Tuck Everlasting, 50th Anniversary Ed..., Natalie Babbitt
Tuck Everlasting, 50th Anniversary Ed..., Natalie Babbitt
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Tuck Everlasting, 50th Anniversary Edition

Author: Natalie Babbitt, Gabrielle Zevin

Narrator: Alexis Bledel, Gabrielle Zevin

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2025

Synopsis

With an introduction written and read by New York Times–bestselling author Gabrielle Zevin comes this special 50th Anniversary Edition of the beloved children’s classic with more than more than 10 million copies sold.

This program is read by renowned actor Alexis Bledel, celebrated for her starring roles in Gilmore Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale.

From Newbery Honoree and E. B. White Award–winning author Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a spellbinding modern-day masterpiece about immortality, friendship, and growing up that’s sure to be an all-time favorite for every generation.

What if you could live forever? In this timeless story young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring’s life-changing power. Now Winnie must decide what to do with her newfound knowledge—and the Tucks must decide what to do with her. But it’s not just the curious girl who is interested in their remarkable tale. A suspicious stranger is also searching for the Tucks, and he will stop at nothing until he finds them and uncovers their secret.

A staple on home bookshelves and in classrooms and libraries for half a century, Tuck Everlasting is brought to life for new listeners and long-time fans in this dazzling deluxe edition, which includes a foreword from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin; an afterword from Natalie Babbitt’s daughter; and more never-before-heard bonus material.

Praise for Tuck Everlasting:

“Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” ―Harper's

“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 Yorker

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

About Natalie Babbitt

Artist and writer Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016) is the award-winning author of the modern classic Tuck Everlasting and many other brilliantly original books for young people. As the mother of three small children, she began her career in 1966 by illustrating The Forty-Ninth Magician, written by her husband, Samuel Babbitt. She soon tried her own hand at writing, publishing two picture books in verse. Her first novel, The Search for Delicious, was published in 1969 and established her reputation for creating magical tales with profound meaning. Kneeknock Rise earned Babbitt a Newbery Honor in 1971, and she went on to write—and often illustrate—many more picture books, story collections, and novels. She also illustrated the five volumes in the Small Poems series by Valerie Worth. In 2002, Tuck Everlasting was adapted into a major motion picture, and in 2016 a musical version premiered on Broadway. Born and raised in Ohio, Natalie Babbitt lived her adult life in the Northeast.

About Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin is the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which is now a motion picture, and Young Jane Young. Her novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was one of the best books of the year, according to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Entertainment Weekly, the Atlantic, Oprah Daily, Slate, NPR, the Hollywood Reporter, and many other outlets. Her work have been translated into forty languages. She lives in Los Angeles.

About Bagram Ibatoulline

Bagram Ibatoulline is a Russian-born artist who has illustrated many acclaimed books for young readers, including Kate DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Jane Yolen's The Scarecrow's Dance, and Lois Lowry's Crow Call. He lives in the Catskills region of New York.

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Quotes

“Probably the best work of our best children's novelist.” —Harper's

“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 Yorker

“This book is as shapely, crisp, sweet, and tangy as a summer-ripe pear.” —Entertainment Weekly

“With its serious intentions and light touch the story is, like the Tucks, timeless.” —Chicago Sun-Times

“Rarely does one find a book with such prose. Flawless in both style and structure, it is rich in imagery and punctuated with light fillips of humor. The author manipulates her plot deftly, dealing with six main characters brought together because of a spring whose waters can bestow everlasting life. . . . Underlying the drama is the dilemma of the age-old desire for perpetual youth.” —The Horn Book Magazine

“Natalie Babbitt's great skill is spinning fantasy with the lilt and sense of timeless wisdom of the old fairy tales. . . . It lingers on, haunting your waking hours, making you ponder.” —The Boston Globe

“Beautiful and descriptive language is the strength of Babbitt's fantasy about Winnie and her encounter with the Tuck family, who cause her—and readers—to ponder an important question: What would it be like to live forever?” —Booklist

Awards

  • ALA Notable Children's Books
  • Christopher Awards - Winner
  • Horn Book Magazine Fanfare List
  • Ohio Choose to Read Program
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