Can I read Louie on EtoBox?

Louie by Ezra Jack Keats is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Louie about?

<p><P>Susie and Roberto are putting on a puppet show and all of their friends have come to see it, including shy Louie. As the show begins, Louie becomes fascinated by the smiling puppet Gussie and shouts &ldquo;Hello!&rdquo; in front of a silent audience. After the show, Louie goes home and dreams about Gussie. When he wakes up, he discovers that his friends have left a gift for him. This classic Ezra Jack Keats story of love and generosity is as meaningful today as when it was first published more than twenty years ago.</p><h3>Claudia Mills - Children's Literature</h3><p>This reissue of Keats's 1975 title shows why Keats remains the master of capturing the simplest emotions of childhood in a beautifully recreated inner-city setting. As Susie and Roberto put on a puppet show for the neighborhood kids, Louie, who never speaks, is so fascinated by one of the puppets, a green-faced, red-nosed, clown like puppet in baby clothes, with stubby arms held up to be held, that he disrupts the show by standing up and shouting out to Gussie, Hello! Hello! At the end of the show, Louie grabs Gussie for a hug and is persuaded only with difficulty to let go. Finally he heads home, through dark, g

Who reads Louie?

Author

Ezra Jack Keats

Publisher

Greenwillow Books

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780670036899

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile

Rating

3.88 / 5 (169 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14