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 — 66 copies, 1 review
Tasha Tudor's Seasons of Delight: A Year on an Old-Fashioned Farm- A Three-Dimensional Pop-Up Picture Book (1986) 52 copies
The White Goose 4 copies
Tasha's Kitchen 1 copy
And It Was So 1 copy
Lord is My Shepherd (The) 1 copy
Tasha Tudor Sketchbook 1 copy
Tasha's Delightful House 1 copy
Easter: Unit Bag 1 copy
Associated Works
The Secret Garden (1911) — Illustrator, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 37,296 copies, 572 reviews
Little Women / Little Women, Part Second {Good Wives} (1868) — Illustrator, some editions — 16,288 copies, 203 reviews
My Brimful Book: Favorite Poems of Childhood, Mother Goose Rhymes, Animal Stories (1978) — Illustrator — 75 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1915-08-28
- Date of death
- 2008-06-18
- Burial location
- Malboro, Vermont, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Place of death
- Marlboro, Vermont, USA
- Places of residence
- Malboro, Vermont, USA
Connecticut, USA
New Hampshire, USA - Education
- Boston Museum School
- Occupations
- illustrator
- Relationships
- Tudor, Bethany (daughter)
Holmes, Efner Tudor (daughter) - Awards and honors
- Regina Medal (1971)
- 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.
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Reviews
The Private World of Tasha Tudor by Tasha Tudor
Highly recommended to fans of the novel. Avl. on openlibrary.org.
A fairly quick read as it's so lucid and well-organized... no need to read every word of the instructions for things one won't make, but all fans of the book must, imo, at least look at every gorgeous page.
I like the ending text:
"The Secret Garden reminds us that whether we are rich or poor, privileged or neglected, nurture and careful cultivation will make the difference between a satisfying life and one that is stunted and forever struggling for air and light."
I also appreciate the extensive glossary, bibliography, and index.
I hope to make the second oat cakes, recipe on p. 72.… (more)
A fairly quick read as it's so lucid and well-organized... no need to read every word of the instructions for things one won't make, but all fans of the book must, imo, at least look at every gorgeous page.
I like the ending text:
"The Secret Garden reminds us that whether we are rich or poor, privileged or neglected, nurture and careful cultivation will make the difference between a satisfying life and one that is stunted and forever struggling for air and light."
I also appreciate the extensive glossary, bibliography, and index.
I hope to make the second oat cakes, recipe on p. 72.… (more)
"West of New Hampshire and east of Vermont is a village.... It is inhabited by corgis, cats, rabbits, and boggarts."
With that beginning and illustrations by Tasha Tudor, so appealing that I grabbed it off the library display. Unfortunately, I didn't much like the story. The illustrations have a lot to look at it's true. But all those pipes and cigars. And the idea of dogs & cats wearing clothes & domesticating goats is just weird. And feeding cigars (and worse!) to a goat is just abuse. This is not a book that I would like to share with children.
And what's the point of the boggarts? They look like wooden clown marionettes to me, and quite jolly.… (more)
With that beginning and illustrations by Tasha Tudor, so appealing that I grabbed it off the library display. Unfortunately, I didn't much like the story. The illustrations have a lot to look at it's true. But all those pipes and cigars. And the idea of dogs & cats wearing clothes & domesticating goats is just weird. And feeding cigars (and worse!) to a goat is just abuse. This is not a book that I would like to share with children.
And what's the point of the boggarts? They look like wooden clown marionettes to me, and quite jolly.… (more)
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1980s (1)
Christmas Books (2)
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Statistics
- Works
- 73
- Also by
- 15
- Members
- 7,960
- Popularity
- #3,048
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 75
- ISBNs
- 195
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 23