White Snow, Bright Snow

Alvin Tresselt

ISBN 10: 0688411614 / ISBN 13: 9780688411619

Published by Harpercollins Apr 1947, 1947

Neuware -\* CaldecottMedal Winner \* ALA Notable Book \*Theclassic Caldecott Medal winning picture book about a neighborhood transformed by adelightful snowfall, from the legendary picture book duo Alvin Tresselt and RogerDuvoisin.When the firstflakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman andhis wife scurried about doing all the practical things grown-ups do when asnowstorm comes. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacysnowflakes on their tongues.All the wonderand delight a child feels in a snowfall is caught in the pages of this book thefrost ferns on the windowsill, the snowman in the yard and the mystery andmagic of a new white world.Roger Duvoisin's pictures in soft blue half-toneswith brilliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the happiness and humor aswell as the poetic quality of the text.First published in 1947, this classicpicture book won the 1948 Caldecott Medal and was the first of eighteen picturebook collaborations by Alvin Tresselt and Roger Duvoisin.Product Safety Manager, HarperCollins Publishers, 32 pp. Englisch. Seller Inventory # 9780688411619

Synopsis:

* 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.

About the Authors:

Alvin Tresselt (1916-2000) grew up in Passaic, New Jersey and worked in children's book publishing in New York City for many years. He is the author of more than 50 picture books, including the retelling of the Ukrainian folk tale The Mitten. His first of eighteen collaborations with Roger Duvoisin, White Snow, Bright Snow, earned the 1948 Caldecott Medal.

Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980) was born in Geneva, Switzerland and moved to the United States in 1930. He lived and worked in NYC until 1938, when he became an American citizen and moved to New Jersey. He was the illustrator of more than 140 picture books, 40 of which he wrote himself. He earned the Caldecott Medal in 1948 for White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt.

Bibliographic Details

Title: White Snow, Bright Snow
Publisher: Harpercollins Apr 1947
Publication Date: 1947
Binding: Buch
Illustrator: Duvoisin, Roger
Condition: Neu