McCready, Jr and together they began their new life living in her mother’s old home in Redding, CT. The story of how Pumpkin Moonshine came to be is in itself and interesting story. As Tasha continued to work, publishing books and collections of Christmas cards, she came more into her own style and in less than a decade would have made enough money to purchase her own farm in New Hampshire. I am impressed that all the illustrations are printed in color, as that wasn’t always the case in picture books of the time. Published in 1938, the illustrations are stylistically like a lot of storybooks of that era, and they are quite small. The artwork is done in pen and ink with a bit of a watercolor wash. What I find so interesting about this little book is that while the theme and setting of the story is iconic Tasha Tudor, the illustrations are not what we think of as “Tasha Tudor” at first glance.
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