Reading Day!!!!
And more to come ☃️❄️ in Colorado Springs
Reading Day!!!!
And more to come ☃️❄️ in Colorado Springs
Looks like a great day to snuggle under a blanket with a book. This is The Deep South™️, y'all, near Nashville. And it's going to snow all day. All of you affected by this storm, hope you're safe! Stay warm! ❄️
It‘s been a snowy day here in MA (we live about 10 miles outside of Cambridge). We‘ve had about 10-11 inches of snow. It‘s supposed to stop soon but it‘s still coming down & it‘s been really windy. My kids enjoyed it for about 30 minutes. Sadly I didn‘t get to sit & read but I‘ve been audio baking: oatmeal raisin cookies & listening to “You could make this place beautiful.”
I‘d never heard of this story until someone posted it as a “guess the book” game on instagram - and the illustrations looked amazing - so I checked to see if the library had it - and here we are! Incredible illustrations, simple but vivid text but my favourite bit was the author bio at the back! Can understand why it won the Caldecott Medal and why it was groundbreaking when it published in 1962.
This book could be fun if you live in an area where it rarely snows. This would especially be good if you have younger students.
This book captures a boys first snowfall. It has very neat illustrations and uses bright colors throughout the book. I think that the pictures look like paintings which makes this book look very special.
A snowy day is the perfect opportunity to brew homemade mulled wine with cinnamon, star anise, and cardomom and stay indoors with a good book.
This book is an excellent choice for teaching about seasons, exploration, and the beauty of the world outside, encouraging outdoor activities and discussions about nature
The Snowy Day follows the adventures of a young boy as he explores the magic of freshly fallen snow. The story captures the wonder of a winter's day, showing the joy of simple pleasures and discovery
This book is written in both English and Spanish which opens the student's eyes to the idea of embracing other languages and cultures. The illustrations also open the student's eyes to appreciate the power of color and the importance of hues in telling a story.
“The Snow Day“ by Ezra Jack Keats uses the element of color specifically cool and warm hues to explore what is happening in the story. The main character Peter is dressed in a red snowsuit and he explores what can be done in the cold winter snow which is often depicted with blues.
I enjoyed reading this book because I can relate to waking up and being excited for a snowy day, and I think lots of children feel those same emotions. It is important for children to see relatable stories, this will allow them to know characters in stories are just like them.
This book is a great example to show children the use of shape and space. The illustrations vary greatly from page to page, leaving the reader on the edge of their seat. The illustrator uses many styles of art to convey the story. The illustrator also uses color when putting the child in a red snowsuit to contrast with the snow covered ground.
This book is perfect for the day after a snow day. It would be good for morning meeting, prompting students to share what they did with their snow day. Or to get students excited about wintertime.
The illustrations rely heavily on their color to tell their story. As the book progresses and the snow keeps falling, more and more of the page begins to fill with snow. The pages are filled with the main characters fun in the snow, building excitement and presenting a grandness to his actions. When he goes back inside, the illustrations decrease in scale showing that his fun day has come to an end. The illustrations grow when the next day begins
I would use this book in my classroom to teach children about winter. This book shows a childs perspective on what winter entails. During winter, its cold and it snows. Due to this, we dress with hats and coats.
The use of space is conveyed in the book to show the readers how much snow there is. In each page on the story, most of the page is white to represent the snow. This is beneficial for readers who are learning about winter and snow because it explains it from a child's perspective.
“Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.“
I would use this book in my classroom to teach children about winter and what winter entails. The boy in the story describes his first experiences with snow and what his adventures entailed.
This is an award winning book about a little boy who experiences snow. He describes his first encounters with snow and his adventure. He experiments with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day.
This is a very easy read that tends to the imagination and curiosity of young children. This would be a great book to read to young children during the winter season, in order to capture the feelings of a child's first experiences playing in the snow.
Published in 1962, receiving the Caldecott award. This book told the adventures of a young boy on a snowy winter day. It talked about his efforts to keep snow for the next day in fear of all the snow melting away overnight while he slept. Despite the snow melting inside his warm house, to his pleasant surprise when he woke up the next morning there was even more snow for him and his friend to go and explore.
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❄️Snowy weather is so peaceful & tranquil. Best reading weather!
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“He packed it round and firm and put the snowball in his pocket for tomorrow”
Love this story and how it portrays the winter! This is a great book for a child who is experiencing snow for the first time
Caldecott Award Book
January 1st, 1996
The Snowy Day is a picture book that captures the experience of a little girl experiencing her first snowfall. This book has been shared through generations and is a story that children can relate to.
Describes the physical and emotional experiences of Peter and the season's first snowfall
Awards won: Caldecott Medal
Purpose of Award: Most distinguished American Picture Book for Children
Author/Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
Date of publication: 1962
Genre: Fiction
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The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is a fiction book published in 1962. It is the first children's picture book to have a black protagonist. The story is about a boy playing in the snow and exploring after the first snowfall of the season. This book won the 1963 Caldecott award for its illustrations.
Snowy Day is about a young African American boy, Peter, who ventures outside for the first snowfall of the season.
Snowy Day is a Caldecott Metal Award Winner and was one of the first children's picture books with a Black person as the protagonist.
The Snowy Day is about a boy named Peter who wakes up and sees that snow had fallen and covered the ground overnight. The story follows Peter and his adventures throughout the day as he plays in the snow. He goes inside to warm up and realizes the snowball he put in his pocket for the following day is gone. He is sad about this, but wakes up the next morning to more snow covering the ground. He realizes he gets to do it all over again.
This book was published in 1962 and is a Caldecott winner. This is a lighthearted book about a young boy who goes out and plays in the snow. This is one of the first books to use a black child of the protagonist. I will definitely use this in my classroom!
Written by Ezra Jack Keats, Snowy Day is one of the first children's book to have a black protagonist. This book was written in 1962, and is still a great read for the first snowfall of the year! It is a book that takes us through what children typically do on a snow day. This book has won a Caldecott award. Great read for children!
“But when he woke up his dream was gone. The snow was still everywhere. New snow was falling!“
I really liked this book! It was a super cute story that just makes your heart feel good. The illustrations are super cute and detailed as well. I would read this story to my students during the winter time!
Really looking forward to FaceTime story time with my 3 month old granddaughter today. They live in the Midwest and I am in Texas.
1. F@#$ no.
2. Sitting in my warm house, with a hot cup of coffee, reading a good book, occasionally looking out the window and being glad to not be out in the snow.
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