Tasha Tudor (1915–2008)
Author of 1 Is One
About the Author
Author and illustrator Tasha Tudor was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 28, 1915. Her first book, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938. Since then she has written or illustrated almost 100 books including her most recent title Corgiville Christmas, which was published in 2003. She won show more numerous awards throughout her lifetime including the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal, the Walter Cerf Award for Lifetime Achievements in the Arts from the Vermont Arts Council, and Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose in 1945 and 1 Is One in 1957. She also created Christmas cards for the Irene Dash Greeting Card Company. She died on June 18, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Richard Brown
Series
Works by Tasha Tudor
Inside the Secret Garden: A Treasury of Crafts, Recipes, and Activities (2001) — Illustrator — 72 copies, 1 review
Tasha Tudor's Seasons of Delight: A Year on an Old-Fashioned Farm- A Three-Dimensional Pop-Up Picture Book (1986) 60 copies
The White Goose 5 copies
Tasha Tudor Sketchbook 1 copy
Easter: Unit Bag 1 copy
Tasha's Kitchen 1 copy
Tasha's Delightful House 1 copy
Vuon tho cua một đua tre 1 copy
Associated Works
The Secret Garden (1911) — Illustrator, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 42,056 copies, 612 reviews
English Cottage Gardening: For American Gardeners, Revised Edition (1992) — Foreword — 111 copies, 1 review
My Brimful Book: Favorite Poems of Childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes, Animal Stories (1978) — Illustrator — 77 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1915-08-28
- Date of death
- 2008-06-18
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Boston Museum School
- Occupations
- illustrator
- Awards and honors
- Regina Medal (1971)
- Relationships
- Tudor, Bethany (daughter)
Holmes, Efner Tudor (daughter) - Short biography
- Tasha Tudor was one of America’s best-known and beloved illustrators. Her first little story, Pumpkin Moonshine, was published in 1938.
She illustrated nearly 100 books and received many awards and honors, including Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose and 1 is One. Many of her books were translated into foreign languages and distributed around the world. Tasha moved to Vermont in the 1970s and lived among period antiques, using them in her daily life. She was adept at crafts such as candle dipping, weaving, soap making, doll making and knitting. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Malboro, Vermont, USA
Connecticut, USA
New Hampshire, USA - Place of death
- Marlboro, Vermont, USA
- Burial location
- Malboro, Vermont, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Beautifully illustrated book that presents the story of Creation in the words of Scripture and follows it with verses picked from the rest of the Bible that try to sustain the inspiration of the first part. There is nothing vaguely disquieting among the selected verses-- lots of praising God in verses plucked out of various psalms, the Nativity is presented in a single verse without the poverty, the anxiety of homelessness, or the violence of Herod, and the teachings of Jesus are summarized show more by small extracts on "Love" from John's epistles, "He taught them many things", "Let the children come unto me", "I am with you always". No Passion, no Resurrection, and some verses are a bit modified for the purpose of simplicity and comfort. It's a feel-good presentation of the Bible, suitable for any denomination whether or not they believe in the divinity of Christ or any other generally held tenet of Christianity. show less
"You can never tell what might happen on Easter," the narrative of this delightfully old-fashioned holiday picture-book begins. Describing the coming of Easter, the narrator declares that if a child has been good, they will have lovely dreams, the night before the holiday. Becoming "light as thistledown" and riding on a fawn, seeing rabbits with sleek coats and mice with shining whiskers - there are many things one might dream of on the night before Easter, if one "can find the stardust on show more daffodils with your eyes tight shut..."
