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Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola
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Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children's book authors and illustrators of our time. His humor, insight, and gentle art delight all readers. A Newbery Honor award winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books for Simon & Schuster, including Caldecott Honor Book Strega Nona, as well as Andy: That's My Name, Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup, and "Charlie Needs a Cloak." A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire.

Strega Nona will be released on October 04, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Strega Nona is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
Four Friends at Christmas will be released on October 06, 2009 in Paper Over Board
Oct 06, 2009
Four Friends at Christmas is now available in Paper Over Board
Oct 06, 2009
Four Friends in Autumn will be released on August 24, 2004 in Hardcover
Aug 24, 2004
Four Friends in Autumn is now available in Hardcover
Aug 24, 2004
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Aug 24, 2004
Four Friends in Summer will be released on June 01, 2003 in Hardcover
Jun 01, 2003
Four Friends in Summer is now available in Hardcover
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Jun 01, 2003
Four Friends at Christmas will be released on October 01, 2002 in Hardcover
Oct 01, 2002
Four Friends at Christmas is now available in Hardcover
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Four Friends at Christmas will be released on October 01, 2002 in
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Four Friends at Christmas is now available in
Oct 01, 2002

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Artdaily.org, February 10, 2012
...and 21st.—with many delightful and familiar artists in between including Ernest Shepard (1879–1976), Maurice Sendak (b. 1928), Tomie dePaola (b. 1934), and Jules Feiffer (b. 1929). The exhibition will remain on view through May 20, 2012, and...
KTIV, February 10, 2012
...20th and 21st-with many delightful and familiar artists in between, including Ernest Shepard (1879–1976), Maurice Sendak (b. 1928), Tomie dePaola (b. 1934), and Jules Feiffer (b. 1929). The exhibition will remain on view through May 20, 2012. Admission...
World Book and News, February 10, 2012
...20th and 21st—with many delightful and familiar artists in between, including Ernest Shepard (1879–1976), Maurice Sendak (b. 1928), Tomie dePaola (b. 1934), and Jules Feiffer (b. 1929). The exhibition will remain on view through May 20, 2012....
Zimbio, February 7, 2012
...By Tomie dePaola Buy new: $7.99 105 used and new from $0.97 Customer Rating: Related tags: childrens books(6), picture book(5), picture books(3), 5 star books(3), fantasy...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 30, 2012
...you just how international this organization is. Sunday was just as busy with an award ceremony.  The Tomie dePaola Award is given to the illustrator who shows the most promise and the recipient is chose by Tomie himself.  This year’s winner is...
TwinCities.com, January 12, 2012
...by other notable names in 20th-century children's literature, including Madeleine L'Engle, Kate di Camillo, Maurice Sendak, Tomie dePaola, Nikki Grimes, Nancy Farmer, Scott O'Dell and Walter Dean Myers, who was named this week by the Library of Congress...
Zimbio, January 7, 2012
...By Tomie dePaola 20 used and new from $2.29 Customer Rating: First tagged by maxies_books Related tags: childrens books, santa, hospitality, family life, christmas book, strega nona, depaola, tomie depaola...
I Capture the Rowhouse, October 3, 2011
...Shea talk about becoming a writer and illustrator.  For the kids, one of the Saturday highlights was seeing Tomie de Paola, who talked about becoming an artist and taught everyone to blow three kisses the way Strega Nona would.  They also enjoyed...
Little Wonders' Days, September 30, 2011
...We read the book "The Popcorn Book" by Tomie de Paola yesterday.  While it's not one of my favorites of his, it is still an interesting book.  Two kids learn about corn and its history while making...
Treasures Found :: Inspiration is Everywhere, August 8, 2011
..."Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story." ~ John BarthMy birthday is this week (August 11th) and I decided that I wanted to share some gifts with you, dear readers. So this is the first giveaway of the week with more to come.You may not...
Miss Marple's Musings, July 13, 2011
...Page  A second non-fiction picture book, this one addressing the symbiosis between certain animals. I already reviewed a Tomie de Paola book about this  here – Bill and Pete. There are some extraordinary zoological facts presented here in concise...
Miss Marple's Musings, July 7, 2011
...and popular Roman board game called tabula. This could keep your kids happy for hours. Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola I felt I couldn’t mention Italy without citing at least one of this extraordinary Italian American author/illustrator’s works....
Miss Marple's Musings, July 7, 2011
...Page A second non-fiction picture book, this one addressing the symbiosis between certain animals. I already reviewed a Tomie de Paola book about this here – Bill and Pete. There are some extraordinary zoological facts presented here in concise...
Or so she says..., June 2, 2011
...Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes The Art Lesson by Tomie De Paola Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina The Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch The Napping House by Audrey Wood Where the Sidewalk Ends: the...