How The Snowy Day Changed Children’s Books

Borrowed by Brooklyn Public Library

Aug 19, 202528:22Arts

The Snowy Day wasn’t the first picture book to feature a Black child as its beloved protagonist, but it might be the most visible. When it came out in 1962, it challenged the publishing industry to champion books that de...

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