Remember this book? Today I heard this piece about it on NPR. As a child, I’d never had any idea this book had been considered remarkable. But it was published in 1961, and it was one of the first times an African-American had been featured in a story not as any sort of caricature, but simply a person. It was important because his race was never mentioned. The main character is simply a child, having an adventure in this beautiful new snow world, and that’s what made this book revolutionary. Isn’t that incredible?

Remember this book?

Today I heard this piece about it on NPR. As a child, I’d never had any idea this book had been considered remarkable. But it was published in 1961, and it was one of the first times an African-American had been featured in a story not as any sort of caricature, but simply a person. It was important because his race was never mentioned. The main character is simply a child, having an adventure in this beautiful new snow world, and that’s what made this book revolutionary. Isn’t that incredible?

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