Graffiti's pictured as stenciled stars, arrows, numbers, and letters spelling out the simple words "cat" and "me." If play's the work of the child, Peter's an expert, spinning till he's dizzy, hiding in boxes from his dog, and drawing a chalk line everywhere he walks. Two girls - one black, one white - share a jump rope.
A curious cat peers out a barbershop window. Keats himself was born to struggling immigrant white Jewish parents, grew up poor in tenement Brooklyn, and is able to peer through Peter's eyes to show us an urban neighborhood full of found wonder.
When Whistle for Willie was first published in 1964, few books featured African-American characters. They don't make kids' books any better than this Ezra Jack Keats' classic that celebrates childhood and play, and continues to charm new generations of readers.
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