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In Memory: Tasha Tudor
June 20, 2008
Oh. This is very sad. What's more, it should be bigger news. Tasha Tudor died on Wednesday, June 18th. Her family has created a memorial website in her honor. I grew up reading A Time to Keep, a book that I remember as being my favorite picture book. I couldn't get over how delicious Tudor's food looked. All those cupcakes.... mmmm. Aside from that the title was just a lovely piece of work in and of itself. I've seen it reprinted several times over the years. Perhaps we may see a Tudor resurgance through the publishers' efforts, yes/no? Thank you Children's Bookshelf for the news. Here the obituary they ran yesterday:
Author and illustrator Tasha Tudor died at the age of 92 yesterday in her Marlboro, Vt. home. Her decades-long career in children's publishing began with Pumpkin Moonshine (1938), followed by nearly 100 books. Her most recent title was 2003's Corgiville Christmas (Front Street), part of a series of books featuring anthropomorphic corgis in a small village. Among other awards, Tudor received Caldecott Honors for Mother Goose in 1945 and 1 Is One in 1957.
Posted by Elizabeth Bird on June 20, 2008 | Comments (1)
