![]() ![]() Juvenile Easy Paperback - Closed Stacks, Available, - E PB TRESSELT. Author: Alvin Tresselt Series: Holidays & Seasons, Winter Genres: Juvenile Fiction, Picture Books Tags: Ages 3-5, Ages 5-8 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 grownups do when a snowstorm comes. ![]() 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.įirst 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. White snow, bright snow / by Alvin Tresselt illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on their tongues.Īll 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. Later, he was executive editor at Parent’s Magazine Press, as well as chief editor of their book imprint. In 1952, he became editor of Humpty Dumpty magazine. 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. His book, White Snow Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1948. 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. ![]() * Caldecott Medal Winner * ALA Notable Book * ![]()
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