Long before there was this:
There was only this:
..one of the few books I owned in my early childhood. Probably a hand-me-down from my older cousin.
Truly, it was the pictures, not the tales, which held me in their spell. I had no idea who Tasha Tudor was, but to a barefoot child running wild in the Florida countryside, she was the only artist in the world. Her illustrations fostered my imagination and have never left my memory.
Long before I was old enough for school, Tasha Tudor was my first schoolmistress.