Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays by Tasha Tudor, Tasha Tudor (Illustrator)

Synopsis

There were homemade valentines and Easter eggs, Fourth of July picnics and family birthdays. Thanksgiving brought visits from relatives—so many, the children had to sleep in the barn! And finally there was Christmas, the best of all "times to keep," with handmade presents, an Advent calendar, and a "beautiful tree in a shine of candles."

Month by month, Tasha Tudor's delicate illustrations bring to life the holidays of an earlier time. A warm-hearted celebration of family and tradition, this treasury of "times to keep" will be cherished and enjoyed all year long.

Children's Literature

A little girl asks her Grandma what it was like when "Mummy was me?," and Grandma answers with this nostalgic picture book presenting seasonal activities and celebrations, arranged by month from January's New Year's doings to a Christmas Night celebration. Other festivities between these two include: making maple sugar in March, dancing around the maypole in May, and a Labor Day Doll's Fair in September. Each month is introduced by a brief, but appropriate quote from sources as varied as Shakespeare and Mother Goose and is made up of a few sentences, accompanying detailed, sentimental watercolors, framed by intricate borders of plants and animals of the author/illustrator's native New England. A note at the end of the book gives background information on Tudor and explains how she used traditions from her childhood and adult family life as the inspiration for the book. 1996 (orig.

Biography

Tasha Tudor is a Caldecott artist with more than ninety books to her credit. She is known across the world for her glowing watercolor decpictions of the American rural scene of a century ago and for her exquisite paintings of children, flowers, and animals. Tasha Tudor is also the illustrator of A Child's Garden of Verses, The Night Before Christmas, The Springs of Joy, A Time to Keep, The Dolls' Christmas, All for Love, Pumpkin Moonshine, A Tale for Easter, A is for Annabelle, and 1 is One, a Caldecott Honor Book. She lives in Vermont.

Tasha Tudor is a Caldecott artist with more than ninety books to her credit. She is known across the world for her glowing watercolor decpictions of the American rural scene of a century ago and for her exquisite paintings of children, flowers, and animals. Tasha Tudor is also the illustrator of A Child's Garden of Verses, The Night Before Christmas, The Springs of Joy, A Time to Keep, The Dolls' Christmas, All for Love, Pumpkin Moonshine, A Tale for Easter, A is for Annabelle, and 1 is One, a Caldecott Honor Book. She lives in Vermont.