The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) premiered its latest production, The Snowy Day, on Dec. 9.It was a watershed moment, as the opera is an adaptation of a popular children’s picture book of the same ...

First published in 1962, ‘The Snowy Day’ was among the first major children’s picture books to feature a Black protagonist The Houston Grand Opera (HGO) premiered its latest production, The ...

The Snowy Day is an adaptation of the award-winning 1962 children’s picture book of the same name, written and illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats. Odds are you’ve seen the book, or had it read to you.

Andrea Davis Pinkney and Joel Thompson during a 2019 workshop for The Snowy Day. Courtesy of Houston Grand Opera. Still, Pinkney and Thompson didn’t make this piece in a silo unplugged from the ...

On Sunday, Oliver Lapin Family Day hosts A Snowy Day event with music, snow and crafts for ages up to 10 at the Jewish Community Center’s Merfish Teen Center, 9000 S. Rice.

The Classic Children’s Book ‘The Snowy Day’ Has Been Wondrously Transformed Into An Animated Special on Amazon By Jessica Jernigan Published Dec. 23, 2016, 1:00 p.m. ET ...

First published 50 years ago, “The Snowy Day” is a gentle story that revels in the wonder of an urban snowfall. It also was quietly groundbreaking, both as what is widely considered the first ...

In 1962 "The Snowy Day" broke the color barrier in mainstream children's book publishing. In 1963 it won the Caldecott Medal , the highest honor a children's book could win at that time.