Keats, E. J. (1968). A letter to Amy. New York: Puffin Books. This story by Ezra Jack Keats has the same protagonist as a Whistle for Willie, Peter and we also get a glimpse of his dog Willie again. Peter is preparing for his birthday party, and he decides he wants to invite his friend Amy. Instead of asking or telling her by mouth he decides to hand write her an invitation and send it to her in the mail. After writing the invitation Peter goes on adventure in the rain to put the invitation in the mail. While on his adventure he runs into Amy and he hurts her feelings. After sending the invite Peter is worried that Amy will not even show up to his party; and he is also worried about what all his other friends will think about a girl being invited if she does show up. This story is realistic fiction, because the story could actually happen in real life. Peter's personalty is shown through the dialogue with his mother and the other characters in the story. As the story opens Peter shows that he is a good friend from expressing he wanted to send Amy a written invitation, because it would be special. The colors of the illustrations sets the mood of the story. When Peter is walking in the rain the colors are dark blacks and greys, which gives the gloomy feeling that you get when it rains and storms. In some of the illustrations the artistic media of collages were used, because it looked like pieces of newspapers and other papers were used to create the illustration. I really enjoyed this story and the author's writing style was the same in the other story. I would use this book to introduce writing a friendly letter or an invitation. With the rise of technology letters and invitations in the mail are decreasing, however I think it is important that students know how to create them. I also think they would be excited to receive a letter in the mail.  This story could also be used to teach and talk about weather in Science, because the story had rain, thunder, and lightning in it.