![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Annotation: Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. ![]()
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