The Snowy Day

New York: The Viking Press (1963), 1963. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 8vo. [5], 6-32 pp. Blue cloth with white lettering, white footprint decorations and a red decoration on the front board, red and white lettering on the spine. Beautifully illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With a Caldecott Medal sticker affixed to the front panel of the dust jacket (this book was the winner of the 1963 Caldecott Award). Illustrated with bright and colorful full-page decorations. Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, "Ezra's Bio". A second printing of one the most important children's publications of the twentieth century. Keats experienced a lifetime of antisemitism and discrimination, and this hardship motivated him to write and illustrate books with characters of color, and to produce books in multiple languages. His Snowy Day is a landmark publication. It features a little boy, Peter, experiencing the joys of his first snowfall. Keats used collage, spattering ink, and handmade stamps to create this title's iconic illustration style. It stands as a testament to the power of artistic expression, and speaks to the fair representation of children in literature and art. The boards with sunning to their edges and a touch of foxing; jacket with a few tiny chips and tears, two tape ghosts on both the front and rear panels.