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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.
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Granny, what was it like when Mummy was me? Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book!,
By CW (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays (Hardcover)
Beautiful and idyllic telling of seasonal celebrations and traditions with gorgeous illustrations. I've read it over and over to my eldest daughter and have now ordered a second copy so that I have one to give to each of my daughters when they become mothers one day. We especially like the birthday cake floating down the river...! It's my favourite book!
5.0 out of 5 stars
A time you may embrace,
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This review is from: A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays (Hardcover)
My favorite book as a child. Bar none. It's difficult for me to look at this book today and not be swept over completely by nostalgia and longing. I especially remember the yearning I would feel after reading this book, when little. In this simple story, a little girl asks her grandma what life was like when her mother was a little girl. The grandmother relates the special activities that would occur seasonally, illustrating the children's life during that time. Each month is accompanied by an appropriate quote that sums up the feelings of that time. One month might have a quote from Mother Goose. Another from Geoffrey Chaucer. Children reading this quotes won't know who they are, but they'll enjoy reading such phrases as, "When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock" (James Whitcomb Riley), feeling the emotion behind each quotation.But it's the storyline that gripped me so tightly as a kid. I wanted to belong to the world Tudor conjured up. An odd period of history that's not quite the pioneer days, but definitely not modern day. Here, people have beetle races and make their own cider. They have sugarhouses and eat maple syrup on the snow (something I always wanted to do). Birthdays are celebrated in mysterious woodland grottos and birthday cakes are sent floating down rivers at night, lit for everyone to see. And of course there are corgis and cats everywhere. Tudor's illustrations go beyond her scenes. Each picture is contained within beautifully embellished vines that mimic the time of year. Sometimes you'll see red tipped blackbirds flying in the gutters between the pages. Or pussywillows winding about the corners. Then too, the people in these pictures are always having fun. The kids perform their own Midsummer's Eve plays or have exciting Halloween parties. Even those moments when someone is being scared at Halloween, you can usually see some child somewhere acting brave or fully enjoying his moment of surprise. The only slightly objectionable moment in the book in this book may be a moment of charades in which two boys are dressed like "Indians" preparing to scalp their sister. It's fairly tame when you look at it, and I've seen far more offensive stuff presented in older kids books since then. Beyond that, there is not a single moment of discomfort to be felt. This is a beautiful book that has retained its loveliness as the years go by. Such sweet stories as this do not come along every day. You'd do well to keep this one in mind.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fond childhood memory,
By A Customer
This review is from: A Time to Keep: The Tasha Tudor Book of Holidays (Hardcover)
My mother owned a first printing copy of this book, and I can remember reading it all my life. I was thrilled when I discovered that my mother kept the book all these years, and I was also next to tears when she told me I could keep it, along with the numbers and alphabet books of Tudor's that she had. This book is a celebration of the memories of a happy childhood, and it's appropriate that it was such a huge part of mine. I'm buying a new copy of this book for the children I hope to one day have, while my mom's copy is going to be locked away somewhere safe. This is a truly, thoroughly beautiful book, and one that every family should own.
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