Tasha Tudor
Personal Information
Description
Tasha Tudor was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts as Starling Burgess, the daughter of naval architect W. Starling Burgess, known as "the Skipper" and noted portrait painter Rosamund Tudor. At birth, she was named after her father, but he was an admirer of the War and Peace character Natasha, and his daughter was soon re-christened Natasha. The name was later shortened to Tasha. When socializing with her mother's friends, Tudor was usually introduced as "Rosamund Tudor's daughter, Tasha", leading others to believe that her last name was Tudor. Liking the sound of it, she adopted the name and eventually changed her surname legally following her second divorce. Her books feature simple and often rhyming text accompanied by detailed and realistic drawings with soft colors. Text and pictures are often bordered by intricate details such as flowers, birds or other charming objects and animals. The visual or textual content often refers to traditions, artifacts or memories of the 19th century. Her books are highly valued possessions of an appreciative audience. She also created thousands of original works of art which appear on Christmas cards, Advent calendars, Valentines, posters, and in other forms. The original art is found in museums, libraries and hundreds of private collections around the world. -- adapted from Wikipedia
Books
Inside the Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett's timeless story, has been cherished by generations of readers ever since it was first published in 1912. Now, in this beautifully illustrated volume, you can step into the world of The Secret Garden. Learn all about Burnett's life and the different events and places that inspired her to write her beloved story. Discover what an English manor house was like, from the decor to the gardens to the staff that kept it running smoothly. Make Mrs. Sowerby's Hot Oak-cakes, create moss-covered flower urns, and learn traditional English rope-skipping rhymes. You'll even find out how to plant your own secret garden! For everyone who loved Burnett's classic, Inside The Secret Garden brings this magical world vividly to life.
The great Corgiville kidnapping
His instincts and his training as a part-time private investigator make Caleb Corgi suspicious of a band of raccoons, especially when Corgiville's prize rooster disappears.
The Tasha Tudor cookbook
Tasha Tudor, beloved children's book author and illustrator, has at last written her long-awaited cookbook. In words and the enchanting watercolors for which she is renowned, she shares the recipes she has gathered over a lifetime - some that have been passed down for generations and some that she created specially for her children and grandchildren. These traditional recipes recall an old-fashioned New England lifestyle and summon up Tasha Tudor's own warm family memories, which she shares here with her readers. Tasha Tudor's recipe collection includes summery picnic salads, hearty winter soups, and breakfast treats like Great-Grandmother Tudor's Cornbread, Blueberry Coffee Cake, and Butterscotch Rolls. Her main dishes - Roast Chicken with tarragon and sage, vegetable-laden Beef Stew, and Salmon served with homegrown peas - are the prelude to her irresistibly rich desserts, including a luscious dark chocolate torte and English Toffee Bars. At Tasha Tudor's Corgi Cottage, Christmas celebrations are the high point of the year, filled with the kind of food and wholesome fun that harks back to an earlier time. Her recipes bring family and friends together to make her well-known gingerbread Christmas tree ornaments (which have been displayed on the White House tree), and such seasonal favorites as thumb cookies and pulled taffy for wrapping as gifts or for putting in paper cornucopias to hang on the tree. All of these authentic, tried-and-true recipes are presented for the first time with some fifty original watercolor and pen-and-ink drawings in this beguiling keepsake kitchen companion.
Around the Year
Brief rhymes and drawings of activities popular in the nineteenth century portray events that occur in each month of the year.
A book of Christmas
The Christmas story and holiday traditions are depicted in three-dimensional pictures.
Tasha Tudor's Old-fashioned gifts
Instructions for making a variety of gifts for different holidays throughout the year.
Corgiville Fair
Chronicles the events of the Corgiville Fair, especially the foul play by Edgar Tomcat in his attempt to win the goat race.
Take joy!
An inviting collection of Christmas thoughts, poems, stories, carols, lore, and legends, and things to do for a family Christmas. Generously illustrated with tenderness and reverence.
First delights
Little Sally enjoys her life on the farm with all her senses and in all seasons.
Wings from the wind
Sixty-one poems about thoughts, nature, or animals, selected from the works of Dickinson, Frost, Wordsworth, Millay, Field, Stevenson, and others.
Dorcas Porkus
A pet pig sits in a mud puddle, upsets his bath water, and interrupts a church quilting bee.
The Tasha Tudor book of fairy tales
An illustrated retelling of seven fairy tales including "Thumbelina," "Red Riding Hood," "Rumpelstilskin," "Sleeping Beauty," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "Cinderella," and "Puss in Boots."
First Graces
Twenty-one short graces include several for meals and ones for the New Year, Easter, springtime, school, the Fourth of July, United Nations Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
A is for Annabelle
Learn the alphabet from A to Z with the help of Annabelle the doll. Each gorgeously illustrated spread features one of her favorite things.
The Dolls' Christmas
Through the childhoods of grandmother, mother and daughter of a family, two dolls celebrate Christmas by giving a party for their friends. Color illustrations throughout.
A tale for Easter
While awaiting the arrival of Easter, a child dreams of rabbits with shining eyes, little lambs, Easter ducklings, and other wonderful surprises.
The county fair
A brother and sister enter a gander, a Jersey calf, and homemade strawberry jam in the county fair, and visit the fair themselves.