Monday, January 30, 2012

The Snowy Day

A favorite book in our house just turned 50:

One morning many years ago, a little boy in Brooklyn named Peter woke up to an amazing sight: fresh snow...Peter has a red snowsuit, a stick just right for knocking snow off of trees, and a snowball in his pocket. And, though this is never mentioned in the text, Peter is African-American.

You can read the rest of the article here.

2 comments:

Paula said...

Oh, I love that book. Sitting on Thomas' nightstand right now.

April said...

Thanks for posting- I can't believe I missed it. We love that book so much.
Zora's mom- April