Keats, E.J. (1962). The snowy day. New York , NY
-Caldecott Award Book
It has snowed, and Peter is ready to go play outside. He walked, built a snowman, made snow angels, and pretended to be a mountain climber. Before he goes back inside, Peter grabs as much snow as he can into a snowball. He then places it in his pocket to keep for the following day. Before going to bed, he decides to check on the snowball and realizes that it’s gone. He was disappointed and sad. It wasn’t until the morning that he discover that the snow outside is still there and new snow continues to fall.
The illustrations are simple, yet they have enough color to place focus on the main character, Peter. One thing that really caught my attention was that all other characters remained faceless. Peter is the only one that has a detailed face, once again placing focus on him.
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