Peter's Chair
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| Author | Ezra Jack Keats |
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| Illustrator | Ezra Jack Keats |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0-14-0564411 |
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Peter's Chair is a 1967 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats.
Peter's Chair is the third in a series of books by Keats, following the 1963 Caldecott Medal winner The Snowy Day (1962) and Whistle for Willie (1964), that follow an African American boy named Peter throughout his childhood. The book, edited by Ursula Nordstrom, is the first in the series to be published by Harper.[1] It was originally set to be titled The Blue Chair.[2]
The story of Peter's Chair addresses family conflicts such as sibling rivalry and running away from home, echoing events in Keats' own childhood.[3] Kirkus Reviews called the story "a soupcon of security for displaced preschoolers."[4]
