The Snowy Day Set (Book and Doll)

The Snowy Day, a 1963 Caldecott Medal winner, is the simple tale of a boy waking up to discover that snow has fallen during the night. Keats's illustrations, using cut-outs, watercolors, and collage, are strikingly beautiful in their understated color and composition. The little boy celebrates the snow-draped city with a day of humble adventures--experimenting with footprints, knocking snow from a tree, creating snow angels, and trying to save a snowball for the next day. According to Horn Book magazine, The Snowy Day was "the very first full-color picture book to feature a small Black hero."

Author and illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats. Ages: Birth - Preschool. Paperback. Publisher: Puffin, 1976. 40 pp. Doll by MerryMakers.