The Springs of Joy

I Love Tasha Tudor !! "Springs of Joy", one of her many published works, is a treasure to have. Page by page the exquisite illustrations just tug at my heartstrings. When I want to go to a place when I'm having a hectic day, I just pick up one of Tasha's books and curl up in a chair and fall into her beautiful world. Simply pleasurable !!! This book should be on everyones bookshelf, children and adults alike!

This book moved me. I love the words as well as the illustrations. I bought this book to give to my niece, but when I got home and read it I had to get another copy for myself. So, I went back to the store and bought 3 more, and have given them as gifts. I like to read it when I feel down or when I am contemplating things. It is a children's book with lots of adult wisdom. I definitely recommend it to everyone of all ages.

My 4 year old picked this book off the shelf at the library. I didn't realize, until I sat down to read it to her at home, that the quotations are beyond her comprehension. She loved the book anyway, for its charming illustrations of children, nature, and simple pleasures. Mixed with familar verses are poems from forgotten out-of-print writers, about the things in life that are eternal and will always bring delight and happiness. It's a winner.

I picked up this book and felt its magic immediately. Illustrations that touched me, that felt they were drawn just for me and the places I love and things I love to do... and poems and quotes of real beauty and meaning. A rare TREASURE!! A keeper. I should get two. I can actually picture some of my favorite places when I look at Tasha Tudor's illustrations. Maybe I will take pictures of those places, and place each photograph into the page that reminds me of it. And of course my own dogs, not corgies, but just as beloved.