How long does it take to read The Snowy Day?
Ezra Jack Keats, Marilyn Sanabria, Shang yi bian ji bu
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats, Marilyn Sanabria, Shang yi bian ji bu takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Peter
Next: Whistle for Willie
About 35 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1962. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.
2 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 66 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, Keats' story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall has delighted millions of readers. Peter, The Snowy Day's protagonist, wakes up to the season’s first snowfall. In his bright red snowsuit, he goes outside and makes footprints and trails through the snow. Peter is too young to join a snowball fight with older kids, so he makes a snowman and snow angels and slides down a hill. He returns home with a snowball stashed in his pocket. Before he goes to bed, Peter is sad to discover the snowball has melted. The next day, he wakes up to tons more falling snow. With a friend, he ventures outside again.
Subjects: Fiction, Snow, Juvenile fiction, African Americans, Children's stories, Caldecott Medal
