Secure Your Copy A Letter To Amy Scripted By Ezra Jack Keats Compiled As Multimedia Book

didn't really enjoy this story, I felt like it had no story line and finished a bit abruptly, so much so, that I didn't even realise it had finished.


I think it should have a more clear story line other than he wants to invite a girl to his party and the other boys don't like girls.
Not my favorite of the Peter series, . . To own or borrow:
I would buy it when my kids are in older elementary and we have entered the world of crushes and coed hangouts, if the book wouldnt be deemed too childish at that point.


Opinion:
The artwork is beautiful, as expected by Keats, It's a cute story of a realistic interaction between a young boy, Peter, and his likely first crush, Amy, It would be a great book to introduce around the age when crushes are beggining and are deemed appropriate by the parents.
It's a sweet and innocent story and opens up the oportunity for a variety of conversation starters, I just wonder or hope if a picture book is a bit young for kids the age of crushes and such,

Summary:
He writes her a letter to invite her to his bday party, not knowing what his friends will think of a girl being invited.
As he goes to mail the letter he loses it in the beautiful storm and ends up crashing into Amy who is trying to help him save his letter.
In an attempt to keep the suprise Peter is more focused on retreving the letter than he is on the girl its for.
She runs off crying. It seems that tey don't speak until the party so he thinks she'll never show up, She doesn't, until right before the big moment of cake, candles and the birthday song, He blows out the candles and makes a secret wish, . . Keats's book is about a boy that invites a girl to his birthday party, On his way to mail his letter his accidentally bumps into her knocking her to the ground, Terrified that she would see the letter and spoil the surprise he quickly mails it, but before he knew she had ran off crying.
The party was a success however the girl had not come, Get the book to find out if she arrives, This book has excellently expressive illustrations, It can be used to help students practice their writings by interpreting the images and create their own stories, Keats is so wonderful. I enjoy each book every time I read it, Over and over. This book brings in the beauty of friendship and making choices, This book also opens up a wonderful way to expose children to connect reading to writing, Children can also get creative ideas on how to make their own invitation to their birthday or other special parties, When I've read the book in my classroom, that's exactly what we did, We wrote letters and then "sent" them to friends, Fourth in the popular 'Peter Series' by Ezra Jack Keats, Delight and fun. Peter was having a birthday party, He invited his friends, and especially wants Amy to come, To make it special he writes her a letter of invitation but when he goes outside to mail it the wind snatches it out of his hand.
He runs into Amy, literally, and she runs home crying, Now Peter waits to see if she will show up at his party,

Well, I liked Peter very much, and Amy, and the story though I wish there had been some sort of rebuttal response to the “A girl, ugh!” comment.
But my very favorite parts of this book are the wonderful collage illustrations and the character of Willie the dog, I love Willie the dog!!! The parrot is kind of cute too, and definitely pretty, This is a very sweet story, But its the pictures and Willie that have me really liking this book,½,if the ugh girl comment had been properly addressed or, better yet, left out entirely, Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party so he writes her a letter but a storm gets in the way.


Read for ourst grade Science unit on thunder and lightning, I would venture a guess that few adults can recall one of the first books they checked out from the library as a child.
I am probably a rare breed as I can recall the book quite easily, It was "A Letter to Amy" by Keats, As ayr old child discovering picture books in the earlys, I adored the artwork of Keats and loved to trace the watercolor images with my little fingers.
What made his book even more important to me was the fact that my own name was in the title! I notice that my students love this too.
This is one thing that hasn't change in the heart of a child over time, They still enjoy hearing their own name in books as well,

A Letter to Amy explores the emotions of a child from panic to peace as Peter takes a risk inviting a girl to his birthday party.
Willie the dog makes an appearance too, Looking forward to celebrating theth anniversary of The Snowy Day with my students coming in January as well, I like this book because the card a postcard, not like a game card blows away, and it doesn't have a stamp.
The mother gives instructions to the little boy named Peter the boy, who, you know, was out in the snow : Put the stamp on it, and your address and the place you live and your street and the zip code! That would be a good way to get it to Amy! And that's how it blew away: a strong gust of wind blew it out of hand.
I guess the storm thought that was a good way to get it to Amy, but she spoiler alert even came without him needing to send the card to her.
One of the things Im really coming to appreciate about Keats is that his stories are so low key and so tuned into kids daily lives.
A boy who invites a girl to his birthday party, even though his friends dont think its a cool idea, The social awkwardness of it all,

