Collection: Alvin Tresselt

Alvin Tresselt (1916–2000) was a children’s book author whose books have sold more than a million copies. White Snow, Bright Snow, illustrated by Roger Duvoisin, won a Caldecott Medal in 1948. Tresselt was also the editor of Humpty Dumpty Magazine and the executive editor and vice president of Parents’ Magazine Press from 1967 to 1974.

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