White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt

White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt

* Caldecott
Medal Winner * ALA Notable Book *

The
classic Caldecott Medal-winning picture book about a neighborhood transformed by a
delightful snowfall, from the legendary picture book duo Alvin Tresselt and Roger
Duvoisin.

When the first
flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and
his wife scurried about doing all the practical things grown-ups do when a
snowstorm comes. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy
snowflakes on their tongues.

All the wonder
and delight a child feels in a snowfall is caught in the pages of this book--the
frost ferns on the windowsill, the snowman in the yard and the mystery and
magic of a new white world.

Roger Duvoisin's pictures in soft blue half-tones
with brilliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the happiness and humor as
well as the poetic quality of the text.

First published in 1947, this classic
picture book won the 1948 Caldecott Medal and was the first of eighteen picture
book collaborations by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin.

Alvin Tresselt (1916-2000) was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and spent most of his career in children's book publishing in New York City. He is the author of almost 50 picture books, including The Mitten, a reworking of the Ukrainian folk tale. White Snow, Brilliant Snow, his first of eighteen collaborations with Roger Duvoisin, won the Caldecott Medal in 1948.