In Memory: Tasha Tudor

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.

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