And the illustrations are so great,

A quick word on book clubs, I think they are a really great thing, A number of my kid's books are from the Children's Choice Book Club by Scholastic, Now this means that they have ugly, if durable binding, But it also means that I was exposed to a number of authors that I probably wouldn't have picked out on my own.
I had a bit of a penchant for really girly stuff like Angelina Ballerina, Anyway, I have always been a voracious reader and I think the fact that my parents signed me up for a book club was a huge factor.
Other factors included, frequent trips to the library and their willingness to read to me for hours, Seeing these books now actually makes me think about joining a book club as an adult because I suspect that it could have the same result.
But enough about that and more on A Letter to Amy, Beautiful art again, a much brighter and more sharply delineated than Pet Show, There is a wonderful picture of Peter with his dog and their reflections on the wet pavement, I really love this collage style for artwork, TextToSelf Connection
This story reminds me of the time I had a birthday party in therd grade and in school we had learned how to mail letters correctly.
I went to school with just about all of my friends but since I learned a new skill on how to mail letters I wanted to mail my invitations to my friends, who probably only lived aboutminutes from my house.
I begged my mom to allow me to write out my entire address as well as my friends' addresses in the front of the envelope to mail the invitations to my friends.
We walked to the post office to purchase stamps and drop the invitations in the mail, I was so excited that my mom allowed me to enjoy that experience growing up, This book can be useful for introducing the topic of parties, Children can write their own invitations to the classroom party and then deliver the letter to their parents, Pete is having a birthday party and writes a letter to invite a friend, This is a nice enough simple story but I couldn't understand why his mother gives him a stamp to put on it as he is taking it to his friends house.
He finds she's out and he is dissapointed he couldn't give her the invite,

Stamps are really expensive, why put one on if you were taking it to her house Then when he bumps into her he posts it, perhaps it meant he was too shy to give her the invite but then I didn't see why he went to her house first.
Without the confusing stamp storyline this would have been a three star,

Read on open libray A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats follows Peter about his reluctance to invite his friend Amy to his almost all boy birthday party.
To make matters worse, Peter bumps into

Amy at the mailbox,

Will she come to his party This is a delightful addition to the Peter collection,

Generations of children have read, reread, and loved Ezra Jack Keatss awardwinning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends.
Now, for the first time, Peters Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in paperback exclusively from Puffin.
A master of ingenious collages, AKeats has made brilliant variegated pictures The Horn BookEzra Jack Keatswas the beloved author and/or illustrator of over eightyfive books for children.
Ezra Jack Keats is one of my sevenyearold and my favorite authors, Simple things become more detailed and worrisome topics like inviting a girl to a party of boys become simple and nonthreatening,

The artwork is beautiful as always and adds emotion to the story beyond the words, A new favorite for encouraging my children to choose what is right and brings them happiness, no matter what worries over crowdthought may arise.
My friend introduced me to Ezra Jack Keats, a white guy who writes stories about african people in urban settings, and I thought, "I could really like his work.
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So I read the book she had on hand, "A Letter for Amy", I was intrigued with how the unique art style captured a cityscape setting, The story was engaging, told in an appropriate manner, yet alluding to older themes by illustrating the challenges children face in this case, how does a boy ask a pretty girl to his birthday party.


Not only is the urban setting and respectful treatment of a minority a refreshing addition to children's books, but thought the story was excellent.
Themes of loyalty, awkardness, compassion and desiring to do something nice for others were addressed,

I will look for more of his work in future library trips, Awards the book has received if any: none
Appropriate grade levels: Kindergarten second
Originalline summary: A boy named Peter is throwing a birthday and wants to invite one of his friends Amy.
However she needs a special invitation according to Peter so he goes through a thunderstorm to give her the invitation, While out he scares her away and Peter becomes sad that she won't come, In the end, she comes to the party,
Originalline review: I really like the author of this book and the illustrations because they are very consistent in each book written.
I think the plot of the story is a little weird to be honest because this young kid is going by himself in a thunderstorm.

possible inclass uses: Can be used to talk about the importance of friendships
Can be used to start a lesson on writing letters and then have children practice by sending letters to their friends What a cute little adventure Peter has, trying to get a message to Amy.
I think that a child would love this to be read aloud, .