In these old-fashioned books, Annabelle's wardrobe includes a muff and a tippet, among other outdated accessories, and the seasonal activities featured in Around the Year are decidedly turn-of-the-century rural. However, these are precisely the details that draw many people to Tudor's work. The illustrations alternate between black-and-white sketches and watercolor scenes. [Review covers A Is for Annabelle: A Doll's Alphabet, and Around the Year.]

From snowy hills in "January [which] brings us coasting/ Taffy pulls and apple roasting" to December, which "brings glad Christmas cheer," this volume, first published in 1957, alternates between antique watercolors and b&w drawings. "Tudor frames the comforting verse with old-fashioned landscapes and quaint country scenes," <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">PW said. All ages. <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">(Dec.)