Long before multicultural characters and themes were popular, Ezra Jack Keats’s works crossed social boundaries and brought social issues to light in children’s literature. This complete collection details Keats’s artistic legacy chronologically, and illustrations and annotations together present a vivid depiction of the development of the acclaimed illustrator. Through these notes, one may learn how works were received, the significance of a particular work or group of works, as well as considerable information on children’s book publishing in the 1960s and 1970s.