Mother Goose Illustrator Dies at 92

Tasha Tudor, a children’s book illustrator made famous for the 1944 edition of Mother Goose died last Wednesday at the age of 92.

Tudor was also the illustrator for the 1962 editions of The Secret Garden (HarperClassics) and The Night Before Christmas. She was the runner up for the Caldecott Medal two times; once in 1945 for “Mother Goose” and once in 1957 for 1 Is One, her book of poems. Read more