The Snowy Door
We traded tweets with Keats fan @greenwood_reads. Offline, she’s Keynora Greenwood, a reading teacher at Swansfield Elementary, in Columbia, Maryland. Click through to see the dandy decoration on teacher Kristin Lichliter’s classroom door.
Looking good for Snowy Day Month! Thanks, @greenwood_reads. #SnowyDayMonth #EJKeats100 https://t.co/94kmngJX6Y— Ezra Jack Keats Fdtn (@EJKeats) January 14, 2016
First Love
Fadens Amisial, an eighth-grader at Sussex Academy of Arts and Sciences, in Georgetown, Delaware, wrote eloquently about the impact of Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day. From his letter: “When I was a little youngling, I remember reading The Snowy Day as if it was yesterday….My mom was the first person to read it to me when she took me to our local library…and after that I fell in love with Christmas, the book, and most importantly snow. I’ve read the book so many times….When my parents would read it to me they would use effects like jingle bells when the snow was falling…. This will forever be my favorite childhood book.”
A Legend in Legos
We were tickled to see this mural, commissioned (with permission from the EJK Foundation) for a new library/innovation center in New Castle County, Delaware. It’s a reproduction of the cover of The Snowy Day—in Legos! Click for a sneak peek of the mural.
Portrait of an Artist
This picture of Peter is the work of 5-year-old Victoria Hanson, who created it in a Mini-Grant program at the Newark (Delaware) Public Library.
An Early Start
Baby’s first snow day. Good job, Max! (Photo: Max’s grandmother Michele Malone, in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania)
What a Birthday!
Rebecca Troyer, a librarian in Ohio, went all out for her daughter’s first birthday party. With permission from the EJK Foundation, she had a local bakery create a Keats-themed cake. Shredded-paper “snow,” a camera-ready cutout of Peter and adorable guests helped make it a snowy day to remember. As she recalls, “The Snowy Day was my absolute favorite book as a little girl living in New Mexico. My mother isn’t sure how we first came across the book, but…it is something we treasure…I enjoy sharing this lovely story with my own daughter (who was actually born on a snowy day, and not in the desert).”