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All of Ezra Jack Keats books are very well illustrated and describe the books perfectly. I have always loved Keats books and this one makes me love them even more.

mdkladke | Nov 16, 2009 |

Peter and Archie found a pair of motorcycle goggles. Some bigger boys come up and tried to get the googles from the two boys. Peter and Archie run and hide in their hideout and their dog Willie follows. The big noys find the hideout and Peter and Archie run home. They escaped the big boys and got the goggles.

vabrazzolotto | Oct 25, 2009 |

This book is about two little boys who find a pair of goggles. When some bullies try to steal them, with the help of their dog, they trick the bullies and escape with their goggles.

Anna-KateSisson | Oct 22, 2009 |

Archie and Peter found some motorcycle glasses one day. They were trying them on when the big boys came up and stole the glasses from them. Archie and Peter ran from the big boys and their dog Willie got the glasses back and brought them back to Archie and Peter. At the end Archie, Peter, and Willie tricked the big boys and told them to run a different way then they really did. They ended up getting home safely... with the glasses.

jbbarclay | Oct 21, 2009 |

This is a book that should be read to little children because they can probably relate when their brothers and sisters bully them. It just goes to show that the innocent one always wins. The pictures are dark and gloomy when they are in the street but after the bullies leave the pictures get brighter. Ezra Jack Keats seems to do the same things with his writings and they all teach a lesson to children that being nice is the way to go. Always kill someone with kindness.

amcannova | Oct 20, 2009 |

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Keats's Neighborhood

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Caldecott Honor (1970)

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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 well-loved character, a familiar childhood situation, and an urban setting are the components of this winning picture book, one of Keats's best. -- Booklist Ezra Jack Keats (19161983) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eighty-five books for children.

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