The Snowy Day

Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0670013250
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. Young readers can enjoy this celebrated classic as a full-sized board book, perfect for read-alouds of all kinds and a great gift for the holiday season. In 1962, a little boy named Peter put on his snowsuit and stepped out of his house and into the hearts of millions of readers. Universal in its appeal, this story beautifully depicts a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. This big, sturdy edition will bring even more young readers to the story of Peter and his adventures in the snow. Ezra Jack Keats was also the creator of such classics as Goggles, A Letter to Amy, Pet Show!, Peter’s Chair, and A Whistle for Willie. (This book is also available in Spanish, as Un dia de nieve.) Praise for The Snowy Day: “Keats made Peter’s world so inviting that it beckons us. Perhaps the busyness of daily life in the 21st century makes us appreciate Peter even more—a kid who has the luxury of a whole day to just be outside, surrounded by snow that’s begging to be enjoyed.” —The Atlantic "Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow."—Publisher's Weekly

Chirri & Chirra, the Snowy Day

Author: Kaya Doi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592702039
Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Sheltering in a cavern, Chirri and Chirra enjoy sweet treats, a game of marbles, soaking in a hot spring, and a comfortable rest in an igloo that is just the right size.

The Snowy Nap

Author: Jan Brett
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399170731
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
In this instant winter classic, Jan Brett's Hedgie tries to stay awake so he doesn't miss out on all the snowy fun his friends are having. A chill is in the air, and as Hedgie trundles around the farm all his friends tell him of the winter-time fun he will miss as he hibernates: Icicles decorating the chicken coop! Lisa making snowmen! The pond turned to slippery ice! It sounds so amazing that Hedgie decides to stay awake instead of going to his burrow. But then, a snowstorm starts. Luckily, Lisa finds him and brings him to her home, so Hedgie gets to see the wonders of winter from inside the cozy house. From the creator of winter classics like The Mitten, The Animals' Santa, and The Three Snow Bears comes another seasonal adventure that is sure to warm the heart.

The Snowy Day

Author: Anna Milbourne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780746069783
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Several children enjoy playing in the snow.

Jimmy's Snowy Book

Author: Paul Dowling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780862644826
Category : Toy and movable books
Languages : en
Pages : 14

Book Description
Shows with the help of pulldown tabs how things look different when covered with snow. Suggested level: junior.

The Snowy Torrents

Author: Dale Gallagher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Avalanches
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Summaries of accidents with analysis of causes and rescue efforts.

Chirri & Chirra

Author: Kaya Doi
Publisher: Chirri & Chirra
ISBN: 9781592701995
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first in a wonderfully imaginative series about two girls that is marked by revealing and lyrical small details.

The Snowy

Author: Siobhan McHugh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780207188015
Category : Hydro-electric Power plants
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
The Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme still ranks as one of the world's great engineering feats. Two-thirds of the 100,000 workers were immigrants, newly arrived from over 40 countries in war-weary Europe. This is their story, and the story of a new, post-war, multi-cultural Australia.

The Snowy

Author: Siobhán McHugh
Publisher: NewSouth
ISBN: 1742244548
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444

Book Description
The Snowy: A History tells theextraordinary story of the mostly migrant workforce who built one of theworld's engineering marvels. The Snowy Scheme was an extraordinary engineering feat carried out over twenty-five years from 1949 to 1974 one that drove rivers through tunnels built through the Australian Alps, irrigated the dry inland and generated energy for the densely populated east coast. It was also a site of post-war social engineering that helped create a diverse multicultural nation. Siobhn McHugh'sThe Snowy reveals the human stories of migrant workers, high country locals, politicians and engineers. It also examines the difficult and dangerous aspects of such a major construction in which 121 men lost their lives. Rich and evocative, this prize-winning account of the remarkable Snowy Scheme is available again for the 70th anniversary of this epic nation-building project. 'This classicwork is the last word on the extraordinary human, industrial, ethnic and socialevent of the Snowy River Scheme. The tales of the men and women involved weremore diverse than for any other Australian phenomenon, and Siobhan McHughconveys the varied tales of humans spread by it all over the Snowy Mountainregion with a humane historian eye. If you want to have a passing knowledge ofthe making of modern Australia, you should read this tale of an era whenAustralia dared to have a vision.' - Thomas Keneally

A Poem for Peter

Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 042528770X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 29

Book Description
A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats’s obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra’s dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high school he was winning prizes and scholarships. Later, jobs followed with the WPA and Marvel comics. But it was many years before Keats’s greatest dream was realized and he had the opportunity to write and illustrate his own book. For more than two decades, Ezra had kept pinned to his wall a series of photographs of an adorable African American child. In Keats’s hands, the boy morphed into Peter, a boy in a red snowsuit, out enjoying the pristine snow; the book became The Snowy Day, winner of the Caldecott Medal, the first mainstream book to feature an African American child. It was also the first of many books featuring Peter and the children of his — and Keats’s — neighborhood. Andrea Davis Pinkney’s lyrical narrative tells the inspiring story of a boy who pursued a dream, and who, in turn, inspired generations of other dreamers.