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    The Snowy Day
    The Snowy Day
    The Snowy Day
    Audiobook5 minutes

    The Snowy Day

    Written by Ezra Jack Keats

    Narrated by Jane Harvey

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    About this audiobook

    A small boys enchantment with a city's snowfall has him making snow angels and snowballs, sliding down snow mountains—and looking forward to going outside again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeston Woods
    Release dateJan 1, 1992
    ISBN9780545794091
    The Snowy Day

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    • 5/5
      Super cute bedtime story! The narrator had a super soothing and relaxing voice, perfect for the story!
    • 4/5
      Kids thought the music was scary and distracting and voice wasn't loud enough. Nice and simple. Totally fine from a parents perspective.
    • 2/5
      I didn’t like it bc all it talked about was snow.
    • 4/5
      This Caldecott Medal Book tells us about Peter playing in the snow. Abstract soothing illustrations accompany onomatopoeic language. At the end of the story Peter is relieved to see snow outside again the next day, unlike his snowball he saved inside his jacket pocket.
    • 4/5
      A charming snowy day story. It's really the perfect snow-themed picture book. The art is lovely.
    • 5/5
      I would give this six stars if I could. Best children's book ever.
    • 5/5
      This book is such a cute classic story about a child exploring, discovering, and finding joy in the little things. I would use this book as a fun intro into experiencing new things and how much fun we can have when we step out of our comfort zones and try new things.
    • 2/5
      5735. The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats (read 9 Feb 2021) When I heard this book was the most requested book at the New York Public Library, I requested it from the Sioux City Public Library, It is a book for kindergartners, or maybe pre-kindergartners. It took me a minute to read. It is fiction about a Black boy who goes out on a snowy day and plays in the snow and makes a snowball and puts it in his pocket and is surprised when it melts when he comes in the house. Over 10,000 on LibraryThing have the book!
    • 4/5
      I find it funny that I never liked snow as a kid (or as an adult if I am being honest) yet this book was one of my favorites as a child. I guess I just like the theory of snow. LOL
    • 3/5
      In my opinion, this is a pretty good book. One of the reasons I liked this book was because of the language. The language in this book creates a lot of imagery in the readers. For example, the narrator says, “punch, crunch, crunch, his feet sank into the snow”. This descriptive phrase and clever use of onomatopoeia causes the readers to hear the sounds in their heads, and imagine the main character, Peter, loudly stepping onto the snowy ground. By having language causing imagery in the readers, the author creates a feeling of the readers being a part of the story, engaging them more into the book. In addition to the language, I also liked the illustrations in the book. The illustrations were huge contributors of the tone that the story set. For example, in the part of the story where Peter, the main character, is sad that he could not find his snowball, the illustrations showed a closer drawing of Peter, further conveying his disappointment and setting the sad tone. Also, in the last illustration, the illustrator displayed a far-out drawing of Peter and his friends, setting the gleeful and full-picture tone of the story in the end. Overall, the main message of this book is that it is important to appreciate the seasons and spend quality time during them doing things you enjoy with the people you love.
    • 5/5
      The fabulous Caldecott Award-winning illustrations work just as well for today's readers as they did for the ones in my generation. Timeless, classic story!
    • 5/5
      A young boy in the city wakes to a world covered in snow. He grabs his snowsuit and heads outside, where he is continually delighted by what he sees and feels. Ezra Jack Keats noticed a lack of children’s books that depicted the kids of his Brooklyn neighborhood, and so began the “Peter” series, featuring this delightful little boy. When the book was first published in 1962, there weren’t many (or any?) children’s picture books depicting African American families. But this is a universal story. All children delight in that first snowfall, in making different tracks in the snow, poking at a tree with a stick, making a snowman, “saving” a snowball, making snow angels, etc. I was completely caught up in Peter’s adventures. How even a change in the way he walks to produce different footprint patterns intrigues him and captures his imagination. I get the sense of wonder and the desire to be “bigger” so he can get into a snowball fight like the older kids. I also love the tender scene with his mother when she helps him off with his wet clothes and gets him into a warm bath (complete with sailboat and rubber duckie). The illustrations earned Keats a Caldecott Medal. They are bright and cheerful, and Peter’s red snowsuit stands out in each frame.
    • 5/5
      This Caldecott medal winner perfectly captures a child's wonder as he sees the world anew under a blanket of snow. The simplicity of the illustrations and the accompanying text transport me back to my own childhood and the exhiliration of a solitary walk through unbroken snow. The timelessness of this story ensures its appeal to generation after generation of children.
    • 5/5
      SummaryLittle Peter wakes up and looks out his window to see that during the night new fallen snow was on the ground. He runs outside after eating breakfast to walk thru the snow. He feels his feet sink in the snow, walks with his feet pointing in and out. As the story continues, his adventure grows as he is discovering what snow can do. When he keeps a snowball to take home only to discover it was gone left him sad. His dreams told him the snow was gone but hen he woke up the next morning more new snow is falling outside. He is excited to outside and calls his friend to join him.Personal ReactionAs I was reading this book, I couldn't help but think I was walking in the snow with Peter. His adventures as he is walking thru the snow are marvelous. Growing up in Wisconsin, i can certainly relate to what Peter is feeling. I LOVE THE SNOW! Always an adventure. Classroom ideas1. Each child can create a snow scene with materials provided, cotton balls, glue, white glitter2. The children can cut out and create snowflakes by folding paper several times and cutting out notches at the folds and hang them in the room for a snowy scene.
