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.

With the royalties from “Mother Goose,” Tudor purchased a rundown house from the 1790s in New Hampshire that had no electricity or running water. On 450 acres, she raised four children…

…”If I had married a man who could have supported me I would have ended up making paper dolls and gardening. But the wolf at the door is very good for people,” Tudor said in the Tribune.

Information from the LA Times

Read more about Tasha Tudor…
International Herald Tribune
Associated Press
Vermont Public Radio

Her other work:
A Little Princess
First Prayers
Pumpkin Moonshine

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Mother Goose Illustrator Dies at 92