My Dog Is Lost [SEP] illustrator
My Dog Is Lost
My Dog Is Lost is a 1960 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats. "My Dog is Lost" was Keats' first attempt at authoring a children's book. Keats has authored and/or illustrated more than 85 books for children.
Synopsis of story.
Juanito and his family have just moved from Puerto Rico to New York City and he is miserable because he only speaks Spanish. Juanito has no one to talk with, and his dog Pepito is missing.
, Keats was soon commissioned to illustrate children’s books.
Keats started solely as an illustrator for the work of other authors. But he soon observed that few children's books showcased an African-American or other minority child as the main character. Published in 1962, "The Snowy Day" was the second book Keats both authored and illustrated (the first was "My Dog Is Lost", in 1960, co-authored by Patt Cherr, which featured a recently arrived Puerto Rican boy, Juanity), and