    • 5/5
      A young boy wakes up to a snowy day and is eager to go out and explore. He is mesmerized by what snow can do and he learns about snow melting. I would use this book for children ages preK - 1st grade for the use of explaining the process of melting and because it is a simple book for kids to read if they are early learners.
    • 4/5
      I loved reading this as a kid.
    • 4/5
      I wish I remembered this better. I should re-read it. I do remember being very impressed that the child is a child first, and a black city child second & peripherally.
    • 5/5
      The Snowy Day is a interesting contemporary realistic fiction book because it uses descriptive words to describe a real story in New York city that the character is a little African American boy who was playing and had a lot of fun in the snowy day. He loves snow and want to bring a snow ball to home, but finally he found the snow ball was disappeared. He dreamed about snow for a whole night, and he is so excited that the second is still a snowy day. Media: The arts in this book are belong to Mixed media, which include chalk and pastel and wood cut painting.Usage: This book is adapt to kindergarten and primary school students, which can shows children what is a snowy day and tells them snow cannot stay in warm place because it will melt.
    • 5/5
      My favorite book from when my son was young.
    • 4/5
      This book was a cute read for early readers. The story is of a boy and his adventure in the snow.
    • 3/5
      The book, The Snowy Day was about a boy who woke up and was amazed by the snow day he had in his city. The book takes you through Peter's adventures dealing with the snow. This includes: building a snowman, making a snow angel and climbing mountains. The book was great in that many people can relate to the excitement that Peter experienced in this book. The book took you through Peter's entire day which was great. I really enjoyed the artwork throughout the entire book. An extension of this book could be seeing how Peter's day was the day after the snow day.
    • 3/5
      There is a boy name, Peter he woke up one morning and saw snow was falling since night, after taking his breakfast he ran outside, walked on the snow, and drew lines from his toe, He pretened to be a climber and climbed a mountain of snow, and then slid all the way down, after going back he told all his adventure to his mom.
    • 5/5
      This book is about a little boy who wake up one day to find that it was snowy outside. He wondered how it got there and was very curious as he adventured.
    • 3/5
      It is a snowy day and the kids do snowy day things. How excited you feel about that will presumably directly correlate with your level of childhood snowy day nostalgia. Also, I hate that I need to mention that the main kid is black like that's a big showy point in this book's favour, but it is because the kids' book world is whiter than a snowy day man.
    • 3/5
      A book about a child having fun in the sun while school is out.
    • 2/5
      About the Author: He was the first children's book author to use an urban setting. He developed the use of collage as a medium in illustration. Character: The main character is a little boyPlot/Summary: it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.Theme: adventures of a little boy in the city on a snowy daySetting: snowy cityTwo direct quotes: "Drop del the snow-Plop!" Pg.50"A stick that was just right for smacking a snow-covered tree." pg 10Recommendations: I did not really like this book I found it kind of strange.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed, "The Snowy Day", the central message of which was that a child's wonder of the world should be captured and kept forever. I liked the book for its believable main character, Peter, who expressed wonder and amazement toward the snowy day he experienced in the big city in which he lived. Peter's reaction to the snowy day he experienced is one to which we can all relate to feeling as young children. I also like the book for its organized plot, which told the story of the adventures in which Peter partook on a snowy day; they included building a snowman, making a snow angel, and pretending to be a mountain climber. The plot was well-organized in that the events took place in a sequential manner, and took the readers through Peter's snowy day from beginning to end. Finally, I liked the illustrations of this book, which I felt enhanced the story. The illustrations consisted of cut-outs, watercolors, and collages, and contributed to the soothing, relaxed nature of the story. Overall, I think this is a well-written book which tells a story to which anyone can relate.
    • 4/5
      In my opinion this is a simple book that tells the tale of a boy exploring the snow outside for the first time. The language is descriptive yet simple so the reader does not have a difficult time following along. The illustrations also go along with the story making it easy for the reader to know what is going on if they face some difficulty in reading the text. The main character was very believable which is helpful for children to relate to him if they too have not experienced snow for the first time. The big picture of this story is for children to explore the outside world around them in order to discover new things such as what happens when you put a snowball in your pocket and bring it inside. It pushes readers to explore and inquire more and in turn pushes them to learn about more things.
    • 5/5
      This story is about Peter, who is excited about the snow outside. After breakfast, he goes outside to enjoy all the snow. He goes home and tells his mother about the things he did then takes a bath. He remembers that he saved a snowball, but was disappointed that it had melted away.
    • 4/5
      Caldecott Medal Winner. Peter goes for a walk outside in the snow. He makes a snowman, snow angels, and goes sliding down a hill. He returns home & tells his mother about his adventures. While taking a bath, Peter, thinks about his adventures out in the snow & remembers he brought in a snowball. However, he was sad that it was gone (it melted in his pocket). Peter, was happy when he woke up the next day because it was snowing again:)