![]() “This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear. It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder.” - The Boston Globe “Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. “Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” - Harper's Underlying the drama is the dilemma of the age-old desire for perpetual youth.” - The Horn Book Magazine The author manipulates her plot deftly, dealing with six main characters brought together because of a spring whose waters can bestow everlasting life. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. “Rarely does one find a book with such prose. “With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless.” - Chicago Sun-Times “Exciting and excellently written.” - The New York Times Book Review ![]() She came out earlier feeling annoyed and angry, so she threw some pebbles in the toads. She tells it that she might run away tomorrow, but she cant tell if the toad is listening or not. “A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” - The New York Times At noon that day, Winnie sits on the closely cropped grass inside her fence, talking to a toad outside. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write-and often illustrate-many more picture books, story collections, and novels. ![]() ![]() Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Tuck Everlasting stock photos are available in a variety of sizes and formats to fit your needs. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Browse Getty Images premium collection of high-quality, authentic Tuck Everlasting stock photos, royalty-free images, and pictures. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. ![]()
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