The Snowy Day

This book won the Caldecott Medal and that is what first received my attention. I was happy to see an African American boy as the main character. I feel that it is important to have diversity among characters in illustrations, not just animals or people of white color. The illustrations are simple, but play a large role in the plot of the story because it is helpful for the beginning reader. I especially liked the page “crunch, crunch” because the sounds created imagery of the boy walking in the snow as the illustration included a picture of footprints in the snow. The child seemed lonely to me during the book because he was all alone. This was especially obvious when he could not participate in the snowball fight. I was happy to see in the end that he had a friend to play with. I liked how there was also a messaged tied into the story that snow melts. The boy had a snowball in his pocket and he later noticed that it disappeared. Teachable lessons seem to be a trend in books that win awards. I think that this book taught a lesson and reminded me on how excited children get when it snows.