“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 “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 “A fearsome and beautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten.” ― The New York Times Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their experiences watching life go by and never growing older.īut then Winnie must decide whether or not to keep the Tucks’ secret―and whether or not to join them on their never-ending journey.Ī brand-new introduction from Gregory Maguire, the author of Wicked, and additional bonus materials make this special edition of Natalie Babbitt's Tuck Everlasting a must-have for lovers of the book and a great way to introduce a new generation to a classic. Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family’s property whose waters grant immortality. It was just probably something that made the whole thing a little more laden with sorrows and stuff.The classic novel about a young girl who stumbles upon a family's stunning secret She says, "If I took something out, it wasn't because I thought the kids were not going to understand it. Not long before Tuck Everlasting was published, Babbitt wrote to her editor saying she had removed some of its heavier material. And it seemed to me that I could write a story about how it's something that everybody has to do and it's not a bad thing."īut balancing the book's darker themes with the rest of the story was a challenge. And so I wanted to make sure that she would understand what it was more. And it seemed to me that that was the kind of thing you could be scared of for the rest of your life.
And we looked into it together, as well as you can with a 4-year-old, and she was very scared with the idea of dying.
"One day she had trouble sleeping, woke up crying from a nap. Babbitt/Courtesy of Macmillan Children's Publishing Groupīabbitt says she was inspired to write the book after a conversation she had with her young daughter. Natalie Babbitt's other books include The Search for Delicious, Kneeknock Rise and The Moon Over High Street.
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