This story beautifully depicts a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. That's why he made a smiling snowman first.
He first thought of going to the older kids to play with the snowball. He happily goes out to play in the snow and have fun. Peter wakes up one day and finds the whole city covered in snow. The adventures of Peter a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. The Snowy Day (Peter, #1), Ezra Jack Keats It's as unique and special as a snowflake.". According to Horn Book magazine, The Snowy Day was "the very first full-color picture book to feature a small black hero"-yet another reason to add this classic to your shelves.
"The book is notable not only for its lovely artwork and tone, but also for its importance as a trailblazer. "Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow."- Publisher's Weekly "Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the wonder and beauty a snowy day can bring to a small child."- Barnes & Noble The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.
It’s not that a literature for children of color doesn’t exist it’s that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Well-meaning acquaintances regularly forward me lists of great children’s books with black children in them close friends regularly buy me such books, when they come across them. But when I look at the library we’ve built for our kids, I do wish for more books for children that followed Keats’ lead, books that use children who look like mine to capture the magic in the mundane, as the best books for children do. Because what I’ve learned-and what I hear often from other parents of children of color-is that all too often the books that do contain kids who look like mine are, alas, not that fun to read.
There are only so many masterpieces out there. Wishing there were more children’s books like The Snowy Day is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like Anna Karenina.
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