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.
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