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Curious: In the book The Snowy Day, the main character Peter is a very curious young boy. He demonstrates curiosity through spends the day wandering around exploring the sounds, sights, and feeling of snow.
Optimistic: Peter is also a very optimistic character. I believe he is  because even though his snowball melted when he brought it inside, he was hopeful that the following day would bring more snow.
Innocent- Peter represents a little boy who lives to see the snow. He is amazed by the sight of snow and shows so much emotion. He finds happiness in simple activities and demonstrates pureness in his demeanor.

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Inspiring- Peter looks up to the big boys, they have snowball fights and play rough. The way he refers to them lets readers know that he looks up to them and considers himself, little. He plays with sticks and makes footprints but implies he can't wait to be apart of their games.
Vigorous- The big boys can be characterized as vigorous because they play rough. They are pictured throwing snowballs, big and fast. One even hits Peter, they do not stop and care enough to ask if he is ok. Their outfits are bold colors compared to Peter's plain red snowsuit. It shows their strength and confidence as "big boys."

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The New York Public Library named The Snowy Day as one of its Books of the Century.
In 2017, the United States Postal Service honored The Snowy Day and Keats with four illustrations of Peter playing in the snow on its Forever Stamp.
The Snowy Day was number one on the list of "Top Check Outs OF ALL TIME" by the New York Public Library

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The greatest message of this book includes the innocence and optimism in children. It is shown through the emotion of the main character and the many different ways he explores snow, a simple yet beautiful sight.
Teachers may guide students to visualize themselves in Peter's position. How would their face look when they saw snow out the window? What would they do in the snow to explore? What would they look like in this situation?

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Peter, a curious young boy woke up to the season's first snowfall. He wanted to go outside, explore the white blanket of snow and do all the fun things he had been dreaming about. But after a long day of playing and time to go inside, he made a snowball and put it in his pocket. So, he took his warm bath and went to check on it. Then, he realized it had melted in his jacket pocket. Finally, Peter realizes that even though it was gone, his innocence and curiosity led him to be adventurous and optimistic.

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Students can make text to self connections as a strategy to better understand this book. The author offers many opportunities in the text for students to connect.
Peter is a young innocent character who students may be able to connect too. He loves the sight of snow and finds all the joys it brings through playing outside.
They also might be able to connect to the setting since my students are from CT and are very familiar with snow.
There are also opportunities to connect to the emotions of the character as events change. Peter is surprised, happy, sad, disappointed, nervous, and optimistic at all different times!

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The Snowy Day Read-aloud, an animated story

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Keats received the 1963 Caldecott Medal for his collage artwork, it is colorful and unique. The Snowy Day was the first picture book with an African American main character to win a major children’s award like this.

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1963-1983