A Tale for Easter

by Tasha Tudor, Tasha Tudor (Illustrator)

Overview

First published in 1941, Tudor's delicate Easter story has been enjoyed by both children and adults for more than 60 years. This cherished classic of hope and promise is now available to a new generation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442488571
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	01/21/2014
Series:	Classic Board Books
Pages:	34
Sales rank:	1,070,007
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	1 - 4 Years

About the Author

Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) was a Caldecott artist with more than ninety books to her credit. She was known across the world for her glowing watercolor depictions of the American rural scene of a century ago and for her exquisite paintings of children, flowers, and animals. Tasha Tudor was also the illustrator of A Child’s Garden of Verses, The Night Before Christmas, The Springs of Joy, A Tale for Easter, A Time to Keep, The Dolls’ Christmas, All for Love, Pumpkin Moonshine, A is for Annabelle, and 1 is One, a Caldecott Honor Book.

Tasha Tudor (1915–2008) was a Caldecott artist with more than ninety books to her credit. She was known across the world for her glowing watercolor depictions of the American rural scene of a century ago and for her exquisite paintings of children, flowers, and animals. Tasha Tudor was also the illustrator of A Child’s Garden of Verses, The Night Before Christmas, The Springs of Joy, A Tale for Easter, A Time to Keep, The Dolls’ Christmas, All for Love, Pumpkin Moonshine, A is for Annabelle, and 1 is One, a Caldecott Honor Book.

Editorial Reviews

"Sentimental yet child-friendly, this book uses a second-person narration to evoke the pleasures of Easter as experienced in a long-ago rural idyll," wrote PW; this title was first published in 1941 and reissued in 2001. All ages. (Feb.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Tasha Tudor's 1941 A Tale for Easter is handsomely reissued in a seven-inch-square format. Sentimental yet child-friendly, the book uses a second-person narration to evoke the pleasures of Easter as experienced in a long-ago rural idyll. "On Saturday you go and ask the chickens to lay you plenty of Easter eggs," writes Tudor; a watercolor decoration of a plump hen on its nest faces a page showing an angelic girl in bonnet, frock, apron and pantaloons slightly bent over in conversation with three chickens. The girl dreams of a "wee fawn," "rabbits smoothing their sleek coats" and lambs cavorting among buttercups. ( Feb.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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