The Snowy Day
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| Author | Ezra Jack Keats |
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| Illustrator | Ezra Jack Keats |
| Country | United States |
| Genre(s) | Children's picture book |
| Publication date | 1962 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-14-050182-7 |
The Snowy Day is a popular children's book by award-winning children's author Ezra Jack Keats.
The book received the prestigious Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book for children in 1963.[1] It features a little African-American boy named Peter exploring his neighborhood after the first snowfall of the season.
The inspiration for Peter came from a Life magazine photo article from 1940, and Keats' desire to have minority children of New York as central characters in his stories. Peter appears in six more books growing from a small boy in The Snowy Day to pre-adolescence in Letter to Amy.
[edit] References
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 10 May 2007.
| Preceded by Once a Mouse |
Caldecott Medal recipient 1963 |
Succeeded by Where the Wild Things Are |
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