The Big Snow
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The Big Snow is a book by Berta and Elmer Hader
. Released by Macmillan Publishers
, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
for illustration
in 1949.
Berta and Elmer Hader
Berta Hoerner and Elmer Stanley Hader were a husband-and-wife team that illustrated more than 70 children's books, about half of which they also wrote...
. Released by Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
, it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
in 1949.