The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) premiered its latest production, The Snowy Day, on Dec. 9.It was a watershed moment, as the opera is an adaptation of a popular children’s picture book of the same ...

First published 50 years ago, “The Snowy Day” is a gentle story that revels in the wonder of an urban snowfall. It also was quietly groundbreaking, both as what is widely considered the first ...

Ezra Jack Keats’ beloved 1962 book, “The Snowy Day,” is credited as the first mass-market children’s storybook to feature a black protagonist — a preschooler named Peter joyfully ...

When Ezra Jack Keats died in 1983 in the early morning hours, his best friend Martin Pope, who’d held his hand as he passed, gazed at the skies above New York Hospital. They glowed a vivid or… ...

The Classic Children’s Book ‘The Snowy Day’ Has Been Wondrously Transformed Into An Animated Special on Amazon By Jessica Jernigan Published Dec. 23, 2016, 1:00 p.m. ET ...

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats tops the list with 485,583 checkouts. The 1962 children's book is a Caldecott Medal winner and is one of the earliest examples of diversity in children's books.

Published 50 years ago, in 1962, "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats was the first full-color picture book to feature a black protagonist.

Ezra Jack Keats’ beloved 1962 book, “The Snowy Day,” is credited as the first mass-market children’s storybook to feature a black protagonist — a preschooler named Peter joyfully ...

The best way to enjoy “The Snowy Day and Other Stories” at Theatre of Youth is by first reading (or rereading or picking up for the 112th time) the delightful books by Ezra Jack Keats that ...