Evocative words and images — and a groundbreaking diversity in characters — were the stock in trade of the children’s author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983), and this free annual event, part of the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival, adds another element: music. The band will be the Grammy-winning Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, whose leader, Mr. Simien, has traveled the country with his program “Creole for Kidz & the History of Zydeco.” In addition to offering children an introduction to this Louisiana roots music, the event will feature Dan Zanes, another star of children’s entertainment, reading from Keats’s books.
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