![]() 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. ![]() 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. When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and his wife. Tresselt was also the editor of Humpty Dumpty Magazine and the executive editor and vice president of Parents’ Magazine Press from 1967 to 1974. White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, won a Caldecott Medal in 1948. 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. Alvin Tresselt (19162000) was a children’s book author whose books have sold more than a million copies. 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 * White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt: Children's Books Read Aloud on Once Upon A Story Once Upon A Story 10.8K subscribers Subscribe Share 25K views 5 years ago Today's children's book read. ![]()
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