#Snow Day!

[uwmspeccoll]

SNOW DAY!

Because of inclement winter weather, Special Collections, along with the rest of the university, will be closed today. Some of us will be working from home, while others might use this opportunity to take a snow day and enjoy the time off (although to be honest it looks pretty bleak out there right now). Nevertheless, with the expectation that it might turn into a full-on winter wonderland, we offer this children's book from our Historical Curriculum Collection: Josie and the Snow by American educator and children's author Helen E. Buckley (1918-2001), with Illustrations by American artist Evaline Ness (1911-1986), published in New York by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. in 1964.

Buckley's story is pleasantly simple: a family's day-long rollick in the snow. Ness matches this simplicity with illustrations informed by her career in commercial artwork. Helen Buckley began her career as an elementary school teacher, earned a doctorate in education from Columbia University, and was an English professor at the State University College of New York at Oswego when she wrote this book.

After a long career as a fashion illustrator and model, Evaline Ness began illustrating children's books in 1951. She was at the height of her children's illustration career when she illustrated Jose and the Snow, receiving Caldecott Honors in 1964, 1965, and 1966, and finally receiving the 1967 Caldecott Medal for her own book, Sam, Bangs & Moonshine. The name "Ness" might sound familiar, as she had a colorful, 5-year marriage to Eliot Ness of "The Untouchables" fame.

View a post from a previous Snow Day.

[ostdrossel]

We are finally getting some snow! 😍 So I’m taking a break from the feeder break today. Cams are out!

[rosalie-starfall]

Woohoo I've got a snow day!

[cameoutstruggling93]

I'm feeling myself today apparently lol

[fabledforestfox]

Snow by the sea |08.03.2023

[obsob]

i am a being capable of immeasurable love and whimsy

[gbhbl]

Game Review: South Park: Snow Day! (Xbox Series X)

Well, it had to happen, didn’t it? After several excellent South Park games, along comes one that can be simply called bad. Lacking good humour or a decent story, featuring uninspired and unenjoyable gameplay, and proving to be far short, even at its lower price. South Park: Snow Day! is a massive disappointment.

Well, it had to happen, didn’t it? After several excellent South Park games, along comes one that can be simply called bad. Lacking good humour or a decent story, featuring uninspired and unenjoyable gameplay, and proving to be far short, even at its lower price. South Park: Snow Day! is a massive disappointment. Where did it go wrong? Well, developer Question seems to think the system used by…

[throughthemeadowflowers]

[letskeepwalking]

First day back and my first class of the day was a rodeo and a half. (all the others were chill though)

But! There's high winds and heavy rains tomorrow morning! Every county surrounding us is delayed or closed! There is hope!

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[tallgh0st]

good morning ☀️

[hopelizabeth15]

the thing I really love about tbosas is that you go into the story thinking you know who’s the songbird and who’s the snake but “songbirds” and “snakes” are both plural because as individuals Lucy Grey and Coryo are both a songbird and a snake in their own right, in this essay I will

[cozy-vibess]

Winter is here🤍

[charmed-n-zesty]

Dawn of a new year, 2024.

[polararts]

He won an award. Good job you little snot. /affectionate

[christmasxmas]