Ezekiel, her best-known children's book, won a prize from the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation, was published by Henry Holt in 1937, and detailed the story of a black boy who lived in Sanford, Florida with his Mammy, Pappy and sister Emancipation. As noted in a positive review in The New York Times, the book had an unusual format for the time, with "droll little sketches in color scattered lavishly through the printed pages as an integral part of the text" often forming the words of the story, itself.
Ezekiel, her most famous children's book, won a prize from the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation, was published by Henry Holt in 1937, and depicted the story of a black boy who lived in Sanford, Florida with his Mammy, Pappy and sister Emancipation. As noted in a positive review in The New York Times, the book had an unusual format for its time, with "droll little sketches in color scattered lavishly through the printed pages as an integral part of the text" often forming the words of the story itself.