Peter, the little brown boy swathed in a bright-red snowsuit, was the kid I wanted to be. He was the star in Ezra Jack Keats’ classic children’s picture book, “The Snowy Day,” and his only ...

The U.S. Postal Service is honoring “The Snowy Day,” one of the most beloved American children’s books of the 20th century, with a series of new postage stamps.

But in 1962, Peter from “The Snowy Day” was something most children in the United States had never seen before: an African American character who was the hero of his own book.

The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a "forever" stamp collection featuring illustrations from the 1962 children's book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats would go on to win a Caldecott Medal. Now, Pinkney pays homage to Keats in a new book called A Poem for Peter, and there is an animated, Snowy Day special ...

A Poem for Peter is such a beautiful book! It is a tribute to Ezra Jack Keats and his children’s picture book, The Snowy Day, the 1963 Caldecott Medal winner for collage art.Written in free ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

McMillon debuted the role of Peter, the young protagonist of “The Snowy Day,” when it premiered at Houston Grand Opera in ...