A charming little book, with Tasha Tudor's signature illustrations, so full of vintage charm and appeal, A Tale for Easter also boasts an enchantingly magical narrative, in which a dream sequence suggests all sorts of delightful things. I don't think I've ever encountered another Easter story in which the night before the holiday features so strongly - this is something I associate much more with celebrations like Christmas. However that may be, I enjoyed both the text and artwork here. Recommended to Tasha Tudor fans, and to anyone looking for somewhat old-fashioned (secular) Easter picture-books. show less
A charming little book, with Tasha Tudor's signature illustrations, so full of vintage charm and appeal, A Tale for Easter also boasts an enchantingly magical narrative, in which a dream sequence suggests all sorts of delightful things. I don't think I've ever encountered another Easter story in which the night before the holiday features so strongly - this is something I associate much more with celebrations like Christmas. However that may be, I enjoyed both the text and artwork here. Recommended to Tasha Tudor fans, and to anyone looking for somewhat old-fashioned (secular) Easter picture-books. show less
Two dolls - Sethany Ann and Nicey Melinda - enjoy the Christmas holidays with their two little girls, Laura and Efner, in this sweet holiday tale from 1950. Every year the dolls give a dinner party and marionette show for their friends, and this Christmas is no different. Everything must be prepared, from the dolls' marvelous home, Pumpkin House, which is decorated accordingly, to the dolls' themselves. Their little girls help with all of these matters, and host the other little girls', show more whose own dolls are Sethany Ann and Nicey Melinda's guests...
I had the distinct pleasure of reading a first edition of The Dolls' Christmas, and found it a visual treat. The artwork is lovely, and done in a nostalgic style that put me strongly in mind of one of my own favorite books from childhood, What Miranda Knew, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Tasha Tudor's illustrations here are simply beautiful, with soft, beautiful tones and a distinct old-fashioned charm that is very winsome. I was delighted by the fact that one of the little girls was named Efner, as that is Tasha Tudor's daughter's name, but otherwise I wasn't won over quite as much by the story here. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, and I would imagine that young doll lovers will find much in it to treasure, but somehow it didn't strike a chord with me. Recommended to Tasha Tudor fans, in whose number I count myself (I have strong memories of growing up with her edition of The Secret Garden), and to young doll lovers. show less
I had the distinct pleasure of reading a first edition of The Dolls' Christmas, and found it a visual treat. The artwork is lovely, and done in a nostalgic style that put me strongly in mind of one of my own favorite books from childhood, What Miranda Knew, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones. Tasha Tudor's illustrations here are simply beautiful, with soft, beautiful tones and a distinct old-fashioned charm that is very winsome. I was delighted by the fact that one of the little girls was named Efner, as that is Tasha Tudor's daughter's name, but otherwise I wasn't won over quite as much by the story here. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, and I would imagine that young doll lovers will find much in it to treasure, but somehow it didn't strike a chord with me. Recommended to Tasha Tudor fans, in whose number I count myself (I have strong memories of growing up with her edition of The Secret Garden), and to young doll lovers. show less
I somehow managed to miss exposure to Tasha Tudor's books in my childhood, but discovered them/her while browsing Amazon one day. While out shopping at a discount bookstore today, I happened to come across Corgiville Fair, and snapped it up right away. I can see why so many people of all ages LOVE this book! Who doesn't love a good county/town fair?! It reminded me of the events of my own county fair in the small Alabama town where I grew up, but better! It took me at least 20 minutes to show more make it through the book, because I had to soak in all the details in the beautiful illustrations. I loved the imaginative town of Corgiville, inhabited by anthropomorphic corgis, cats, bunnies, and "boggarts," which I discovered upon a little internet research are mythological ogre-like creatures from England, though the author put her own creative spin on their appearance and behavior in the book. Like any typical American, trained to always be on the lookout for subliminal messages/hidden political agendas (that is typical, right?), I kept trying to figure out the meaning in the ways the different creatures interacted with each other, and their places in the hierarchy of the town. There are probably an infinite number of ways one could interpret the societal positions of the characters, but I soon abandoned my various theories and decided to enjoy the book with childlike wonder. I love that Tudor created an entire town based around her real Corgi dogs- even the names of the shops in the illustrations include the names of some of her pets. I hope this book, and others like it, continue to be read to and by children in the coming generations. show less
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