Genre: Caldecott
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Awards: Caldecott Medal (1963)
The New York Public Library's Book of the Century (1996)
The Library of Congress's Books that Shaped America (2012)
Age Group: 5 to 7-year-olds
Teacher Evaluation: As a teacher, I would use this in a Kindergarten or First-Grade classroom for a read aloud. I think the illustrations in the book are amazing and the writing leaves time for questioning and probing students to think about the story. I also think that the book could be relatable to students near the age of the main character.
Summary: This short story is about a boy named Peter and his adventures on a snowy day. The book begins with Peter waking up and seeing all the snow that had fallen overnight through his window. After breakfast, Peter puts on his snow clothes and goes outside to play in the snow. As Peter walks through the snow he notices that the snow makes a crunching sound and he can leave footprints in the snow. Peter changes the way he walks to make different marks in the snow. Peter finds a stick and he uses the stick to make tracks in the snow and to hit snow off a tree which falls on top of his head. Since Peter is still very young he can't go play with the big boys in their snowball fight, instead, he makes a snowman and angels in the snow, he climbed a pile of snow and slid down, and he even packed a ball of snow to keep in his pocket for tomorrow. When Peter gets home he tells his mom all about his snow adventures. Before Peter went to bed he was surprised to see that his snowball wasn't in his pocket anymore and that night he dreamt that the Sun would melt all the snow. The next morning Peter's dream wasn't right because there was still snow outside and new snow falling. The story ends with Peter asking a friend to go play in the snow with him.
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