Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting
First edition with Babbitt illustration
AuthorNatalie Babbitt
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fantasy novel, drama[citation needed]
PublisherScholastic
Publication date
1975
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages139
ISBN9780374480127
LC ClassPZ7.B1135 Tu[1]

Tuck Everlasting is an American children's novel about immortality written by Natalie Babbitt and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1975. It has sold over 5 million copies and has been called a classic of modern children's literature.

Tuck Everlasting has been adapted into two feature films, released in 1981 and 2002, and has been adapted thrice into unabridged audio books: by Listening Library/Random House in 1988 and narrated by Peter Thomas, by Recorded Books in 1993 and narrated by Barbara Caruso, and by Audio Bookshelf in 2001 and narrated by Melissa Hughes. It has also been adapted into a stage musical with music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle.

  1. ^ "Tuck everlasting". Library of Congress Online Catalog (catalog.loc.gov). Retrieved 2015-09-24.