It’s fitting that a future weatherman would love The Snowy Day, but that’s not why Keats’s book had such an impact on young Al Roker. Ezra intended that all children should be able to see themselves in the pages of his books. And that’s a moment the co-host of NBC’s Today show recalls vividly.

 

I remember reading this book to my baby sister thinking, ‘Here’s a kid who looks like me.’ On so many levels, this is such a groundbreaking piece of literature and artwork.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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