"Softly, gently in the secret night,
Down from the North came the quiet white."
"Drifting, sifting, silent flight,
Softly, gently, in the secret night."
These lines open the book and help create the magical mood of
new-fallen snow.
The postman says that it "looked like snow." He "put on rubbers"
to kee
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. But the
children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on
thier 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 window sill, the
snow man in the yard and the mystery and magic of a new white
world. Roger Duvoisin''s pictures in soft blue half-tones with
briliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the gaiety and humor
as well as the poetic quality of the text.
關於作者:
阿尔文·崔塞特(AlvinTresselt)1916年生于美国新泽西州的帕塞伊克,是一位先锋的儿童书作家和绘图设计师。他创作的绘本《白雪晶晶》荣获了凯迪克金奖,由他编绘的乌克兰民间故事集《连指手套》也非常受欢迎。
Alvin Tresselt is a published author of children''s books. Some
of the published credits of Alvin Tresselt include White Snow
Bright Snow, Rain Drop Splash, Hide and seek fog, and The mitten :
an old Ukrainian folktale.