first appeared in a letter written by a young John Keats, who called it "a song about myself". It has been beloved by children ever since. In his illustrations, Ezra Jack Keats has caught the whimsical spirit of the poem. He has kept his drawings simple, and has made it possible for us to see, as well as sense, the melodious but melancholy wanderings of the naughty boy who "could not quiet be."
THE FLYING COW
by Ruth P. Collins, Walck, 1963 (Out of Print)
TIA MARIA'S GARDEN
by Ann Nolan Clark, Viking, 1963 (Out of Print)
ZOO, WHERE ARE YOU?
by Ann McGovern, Harper, 1964 (Out of Print)
FUGITIVE SLAVES
Florence B. Freedman, Simon and Schuster, 1971
HOW TO BE A NATURE DETECTIVE
Millicent E. Selsam, revised edition, Harper, 1966
OUR RICE VILLAGE IN CAMBODIA
R. Tooze, Viking, 1963
THE CHINESE KNEW
T.S. Pine and J. Levine, McGraw, 1958
THE EGYPTIANS KNEW
T.S. Pine and J. Levine, McGraw Hill, 1964
THE ESKIMOS KNEW
T. S. Pine and J. Levine, Whittlesey house, 1962
TWO TICKETS TO FREEDOM: THE TRUE STORY OF ELLEN AND WILLIAM CRAFT, FUGITIVE SLAVES
Florence B. Freedman, Simon and Schuster, 1971
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