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 ...

Keats’s mother, we read, did “the only thing she knew to do.” She made orange Jell-O for her son and served it with whipped cream. 13 Books We Read This Week ...

In 1962, the children’s book author and illustrator Ezra Jack Keats (1916-1983) published “The Snowy Day,” the tale of a boy named Peter. Skip to content. ADVERTISE. pick up locations.

For more on Keats' books and the winners of the EJK New Writer and New Illustrator Awards, visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org. In 1962 "The Snowy Day" broke the color barrier in mainstream children's ...

If, by any chance, you have never read the classic "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, do yourself, and any children you could share it with, a favor. Read it.

When “The Snowy Day” debuted, few children’s books characters looked like Peter, whom Keats painted as an African-American child. His skin color plays no role in the plot but was nonetheless ...

A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of the Snowy Day By Andrea Davis Pinkey Illustrated by Lou Fancher & Steve Johnson A Poem for Peter is such a beautiful book!

"The Snowy Day and the Art of Ezra Jack Keats," the first major U.S. exhibition about Keats, opened this fall at the Jewish Museum in New York and will travel to Massachusetts, California and Ohio ...

The best way to enjoy “The Snowy Day and Other Stories” at Theatre of Youth is by first reading (or rereading or picking up for the 112th time) the delightful books by Ezra Jack Keats that ...

Part of the Scholastic Video Collection, "The Snowy Day, and more Ezra Jack Keats stories" brings 7 classic tales, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, to life on the screen. Also included ...

A Poem for Peter is such a beautiful book! It is a tribute to Ezra Jack Keats and his children’s picture book, The Snowy Day, the 1963 Caldecott Medal winner for collage art.Written in free ...