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Marc Koralnik |
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THE SMALLEST ELEPHANT IN THE WORLD
Mocked throughout the jungles of India, the smallest elephant in the world no bigger than a house cathas decided enough is enough. If he's no bigger than a house cat, then a house is where he belongs! After a long
journey, this smallest elephant in the world finds himself a home with a nice little boy inside. Unfortunately, the boy's mother doesn't believe elephants make suitable house pets. First published in 1959, The Smallest Elephant in the World, written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Milton Glaser, is a witty, sweet, and funny tale of friendship, unlikely disguise, and the search for home.
Alvin Tresselt was a pioneeing children's book author and graphic designer. He was an editor for Humpty Dumpty magazine and an executive editor for Parent's Magazine Press before becoming an instructor and the Dean of Faculty for the Institute of Children's Literature in Connecticut. He wrote over thirty children's books, selling over a million copies. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for White Snow, Bright Snow. His best-known book is a retelling of the Ukranian folk tale The Mitten. Tresselt was a pioneer in children's writing, well known for his poetic prose style. He created the mood picture book, in which the setting and description for a story was even more important than the characters and plot.
Blossom Budney Tresselt was a children's book author and teacher. She studied at the Frederick Mizen Academy of Art and the Art Institute before moving to New York in the mid-40s. There, she worked as an exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She married Alvin Tresselt in 1949 and moved to Connecticut in 1955. She published A Kiss is Round, her first children's book and collaboration with Graphic Designer Vladimir Bobri in 1954.
journey, this smallest elephant in the world finds himself a home with a nice little boy inside. Unfortunately, the boy's mother doesn't believe elephants make suitable house pets. First published in 1959, The Smallest Elephant in the World, written by Alvin Tresselt and illustrated by Milton Glaser, is a witty, sweet, and funny tale of friendship, unlikely disguise, and the search for home.
Alvin Tresselt was a pioneeing children's book author and graphic designer. He was an editor for Humpty Dumpty magazine and an executive editor for Parent's Magazine Press before becoming an instructor and the Dean of Faculty for the Institute of Children's Literature in Connecticut. He wrote over thirty children's books, selling over a million copies. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for White Snow, Bright Snow. His best-known book is a retelling of the Ukranian folk tale The Mitten. Tresselt was a pioneer in children's writing, well known for his poetic prose style. He created the mood picture book, in which the setting and description for a story was even more important than the characters and plot.
Blossom Budney Tresselt was a children's book author and teacher. She studied at the Frederick Mizen Academy of Art and the Art Institute before moving to New York in the mid-40s. There, she worked as an exhibition designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She married Alvin Tresselt in 1949 and moved to Connecticut in 1955. She published A Kiss is Round, her first children's book and collaboration with Graphic Designer Vladimir Bobri in 1954.
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