Real life

The Snowy Day

Author Ezra Jack Keats

  • Story

    Peter wakes one morning to find that it has snowed in the night. He quickly puts on his snowsuit and goes outside to play. He’s not old enough to join the big boys for a snowball fight, so he makes snow angels, builds a snowman, and makes tracks in the snow. Will the snow still be there in the morning?

  • Why we chose it

    A simply told story about the joy of snow, exploring it, playing in it and hoping that it won’t disappear over night.

  • First published

    1962, Viking Press