The Snowy Day: Peter Sliding Down a Hill

Description

The Snowy Day is a beloved children‘s book by Ezra Jack Keats that tells the story of a young boy named Peter and the joy he finds in the first snowfall of the season. In the book, Peter wakes up to find the world outside has been transformed by a blanket of white, and he can‘t help but explore it. One of the most iconic scenes in the book is Peter sliding down a hill of snow on a sled. This image is now forever immortalized in a stamp released by the United States Postal Service in 2017. The stamp features a full–color illustration of Peter on a sled, with his arms outstretched and a big smile on his face as he slides down the hill. The Snowy Day stamp serves as a reminder of the joy of childhood, and the beauty of winter in all its forms.