Whistle for Willie -- Ezra Jack Keats, Board Books Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction Publisher: Leigh Rivers

Publisher: Leigh Rivers

Author: Sarah Hwang

author of Inside of a Dog

but sometimes making (or creating) one is a lot easier than keeping one

and a flock of endearingly feisty town busybodies

Whistle for Willie -- Ezra Jack Keats, Board Books Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction Publisher: Leigh RiversWhen Whistle for Willie was first published in 1964, The New York Times wrote "Mr. Keats' illustrations boldly, colorfully capture the child, his city world. and the shimmering heat of a summer's day." Now the story of Peter, who longs to whistle for his dog, is accessible to even the youngest child in a durable board book edition, with reinforced pages, a handy trim size, and safe, rounded corners. Ezra Jack Keats, who died in 1983, was the award