• Age: 3 to 7
• Grade: p to 2

A joyful, rhyming story in the vein of Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day, this debut children's picture book follows an Indigenous family as they enjoy the magic of a winter storm.

All is quiet on the snow-laden street.
Not a single soul makes a teeny-tiny peep.
Then,
With a bound and a bang and a funny kind of twirl
Out comes a bundled-up joyful little girl.

Capturing the magic of a snowfall, Snow Day follows an Indigenous family as they experience all of the delights of a winter's day. While Mom shovels the driveway and Dad cares for her brother by the fire, a young girl and her dog make snowflake tea, build a snow caterpillar, catch snowflakes on their tongues, and make snow angels. All while the snow continues to fall. At the end of the day, the girl is beckoned inside by the promise of hot chocolate, and regails her family with her adventures' and dreams of doing it all again tomorrow.

Atmospheric, nostalgic, and full of winter fun, the debut picture book by mixed-Cree journalist, book reviewer, and podcast host Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird is a celebration of Indigenous joy and childhood wonder. Features warm, colourful artwork rendered in traditional gouache and coloured pencil from debut illustrator Ashley Thimot.

Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird is a mixed-Cree writer, poet, and mother of two who comes from a long line of bookworms. She truly believes the best, most powerful magic exists between the pages of a good story. She lives in Truro, Nova Scotia, and this is her first book.

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Ashley Thimot is an artist living in Edmonton, Alberta. She attended NSCAD University and received her Bachelor of Design in 2007. Ashley worked as a graphic designer for over a decade before pursuing her dream of being an artist. Now she spends her time painting in the company of her husband, Rob, two daughters, Rose and Daphne, and three adorable fur babies.

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