Everyone wins in this 1972 first edition of Pet Show! by Ezra Jack Keats.
Written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. 1972, Children's Choice Book Club Edition. Scholastic Book Services. The Macmillan Company, New York, New York.
"Everyone was talking about the pet show. The kids told each other about the pets they would bring.
Matt said he would bring ants!
"I'm gonna bring my mouse!" bragged Roberto.
"What are you gonna bring, Archie - the cat?"
"Uh-huh," said Archie."
The next day they all got ready for the pet show.
"Where's the cat?" Archie called.
Archie and Willie looked in the cat's favorite hangouts, while Peter and Susie searched up and down the street.
No cat."
Archie enters an empty jar with a germ he calls Al. His cat eventually arrives with an elderly woman who wins an award for Cat With the Longest Whiskers. When she offers Archie the ribbon, he kindly declines. Archie's germ wins for quietest pet. Everyone wins in Keats' story!
The book title on the original cover was drawn by kids who wrote to Ezra.
Ezra Jack Keats (1916 - 1983) wrote and illustrated more than 20 children's books, and illustrated 70 books by other authors. He's remembered for bringing children of color into the foreground of his stories rather than keeping them in the background. The Snowy Day, winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1963, is his most famous book.
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Condition*: Very Good. Missing dust jacket. Illustrated cover boards: Lower corners slightly bumped; head and tail of spine slightly bumped; small chip on lower edge. Back page has small closed tear. Folds in page 18.
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