Do You like author Tomie DePaola?
Hey Tomie! I love your books especially Strega Nona books! I hope you keep writing these books!
—Simon
This is a very simple story of many pairs of birds who experience the Christmas story from different points of view. It's a kind of mental puzzle that children need to put together. It's a good story for very young children as it especially focuses on colors (green, yellow, blue, brown, and whi...
Tomie dePaola is quickly becoming a household favorite. He's a little lengthy for my preschoolers, however, my 5 yr old loves him. dePaola is educational and enjoyable to read. The illustrations have a unique style all their own that even I enjoy while reading. This one was another Strega Non...
This came in the mail for my daughter's 2nd birthday from her Nonno and Nonna, but it arrived on a day when I needed it more. We sat on the kitchen floor, in awe of these "paper engineers," and ever more in love with Tomie dePaola. Few books make me cry real tears, but this one did that day on th...
A Newbery Honor BookTomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they ha...
I continue to be impressed with Tomie dePaola's detailed memories of his childhood. I was interested to learn in his note at the end that he had some help from home movies that his parents took. Still, the level of detail shown in this series is impressive - and even more so because they are simp...
Without the key I can’t open my diary and write in it. I put it and my skate key under my pillow last night when I had to take a bath. I looked and looked all over, under the bed, under my bedside table, everywhere. My skate key was still under my pillow, but not my diary key. I decided I’d bette...
She had an important announcement to make. “This morning we will have our first AIR RAID DRILL. You all know what a FIRE DRILL is.” A FIRE DRILL was when the bell rang and the fire alarm went off. The fire alarm was like a horn sound. All the classes lined up quickly and filed out of the school b...
Hey Tomie! I love your books especially Strega Nona books! I hope you keep writing these books!
—Simon