内容简介
Wakinguptoaworldofsnowywhite-whatcouldbebetter?Youngpetercan'twaittojumpinhissnowsuitandrunouttoexplore.Therearesnowmentobuildsnowballstopack,mountainstoclimbandsnowbankstocollapsein-tocarveasnowangel!Andwhenthedayisdone,there'sadarknightofdreamsanddriftingsnow,andanewsnowydaytoawaketo.NobookhascapturedthemagicandsenseofpossibilityofthefirstsnowfallbetterthanTheSnowyDay,winneroftheCaldecottMedal.小男孩彼得，一早醒来发现昨夜下了雪，兴奋地跑到雪地里玩各种游戏，他堆了一个雪人和一个天使。回家前，还把在院子里捏的雪球放进口袋里，想留到明天再玩。回家后彼得泡在浴缸里，还忍不住一再回味，于是睡前去翻口袋，找寻带回来的雪，口袋却是空的，小雪球不见了，让他很失望。上床后又梦到太阳溶融了所有的雪。但他一觉醒来，窗外却正在下着雪……简单的故事却传神地展现出儿童的天真、好奇、幽默和创意。
作者简介
WhenEzraJackKeatsbegancreatingchildren'sbooksinthe1960s,henoticedsomethingmissingfromthegenreandchosetocorrectit.Keatshadalreadyillustratedseveralkids'booksandwasstartinghissecondwhenhemadeasimplebutimportantdecision:Themaincharacterwouldbeblack."NoneofthemanuscriptsI'dbeenillustratingfeaturedanyblackkids-exceptfortokenblacksinthebackground,"Keatslaterwrote."Mybookwouldhavehimtheresimplybecauseheshouldhavebeenthereallalong."Thecharacter,Peter,debutedinTheSnowyDay,whichwonaCaldecottMedal.PerhapsthestrongeststatementKeatsmadeaboutraceatthetimewasmakingethnicity(hisfirstbook'sprotagonistwasaPuertoRicanboy)completelyincidentaltothestory.Thebooksthemesareuniversal:InthecaseofSnowyDay,aboydiscoversthejoyofangel-making,sledding,andalltheotherthingskidsdoonafreewinterday.Thechildofimmigrants,KeatsgrewupinaJewishneighborhoodinBrooklyn,inrelativepoverty.Althoughhisgiftswithpencilandpaintwereobviousfromayoungage,hisfather,awaiter,discouragedhisartisticambitions,fearingitwouldbetoohardforhissontomakealiving.WhenhebroughthometubesofpaintforEzra,hewouldtelltheboythathard-upartistcustomershadswappedtheirpaintforsoup.Whenhisfatherdied,however,Keatsdiscoveredastashofnewspaperclippings:hisfatherhadcarefullysavedthenoticesofallofEzrasartisticprizesandachievements.Onceestablishedasacreatorofchildrensbooks,Keatsdevelopedastableofcharacters--includingtheadventurousPeter,ashyboynamedLouie,andasympatheticgirlnamedAmy--whooftenresurfacedovertheauthor'stwenty-oddyearsofstorymaking.OftentakingplaceinurbansettingsandillustratedinKeats'shallmarkgouacheandcollagestyle,thestorieschroniclethediscoveries,pleasures,andfearsofbeingakid:copingwithanewsibling,befriendingapreviouslyscaryblindneighbor,enteringapetshow,orfindingapairofgoggles.
