Forever Stamps Based On a Children’s Book

BROOKLYN – First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for The Snowy Day Forever Stamps that are based on a children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats.

The event, hosted by U.S. Postal Service Government Relations and Public Policy Acting Executive Director Roderick N. Sallay, Brooklyn Public Library President and CEO Linda E. Johnson, Award-winning children’s and young adult author Andrea Davis Pinkney, and Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Executive Director Deborah Pope will take place on Wednesday, October 4 at 10:30 a.m. at the Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza in Brookly, NY. The event is free and open to the public. Please share the news using the hashtag #SnowyDayStamps.

On the newest forever stamp, the U.S. Postal Service showcases Ezra Jack Keats’ most beloved story, The Snowy Day.

Written and illustrated by the celebrated children’s author, it was one of the first prominent 20th-century picture books centered on an African-American child. Each of the four new stamps in this 20-stamp booklet features a different illustration of main character Peter exploring and playing in his neighborhood while wearing his iconic red snowsuit.

The images include Peter forming a snowball; sliding down a mountain of snow; making a snow angel; and leaving footprints in the snow. Art director Antonio Alcalá of Alexandria, VA, designed the stamps.

The stamps may be pre-ordered in early September for delivery shortly after the Oct. 4 issuance at usps.com/shop.