Natalie Zane Babbitt was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her acclaimed 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting has been adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.∼“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt, the author of the beloved children's book "Tuck Everlasting," died Monday October 31, 2016. She was 84 years old.
Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died at her home in Hamden, CT said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt.
Babbitt's literary career started in 1966, when she illustrated The Forty-ninth Magician, a children's book written by her husband, newly named the founding president of Kirkland College in Clinton, NY. Her collaborator otherwise occupied, Babbitt was was encouraged by the book's editor to continue writing and illustrating children's books by herself. Her novel, The Search for Delicious, firmly established her gift for writing magical and profoundly meaningful stories. Knee-knock Rise followed, earning her a Newbery Honor Medal in 1971. In 1975, she was a National Book Award finalist for The Devil's Storybook.
But it was for Tuck Everlasting, her 1975 novel about a young girl named Winnie Foster and the immortal Tuck family, that Babbitt is best known and most loved. The book, an American Library Association notable book which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015, has sold over 3.5 million copies since publication. It has been adapted into two movies, including a 2002 Disney film, and a Broadway play that had a brief run in 2016.
Babbitt received the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children's literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and was the US nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. She was also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.
As a young child Babbitt dreamed of being an illustrator. Her mother Genevieve Moore, an amateur landscape and portrait painter, gave her art lessons, and she went on to study art at the Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. After graduation, on June 26, 1954, she married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, moving to New Haven while he completed his PhD. Between 1956 and 1960 the young couple had three children.
In addition to her husband, Babbitt leaves three grown children and three grandchildren.
In Memoriam: Natalie Babbitt
November 1, 2016
I write to share the sad news that children’s book author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt died yesterday at her home in Connecticut. She was 84.
Mrs. Babbitt was the author of Tuck Everlasting, which was published in 1975 when her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt, served as the president of Kirkland College. “She once said that her ambition was just to leave a little scratch on the rock,” Mr. Babbitt said. “I think she did that with Tuck Everlasting.” The book won recognition from the American Library Association and was adapted into two movies and a Broadway play.
“I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise,” Mrs. Babbitt said. “I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.”
On behalf of the extended Hamilton and Kirkland communities, I extend our sympathies to the Babbitt family.
Announcement by President David Wippman , Hamilton College
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt, the author of the beloved children's book "Tuck Everlasting," died Monday October 31, 2016. She was 84 years old.
Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died at her home in Hamden, CT said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt.
Babbitt's literary career started in 1966, when she illustrated The Forty-ninth Magician, a children's book written by her husband, newly named the founding president of Kirkland College in Clinton, NY. Her collaborator otherwise occupied, Babbitt was was encouraged by the book's editor to continue writing and illustrating children's books by herself. Her novel, The Search for Delicious, firmly established her gift for writing magical and profoundly meaningful stories. Knee-knock Rise followed, earning her a Newbery Honor Medal in 1971. In 1975, she was a National Book Award finalist for The Devil's Storybook.
But it was for Tuck Everlasting, her 1975 novel about a young girl named Winnie Foster and the immortal Tuck family, that Babbitt is best known and most loved. The book, an American Library Association notable book which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015, has sold over 3.5 million copies since publication. It has been adapted into two movies, including a 2002 Disney film, and a Broadway play that had a brief run in 2016.
Babbitt received the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children's literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and was the US nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. She was also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.
As a young child Babbitt dreamed of being an illustrator. Her mother Genevieve Moore, an amateur landscape and portrait painter, gave her art lessons, and she went on to study art at the Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. After graduation, on June 26, 1954, she married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, moving to New Haven while he completed his PhD. Between 1956 and 1960 the young couple had three children.
In addition to her husband, Babbitt leaves three grown children and three grandchildren.
In Memoriam: Natalie Babbitt
November 1, 2016
I write to share the sad news that children’s book author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt died yesterday at her home in Connecticut. She was 84.
Mrs. Babbitt was the author of Tuck Everlasting, which was published in 1975 when her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt, served as the president of Kirkland College. “She once said that her ambition was just to leave a little scratch on the rock,” Mr. Babbitt said. “I think she did that with Tuck Everlasting.” The book won recognition from the American Library Association and was adapted into two movies and a Broadway play.
“I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise,” Mrs. Babbitt said. “I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.”
On behalf of the extended Hamilton and Kirkland communities, I extend our sympathies to the Babbitt family.
Announcement by President David Wippman , Hamilton College
Natalie Zane Babbitt was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her acclaimed 1975 novel Tuck Everlasting has been adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She received the Newbery Honor and Christopher Award, and was the U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982.∼“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt, the author of the beloved children's book "Tuck Everlasting," died Monday October 31, 2016. She was 84 years old.
Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died at her home in Hamden, CT said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt.
Babbitt's literary career started in 1966, when she illustrated The Forty-ninth Magician, a children's book written by her husband, newly named the founding president of Kirkland College in Clinton, NY. Her collaborator otherwise occupied, Babbitt was was encouraged by the book's editor to continue writing and illustrating children's books by herself. Her novel, The Search for Delicious, firmly established her gift for writing magical and profoundly meaningful stories. Knee-knock Rise followed, earning her a Newbery Honor Medal in 1971. In 1975, she was a National Book Award finalist for The Devil's Storybook.
But it was for Tuck Everlasting, her 1975 novel about a young girl named Winnie Foster and the immortal Tuck family, that Babbitt is best known and most loved. The book, an American Library Association notable book which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015, has sold over 3.5 million copies since publication. It has been adapted into two movies, including a 2002 Disney film, and a Broadway play that had a brief run in 2016.
Babbitt received the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children's literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and was the US nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. She was also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.
As a young child Babbitt dreamed of being an illustrator. Her mother Genevieve Moore, an amateur landscape and portrait painter, gave her art lessons, and she went on to study art at the Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. After graduation, on June 26, 1954, she married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, moving to New Haven while he completed his PhD. Between 1956 and 1960 the young couple had three children.
In addition to her husband, Babbitt leaves three grown children and three grandchildren.
In Memoriam: Natalie Babbitt
November 1, 2016
I write to share the sad news that children’s book author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt died yesterday at her home in Connecticut. She was 84.
Mrs. Babbitt was the author of Tuck Everlasting, which was published in 1975 when her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt, served as the president of Kirkland College. “She once said that her ambition was just to leave a little scratch on the rock,” Mr. Babbitt said. “I think she did that with Tuck Everlasting.” The book won recognition from the American Library Association and was adapted into two movies and a Broadway play.
“I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise,” Mrs. Babbitt said. “I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.”
On behalf of the extended Hamilton and Kirkland communities, I extend our sympathies to the Babbitt family.
Announcement by President David Wippman , Hamilton College
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt, the author of the beloved children's book "Tuck Everlasting," died Monday October 31, 2016. She was 84 years old.
Babbitt, who also was an illustrator, had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died at her home in Hamden, CT said her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt.
Babbitt's literary career started in 1966, when she illustrated The Forty-ninth Magician, a children's book written by her husband, newly named the founding president of Kirkland College in Clinton, NY. Her collaborator otherwise occupied, Babbitt was was encouraged by the book's editor to continue writing and illustrating children's books by herself. Her novel, The Search for Delicious, firmly established her gift for writing magical and profoundly meaningful stories. Knee-knock Rise followed, earning her a Newbery Honor Medal in 1971. In 1975, she was a National Book Award finalist for The Devil's Storybook.
But it was for Tuck Everlasting, her 1975 novel about a young girl named Winnie Foster and the immortal Tuck family, that Babbitt is best known and most loved. The book, an American Library Association notable book which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2015, has sold over 3.5 million copies since publication. It has been adapted into two movies, including a 2002 Disney film, and a Broadway play that had a brief run in 2016.
Babbitt received the inaugural E.B. White Award for achievement in children's literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2013, and was the US nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982. She was also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.
As a young child Babbitt dreamed of being an illustrator. Her mother Genevieve Moore, an amateur landscape and portrait painter, gave her art lessons, and she went on to study art at the Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College. After graduation, on June 26, 1954, she married Samuel Fisher Babbitt, moving to New Haven while he completed his PhD. Between 1956 and 1960 the young couple had three children.
In addition to her husband, Babbitt leaves three grown children and three grandchildren.
In Memoriam: Natalie Babbitt
November 1, 2016
I write to share the sad news that children’s book author and illustrator Natalie Babbitt died yesterday at her home in Connecticut. She was 84.
Mrs. Babbitt was the author of Tuck Everlasting, which was published in 1975 when her husband, Samuel Fisher Babbitt, served as the president of Kirkland College. “She once said that her ambition was just to leave a little scratch on the rock,” Mr. Babbitt said. “I think she did that with Tuck Everlasting.” The book won recognition from the American Library Association and was adapted into two movies and a Broadway play.
“I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise,” Mrs. Babbitt said. “I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.”
On behalf of the extended Hamilton and Kirkland communities, I extend our sympathies to the Babbitt family.
Announcement by President David Wippman , Hamilton College
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