Peter, a Black boy, wakes up and he sees snow. He goes outside to play and takes a snow ball back home. The next morning the snow ball has melted but he goes back out to explore some more.
“The Snowy Day” is the first picture book with a Black main character to win a major ward, in 1963.
Text Copyright © Melinda Long
Illustrations Copyright © David Shannon
Used with permission of Author and Illustrator
