Recommended Age: 3+
Format: Hardcover
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner
This book tells a simple tale of a child's excitement over a new snowfall. Peter awakens to find that it has snowed overnight. He puts on his snowsuit and goes out into the snow. He walks different ways to leave different tracks. He finds a stick and hits a snow covered tree knocking the snow down on his head. He thinks about joining a snow ball fight but he is not old enough yet. So he builds a smiling snowman, and makes snow angels. He puts a snowball in his pocket for the next day and goes home. At home he tells his mother about his adventures as he bathes and while he sleeps that night he has a nightmare that the sun had come and melted all the snow. When he wakes up he realizes that the snow was still there, and they had actually gotten more. The story is simple and relatable by most young children who get excited when snow falls. The images look to be cut outs and Peter's red snowsuit on the white snow creates a nice differentiation so he does not get lost in the snow to the reader. Children will relate to Peter's excitement and to the fun he has in the snow. Historically, this is an important book because it was the first major publication that featured an African American as the main character and not as a caricature.
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