The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day

Keats, E. (1962). The snowy day. New York: Viking Press. 

The book follows Peter and his adventures on a very snowy day. When Pater wakes up and looks outside to see a snow covered world he heads outside dressed in his red snow suit. He travels around making tracks in the snow. He tires to join a snowball fight, but is denied by the other boys because he is not old enough. So instead, Peter goes sledding. At the end of the day Peter brings in a snowball, which melts in his pocket. He dreams all night that when he awakes all of the snow will be gone. Fortunately, this is not the case and he gets to relive his day all over again.  

 

This book has the potential to be used in older or younger grades. It could be used for younger grades simply to coincide with a snowy day or talk about weather. It can be used in older grades to discuss race, in that the author is white, but his character is African American. Overall, this simply written book has great illustrations and embedded content that could be used for a variety of reasons. 

Here are some potential activities!