The love & care you gave it are evident in every detail.' She continues (in part): 'Sylvie is quite too thrilled over it. How time flies! To think you are a whole year older! Kiss your Mommy for us all, Much love and the best of wishes, Tom and Tasha and Bethany and Seth.' The second letter is a thank-you note from Sylvie Ann's mother to Tudor soon after receiving this copy, effusively praising it as 'absolutely the most touchingly simple and quaint little creation. Bethany is such a big girl, it is hard to realize that she will soon be the age and size that you were when first I met you and drew pictures for Pumpkin Moonshine.

Seth weighs 13 1/2 pounds and is very sweet. Seth and Bethany send their love to their cousin Sylvie Ann. I wish we could send more than a card but the mailing problem is difficult. 6, 1942, it reads: 'Happy Birthday Dearest Sylvie!! I am afraid this will not reach you on December 12th but we will all be thinking of you. The book is accompanied by two amazing letters: the first is a 2-page letter by Tudor to Sylvie Ann, that refers to PUMPKIN MOONSHINE as a gift for her. 1938.' In the printed 'This Book Belongs To' box on the front pastedown, Sylvie Ann has written her name in childish script.

This book was supposed to be your Christmas present for last year, but I couldn't send it 'till now as it had to be printed. On the dedication page the printed text reads: 'A wee story for a very sweet wee person.' This is continued in Tudor's hand: 'called Sylvie Ann, with just no end of love from her Aunt Tasha. First printing of Tudor's first book, inscribed to her niece Sylvie Ann, the model and namesake of Sylvie Ann in the book, and accompanied by two letters describing the gift and receipt of the book by Tudor and Sylvie Ann's mother respectively.

Pumpkin moonshine by tasha tudor