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Tasha Tudor, "Pumpkin Moonshine", "Around the Year" and "The Great Corgiville Kidnapping"
Step back into the past with these books. They reflect the 1800s in attitudes, dress and life styles.
Pumpkin Moonshine
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
A pumpkin moonshine is the old name for a jack o'lantern. This follows Silvie as she finds her pumpkin up in the corn field, rolls it back to the house with several misadventures along the way and ends up with her pumpkin moonshine.
Around the Year
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
Each month of the year has four pages, two in color and two in pencil, detailing some event of that month in the 1850s.
The Great Corgiville Kidnapping
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
Caleb Corgi is suspicious. A large number of raccoons are arriving in Corgiville. They are often up to no good.
Caleb investigates and finds they are busy preparing for a big chicken dinner. The famous rooster Babe seems to be on the menu.
After Babe disappears, Caleb investigates. A series of lucky breaks and narrow escapes leave Caleb and Babe high above the raccoons.
All of these books are illustrated using watercolors one of the most difficult mediums to work in. The details in the images is amazing. In "Around the Year" be sure to check out the border around the images. The end paper images of Corgiville are ones to take many explorations and still offer new scenes.
Pumpkin Moonshine
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
A pumpkin moonshine is the old name for a jack o'lantern. This follows Silvie as she finds her pumpkin up in the corn field, rolls it back to the house with several misadventures along the way and ends up with her pumpkin moonshine.
Around the Year
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
Each month of the year has four pages, two in color and two in pencil, detailing some event of that month in the 1850s.
The Great Corgiville Kidnapping
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Tasha Tudor
Caleb Corgi is suspicious. A large number of raccoons are arriving in Corgiville. They are often up to no good.
Caleb investigates and finds they are busy preparing for a big chicken dinner. The famous rooster Babe seems to be on the menu.
After Babe disappears, Caleb investigates. A series of lucky breaks and narrow escapes leave Caleb and Babe high above the raccoons.
All of these books are illustrated using watercolors one of the most difficult mediums to work in. The details in the images is amazing. In "Around the Year" be sure to check out the border around the images. The end paper images of Corgiville are ones to take many explorations and still offer new scenes.
