The Snowy Day
By Ezra Jack Keats
(Viking Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780670654000, 32pp.)
Publication Date: November 5, 1962
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Prebound, Hardcover, Board Book, Board Book,
Categories: Imagination & Play, Classics
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No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The 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.
Buried under the drifts in Washington, D.C., we turn to artful descriptions of snow from some favorite writers — in the hands of a good storyteller, snow can be magical, or monstrous. We sample works from Ezra Jack Keats, Laura Ingalls Wilder and, of course, Robert Frost. More at NPR.org
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