# The Snowy Day

**Author:** Ezra Jack Keats
**Lexile:** 500L
**Grade range:** Grades K–2
**Age range:** 3–7
**First published:** 1962
**Page count:** 32
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9780670867332`
**ISBN-10:** `0670867330`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-snowy-day
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Peter wakes up to a snow-covered city and spends the day exploring. Keats's 1963 Caldecott Medal winner was the first major US picture book to feature a Black child as protagonist without making race the subject. The book is a fixture of K-1 winter units and a frequent reference in primary-grade ELA standards.

## Themes

- winter and seasons
- city childhood
- first-person exploration
- everyday wonder
- representation in picture books

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B K picture book exemplar (Caldecott Medal 1963)](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · New York — [source: NY Next Gen Standards K — NYC-set picture book](https://www.nysed.gov/)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B grade 1 picture book exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)

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