Goggles!

Not to be confused with Goggles or Google.
Goggles!
Author Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrator Ezra Jack Keats
Cover artist Ezra Jack Keats
Country United States
Genre Children's picture book
Publisher Macmillan (New York)
Publication date
1969
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 36
ISBN 978-0-670-88062-1

Goggles! is a 1969 children's picture book by American author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats published by the Penguin Group in 1998. The books is about two boys finding motorcycle goggles. Goggles won a Caldecott Medal in 1970. the illustration consist of mellow colors. "Keats drew on his own experiences growing up, often offering positive outcomes as an antidote to his unhappy childhood. Yet the particular events and environments in Keats' stories have an emotional resonance that children around the world have responded to."[2]

Plot

Peter, the main character, and his friend Archie find motorcycle goggles near their hideout. they encounter some "big boys" that want to take the goggles. They get a surprise from Peters dog and end the day safe with the goggles.

Characters

Peter: A young boy who found goggles.
Archie: A young friend of Peter who goes through the journey of getting the goggles back.
Willie: Peter's dog who helps the two friends out.

References

    Caldecott Medal

    Notes

    [1] Keats, Ezra Jack. Goggles. Penguin Group, 1998. Print. [2] Ezra Jack Keats


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