It felt so real." Back in the 1940s, 22 years before “The Snowy Day” was published, Keats had cut out pictures from Life magazine of the young boy, who was being vaccinated, said Deborah Pope ...

The Snowy Day was her favorite book as a child; she says it brought her comfort to see her own life reflected on the page. "Up to that point, there were many picture books but they were in rural ...

“The Snowy Day” was the first-ever children’s book that featured a Black protagonist, and it won the Caldecott Medal, America’s highest honor for the most-distinguished picture-book for ...

He was the star in Ezra Jack Keats’ classic children’s picture book, “The Snowy Day,” and his only mission was to play in the snow in his Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood. “The Snowy Day ...

Minnesota Opera’s production of “The Snowy Day” takes its audience into the world of the 1963 Caldecott Medal-winning picture book by author and mixed media artist Ezra Jack Keats.

Picture books abound showing off the white stuff. Here’s eight to get you started or pass on to gifters: Ÿ “The Snowy Day,” written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, reprint edition from ...