Dear Friends, I hope the new year has begun on a happy note for all of you. As for us, we're happy to share some of the media coverage that The Snowy Day has been getting on its 50th anniversary. Read all about it, below.
Sincerely, Deborah Pope Executive Director, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
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 WNBC, "Weekend Today in New York/Positively Black" (1/7/12). Executive Director Deborah Pope discusses The Snowy Day on the Saturday edition of the Today show.
 The Wall Street Journal, "The Book that Broke the Color Line" (1/7/12). A salute to The Snowy Day in this book roundup.
  Washington Post, "'The Snowy Day,' first picture book with black child as hero, marks 50 years" (1/2/12). Noted author-illustrators Bryan Collier, Jerry Pinkney and others discuss what The Snowy Day has meant to them.
 USA Today, "4 kids classics observe 50th anniversaries" (12/14/11).
A roundup of children's books celebrating this major milestone.
 Associated Press, "Jewish NYC: History, heritage, Hanukkah-and food." A tour of New York's Jewish heritage, including the Keats show at the Jewish Museum, ran in such newspapers coast to coast throughout December.
 Philadelphia Daily News, " Ezra Keats praised for 'Snow Day'" (11/25/11). Deborah Pope talks about Keats and the cultural impact of The Snowy Day.
NY1, "Ezra Jack Keats Foundation celebrates 50th anniversary of 'The Snowy Day'" (11/24/11). This cable TV news station interviews Deborah Pope at the Jewish Museum on the significance of the Keats classic. 
 New York Daily News, "Ezra Jack Keats and 'The Snowy Day' are honored on book's 50th anniversary" (11/13/11). A Sunday feature story with Deborah Pope at the Keats show at the Jewish Museum.
 Houston Chronicle blog, "Children's classic, The Snowy Day, turning 50" (11/7/11). The "Bookish" blogger writes fondly about her childhood memories of The Snowy Day.
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The Snowy Day - the musical!
The Adventure Theatre, a long-running children's theatre in the
Washington, D.C. metro area, presents
a musical adaptation of the Keats classic,
January 20 - February 12, 2012. Order tickets online |
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