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In 1940, Life magazine published a short photo essay focused on a little boy in Liberty County, Ga., who was about to undergo a blood test. Keats was struck by the sweet images of the child, and cut the group of photographs out of the magazine. That little boy was the inspiration for Keats’ character Peter, the African-American protagonist of The Snowy Day and six books that followed. (via ‘The Snowy Day’: Breaking Color Barriers, Quietly : NPR)

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    My daughter loved that picture book so much. I like that there is a story behind it… Also: the little boy is adorbs.
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    this kid’s faces. omg. i don’t like kids, but i would probably just compulsively feed this kid cookies. ALL HIS FACES!!!
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    I read that book often as a kid. I never knew any of the background.
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