First published 50 years ago, “The Snowy Day” is a gentle story that revels in the wonder of an urban snowfall. It also was quietly groundbreaking, both as what is widely considered the first ...

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

One of the best ways to enjoy a winter day is curled up with a good book. And for younger readers, it might be a quick fix for cabin fever. New picture books that bring winter fun inside: —"Snowb… ...

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 ...

In the first scene of “The Snowy Day,” a new opera based on the popular 1962 children’s book, a Black mother sings an aria as her young son, Peter, prepares to go outdoors alone to explore ...

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring “The Snowy Day,” one of the most beloved American children’s books of the 20th century, with a series of new postage stamps. Four new “forever” stamps ...

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.

When Ezra Jack Keats died in 1983 in the early morning hours, his best friend Martin Pope, who’d held his hand as he passed, gazed at the skies above New York Hospital. They glowed a vivid or… ...

The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) premiered its latest production, The Snowy Day, on Dec. 9.It was a watershed moment, as the opera is an adaptation of a popular children’s picture book of the same ...

On a snowy day tourists stop for photos at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China on February 8, 2014. (Nathan Quarles/Flickr)Want to see your images in our Photo of the Day posts? Use Flickr and tag ...

THE SNOWY DAY Opens in Kansas City for Live Streaming. By: Steve Wilson Dec. 08, ... Winning the Caldecott Medal in 1963 made THE SNOWY DAY the first picture book to feature an African-American ...