Alvin Tresselt (September 30, 1916, in Passaic, New Jersey – July 24, 2000)[1][2] was a graphic designer and American children's book author.
[3] One of his most popular books was his retelling of the Ukrainian folktale The Mitten, illustrated by Yaroslava Mills.
[5] The many collaborations between Tresselt and the illustrator Roger Duvoisin were given the genre title "mood books" when a retrospective of Duvoisin's original art for Tresselt's texts was held at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in 2020.
“Mood books were a new type of genre in children’s literature, unlike the typical fantasy and adventure tales,” said Nicole Simpson, the Zimmerli's assistant curator of Prints and Drawings, who organized the exhibition.
“These books did not focus on the actions or personalities of iconic characters, but marveled in the natural wonders of our everyday environments.