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Summary: A great book about a boy on a snowy day.
Review: This is a great book, with great illustrations. It is about a boy who wakes up on a snowy day and goes outside to play and has alot of fun. I still love to read it and I am eight years old.
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Summary: the snowy day
Review: This is a nice book for younger readers to enjoy. The size of the book seems very fitting for this kind of picture book and the age level that it is intended for. It's binding is of good quality along with the type of paper which is used for the book. The cover of the book will catch the eyes of the younger readers and encourage them to choose that particular story to look at.This story does include African Americans in the book, but race is never mentioned. This is appropriate because at this age level, children aren't quite ready to understand the concept of racial prejudices and differences in our world. The idea of presenting the characters in a different color from the visual "white" type of character seems to be suitable since children are aware at this stage that not all people are the same color. The author's choice of media, the use of collage, and the bright acryllic paints are a great addition to the book. They really help tell the story to the children. This utilization of color helps to extend the meaning of the story to its audience of children. There is an authenticity established by the illustrations, which are used, in the book. It makes the story stand alone from other picture books, which is no wonder that this book won a Caldecott Medal. After reading this story to your students, explain what the word collage means. Have various colors of construction paper torn ahead of time. Let the students make their own collage with the pieces of paper by gluing them onto a big sheet of poster board.
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Summary: The Snowy Day
Review: This is a story that my kid brother (who is now 25 years old) adored when he was around 6 years old. He still has his origional copy of the book at home and now he reads this classic tale to his 7 month old son. The story is simple yet delightful and the illustrations are supurb in this sweet tale of a boy as he wonders at the beauty Mother Nature can bring with a cool, white substance called snow.
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Summary: GREAT! AWESOME! MARVELOUS!
Review: This is a treasured book, a "heirloom" in our home! I bought it for my son when he was just shy of his 1st birthday. He just turned three and absolutely loves this winter book! The illustrations are simple, but beautiful and age-appropriate for preschoolers. The text is short enough for young children to stay interested. I can only recommend this book to anybody!
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Summary: A timeless favorite
Review: This was one of my favorite books as a kid. I would read it over and over. So glad I can read it now to my little girl.
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Summary: Soothing bedtime story, 3-6 yr olds
Review: We just had our first snowfall of the year, and so of course we HAD to pull out this book to read again. It got the kids (mine are 3 and 5) all excited to go play outside. Evocative and innovative artwork really captures the wonderful fun of children playing in snow. It is simple, which is great for young readers. The lilting verse makes for a very soothing story at bedtime. On a sidenote, I also like that the little boy in the story is black--that he just IS black, with no stereotypes present. It does not matter that he is black, as far as the story's meaning. I appreciate this subtle nudging toward accepting "differences" as being an everyday, unnoticable occurrence.
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Summary: Excellent story -- my 2 year old loves this one!
Review: We received this book as a hand-me-down. It is a delightful story with lots of opportunities for further discussion with your young child. My son loves it. I know it will give him all the more reason to be excited about our first snow this winter!
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Summary: it didnt win the caldecott award for nothing...
Review: what a gem! this is a slice of life book: the adventures a young boy has after a nice snow. the illustrations are wonderful and the text is simple, yet grand. there isnt a person i know who has had a baby i havent bought this for. its just wonderful. any child (under 9 or so) who finds himself "bored" by this book has simply watched too much tv and forgotten how to play with a stick, some snow and a lively imagination.
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Summary: it didnt win the caldecott award for nothing...
Review: what a gem! this is a slice of life book: the adventures a young boy has after a nice snow. the illustrations are wonderful and the text is simple, yet grand. there isnt a person i know who has had a baby i havent bought this for. its just wonderful. any child (under 9 or so) who finds himself "bored" by this book has simply watched too much tv and forgotten how to play with a stick, some snow and a lively imagination.
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Summary: Let it snow (y day)
Review: When "The Snowy Day" first came out, it was considered groundbreaking. Unprecedented. Here, at last, was a picture book in which the protagonist is black. It's not an overtly political book, mind you. Just a nice story about a kid in the city playing in the snow. Having heard about this story for a long time, I decided now was the moment to see how well this book has stood up over time. Ezra Jack Keats has long passed from idle picture book author to a somewhat god-like figure of the children's book world, so does this early work stand out even today? If it was introduced for the first time now, would it be considered as good as it is? Yes and no. The book is both a fabulous creation, and a very simple, very normal, tale that everyone on one level or another is familiar with. In this book, Peter wakes up to discover that snow has covered the city in the night. Delighted, he pulls on his bright red (and now world known) snowsuit and plunges into a day of exploring and playing. He makes fun tracks, and hits snow off the branches of trees. He constructs a smiling snowman and slides down steep mountains of snow. At the end of the day his mother gets him out of his wet clothes and gives him a nice hot bath. The next morning the snow is still there, and an ecstatic Peter calls up a friend to do the whole day over again. When I was a child I loved (and still do) stories that took place in the big cities. Keats never draws an inordinate amount of attention to Peter's surroundings. So while you won't see skyscrapers or taxi cabs, there's a distinctly urban feel to the lay of the land. The text is nice and easy for the youngsters to understand. As for the cut-outs, they're a delight to look at. Picture books featuring cut-outs may be remembered best as belonging to such artists as Eric Carle or Leo Lionni, but I consider Mr. Keats to be the granddaddy of the art form. Aside from the beauty of the landscaping in this pictures, I loved the papers used in the book. The section in which Peter sits on the snow, a snowball embedded on his chest, the black sky is a-swirl in greens, blues, and browns. When Peter slides down a snow covered embankment, the sky is then a delightful twisty series of white smoke-like curlicues. And Peter's home itself is eloquently rendered. From the wrought iron bed frame to the multicolored wallpaper and tiles that enhance the setting, the book is the best possible combination of elegance and realism. If it came out today, "Snowy Day" wouldn't garner an overly enthusiastic response from publishers and critics. Which isn't to say that it's unworthy of the praise already received. As I've tried to show, the book is a wonderful amalgamation of text, pattern, and emotion. One of the finest books written for children, and a great evocative story.
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