Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel
By Natalie Babbitt; adapted and illustrated by K. Woodman-Maynard
Ages 10-14
On Sale September 2, 2025
Celebrate Tuck Everlasting’s 50th anniversary with the stunning graphic novel adaptation of this beloved and spellbinding children’s classic that has sold more than 10 million copies.
What if you could live forever?
In this timeless story about immortality, friendship, and growing up, 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.
From Newbery Honoree and E. B. White Award winner Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a modern-day masterpiece that has been a staple on home bookshelves and in classrooms and libraries for half a century. Drawing closely from the original text, it is now brought to visual life in K. Woodman-Maynard’s gorgeous watercolor artwork. The perfect book for new readers and long-devoted fans alike, Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel is sure to be an all-time favorite for every generation.
Praise for Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel
★ “This 50th-anniversary celebration of a literally timeless classic brings Babbitt’s novel to life in a graphic novel format. Sticking closely to the storyline as she visually fleshes out its themes and characters, Woodman-Maynard serves up a sensitive reworking that invites readers to think about what they would do if they were given the choice between a normal, finite life and an endless one . . . An homage navigated with confidence and care, as wise and wonderful as the original.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ “Woodman-Maynard achieves the seemingly impossible task of enhancing a much beloved classic novel . . . Through lush, atmospheric watercolors, Babbitt’s lyrical and descriptive language is brought to life, creating palpable visualizations . . . This faithful and beautiful adaptation is a must purchase.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“In this graphic novel adaptation of Babbitt’s classic novel, published 50 years earlier, the same melancholy, thoughtful mood of the original story is unmistakably present . . . Woodman-Maynard comments in the backmatter that she used exact wording as much as possible, and she pulls some of the most extraordinary quotes from the original. Remarkably, her illustrations do their intended work of filling in the rest, drawings that tell a story of longing, danger, loss, and hope as much as the text.” —BCCB
“Warm pastel shades of ink and watercolor transport the reader into the sweltering summer days of August. A beautiful reintroduction to this timeless tale of beauty in life’s fleeting moments.” —Booklist
