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FWIW The Snowy Day at #1 is a kids’ book where the protagonist is a positively portrayed black child, which was quite unique and controversial when it was writt
by lacker 7y ago
FWIW The Snowy Day at #1 is a kids’ book where the protagonist is a positively portrayed black child, which was quite unique and controversial when it was written in 1962. If you grew up long after that era it makes more sense to never have heard of it.
- aaronharnly 7y agoIt became my 2-year-old’s favorite book for about a month — he asks to read it again and again and again... It definitely has something wonderful in its voice and pacing, the social history aside.
- lonelappde 7y agoHalf the controversy was white people who didn't like a book about a black child, and the other half was black people mad that a white person wrote a book about a black child.