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There are some children's book illustrators who have made magic. 

Tasha Tudor is one of them.

She illustrated nearly 100 books in her lifetime (1915-2008). Hunt her out if you haven't found her already.

My favourite (so far - I haven't happened across them all yet!) is her book 'A Time to Keep', a book of festivals and holidays, with the most delicious illustrations of family rituals and good times. I so want to own this book! I also want to track down the edition of 'The Night before Christmas' by Clement C Moore that she illustrated. I have seen some of the pages from it and it looks beautiful.









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  1. softearthartMay 3, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    I have just read her book, which has some cool pictures of her life on her small homestead, oh so cool, someone told me about it, so I got my library to reserve it for me. Funny enough I have never read her children's books. cheers Marie

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  2. AllanaAugust 9, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Thanks for the recommendation - this would be a lovely book to share the traditions of other people with my wee one. Thanks for sharing :)

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  3. AnonymousAugust 17, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    I agree - she's wonderful. I have several of her books, including Take Joy, a Christmas book she did. I can't find her stuff in the United States too well, sadly.

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