Tasha Tudor

Tasha Tudor born as Starling Burgess (born August 28, 1915 in Boston , † June 18, 2008 in Marlboro ) was an American book illustrator and children's book author.

Life

Tasha Tudor was born in Boston on August 28, 1915. She was the daughter of Rosamund Tudor and the shipbuilder William Starling Burgess. Her maiden name was Starling Burgess , but she later took her mother's name. Her parents divorced in her childhood and she moved to Redding with her mother . There she got to know and love country life. As a teenager, she was impressed by Hugh Thompson's illustrations for The Vicar of Wakefield . She began by writing little stories for children that she could then illustrate.

In 1938 she married Thomas McCready. Both bought a farm in Webster, New Hampshire . The marriage had four children: Bethany, Seth, Thomas and Efner. In 1961, the couple divorced. Tasha Tudor was later married to Allan John Woods. This marriage was short-lived.

In 1938 her first book Pumpkin Moonshine was published. The book was originally intended as a gift to her husband's niece. Tasha Tudor illustrated nearly a hundred books during her lifetime, the last being Corgiville Christmas in 2003. She has received many honors and awards, including Caldecott Honor Awards for her books Mother Goose and 1 is One .

Works (selection)

Books written and illustrated by Tasha Tudor:

• Pumpkin Moonshine . Oxford University Press, New York, 1938.
• Alexander the Gander . Oxford University Press, New York, 1939.
• The County Fair . Oxford University Press, New York, 1940.
• Snow before Christmas . Oxford University Press, New York, 1941.
• A Tale for Easter . Oxford University Press, New York, 1941.
• Thistly B . Oxford University Press, New York, 1949.
• The Dolls' Christmas . Walck New York, 1950.
• Amanda and the Bear . Oxford University Press, New York, 1951.
• Edgar Allan Crow . Oxford University Press, New York, 1953.
• A is for Annabelle . Oxford University Press, New York, 1954.
• 1 is one . Oxford University Press, New York, 1956.
• A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays . Rand McNally, Chicago, 1977.
• A Book of Christmas . Collins (New York, NY), 1979. (German: When Christmas is . Carlsen 1980)
• Tasha Tudor's Seasons of Delight: A Year on an Old-Fashioned Farm . Philomel, New York, 1986.
• The Great Corgiville Kidnapping . Little, Brown, Boston, 1997.
• Corgiville Christmas . Front Street Books, Asheville, 2003.

Books illustrated by Tasha Tudor:

• Mother Goose : Seventy-seven Verses . Walck, New York, 1944.
• A Child's Garden of Verses . Oxford University Press, New York, 1947.
• The Secret Garden . Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1962.
• A little princess . Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1963.
• The Wind in the Willows . World Publishing 1966.
• A Basket of Herbs: A Book of American Sentiments . New England Unit, Inc., 1983.

Web links

• Literature by and about Tasha Tudor in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tasha Tudor Bibliography - English