Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola has written at least 161 books. Their most popular book is Strega Nona with 26 saves with an average rating of 4.38⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres one, asdfsa, and Asdfsa.
mone, asdfsa, and Asdfsa are their most common moods.
Author Bio
Thomas Anthony de Paola was born in Meriden, Connecticut. He became interested in art at an early age. After graduating from high school, he attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1956, he graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He taught art at Newton College of the Sacred Heart from 1962 to 1966, then moved to California where he taught at San Francisco College for Women from 1967 to 1970. His first illustrated book, Sound, was published in 1965. In 1969, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.
He relocated to New England and taught art at Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston from 1972 to 1973. He then became an associate professor, designer, and technical director in the Speech and Theater department at Colby-Sawyer College from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he received the Caldecott Honor for Strega Nona (1976). In 1978 he left teaching to become a full-time author and illustrator. He still lives in New London, New Hampshire. Tomi passed away in March, 2020.
 Strega Nona
| 4.38 | 24 reads | |
 Strega Nona's Magic Lessons
| 0 | 2 reads | |
 The Knight and the Dragon
| 3.33 | 4 reads | |
 The Legend of the Bluebonnet
| 4.5 | 3 reads | |
 26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000)
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
| 4.5 | 3 reads | |
 The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
| 4.5 | 3 reads | |
 Strega Nona Strega Nona: Her Story
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Francis Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi
| 2 | 1 read | |
 The night of Las Posadas
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Pancakes for Breakfast
| 3 | 1 read | |
 Now One Foot, Now the Other
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Charlie Needs a Cloak
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Strega Nona
| 2 | 2 reads | |
 The Quilt Story
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The art lesson
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Strega Nona
| 4 | 2 reads | |
 Wings
| 5 | 1 read | |
 The Vanishing Pumpkin
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Shh! We're Writing the Constitution
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 The Giants' Farm
| 0 | 1 read | |
 George Washington's Breakfast
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Erandi's Braids
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The Legend of Old Befana
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Bill and Pete to the rescue
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 The song of Francis
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Fight the night
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 Quicksand book
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 Knight and the Dragon
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The Popcorn Book
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka
| 3 | 1 read | |
 Strega Nona
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Big Anthony His Story
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 Bonjour Mr. Satie
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The writings of Henry David Thoreau.
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Cloud Book
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup
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 The Tyrannosaurus Game
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Here We All Are (26 Fairmount Avenue)
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The miracles of Jesus
| 4 | 1 read | |
 The clown of God
| 3 | 1 read | |
 The Hunter and the Animals
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Strega Nona takes a vacation
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Things to make and do for Valentine's Day
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Strega Nona Does It Again
| 3 | 1 read | |
 The Magical World of Strega Nona: a Treasury
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Quiet
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The Legend of the Poinsettia
| 0 | 0 reads | |
 Kid's Cat Book Kid's Cat Book
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Helga's Dowry Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story
| 0 | 1 read | |
 The Friendly Beasts
| 4 | 1 read | |
 26 Fairmount Avenue: Books 1-4: 26 Fairmount Avenue; Here We All Are; On My Way; What a Year!
| 0 | 1 read | |
 Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
| 4 | 1 read | |
 Mary Mary: The Mother of Jesus
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My First Songs My First Songs
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 Strega Nona: Her Story as Told by Tomie DePaola
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 Andy, That's My Name
| 5 | 1 read | |
My First Halloween My First Halloween
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 Big Anthony and the Magic Ring
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Strega Nona's Magic Ring
| 5 | 1 read | |
 Strega Nona and Her Tomatoes
| 3 | 1 read | |
 Here we all are
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 Tomie de Paola's kitten kids and the big camp-out
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 T-rex is missing!
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 The birds of Bethlehem
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 Baby's first Christmas
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 The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
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 Marcos colors
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 Meet the Barkers
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 The baby sister
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 My first angels
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 26 Fairmount Avenue
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 David and Goliath
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 Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art
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 Artist to Artist
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 Days of the Blackbird
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 Petook: An Easter Story
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 The Cloud Book
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 Country angel Christmas
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 My first Passover
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 Let The Whole Earth Sing Praise
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 Cookie's week
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 Joy to the World
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 Jack
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 Hark! A Christmas Sampler
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 Helga's Dowry
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 The family Christmas tree book
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 Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales
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 For the duration
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 Andy (that's my name)
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 The kids' cat book
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 Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
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 The first Christmas
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 Angels, angels everywhere
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 Jingle, the Christmas Clown
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 Bill and Pete
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