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Availability:In StockContributor:Tomie dePaolaSeries:26 Fairmount Avenue BooksAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2002-06-10Pages:26
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780698119482ISBN-10:698119487UPC:9780698119482Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, School & Education, FamilyBook Topic:Literary, SiblingsSize:8.48 x 5.96 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.32Product ID:SCNWYYJ1Y6
Tomie is overjoyed because his baby sister, Maureen, is finally strong enough to come home from the hospital. Over the next months, he is in a dance recital and he gets to go to the World's Fair. Soon, the school year is at an end. Summer is full of fun things to do, like going to the beach and celebrating the Fourth of July-but Tomie can't wait for school to start again. He hopes he'll get Miss Kiniry, the first-grade teacher he likes the best. In first grade he will finally-finally-learn to read. And maybe even get a library card of his own!

"DePaola's writing and recollective skills are so fresh that kids will feel like he's sitting right next to them, telling his tales in and out of school with disarming charisma and not a hint of nostalgia." (The Horn Book)

"More please." (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Puffin BooksISBN-13:9780698119482ISBN-10:698119487UPC:9780698119482Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:Biography & Autobiography, School & Education, FamilyBook Topic:Literary, SiblingsSize:8.48 x 5.96 x 0.24 inchesWeight:0.32Product ID:SCNWYYJ1Y6
Tomie dePaola was born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1934, to a family of Irish and Italian background. His determination to create books for children led to a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and an MFA from the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California. His particular way with color, line, detail, and design have earned him many of the most prestigious awards in his field, among them a Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona, the Smithsonian Medal, the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for his "singular attainment in children's literature," the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal for his "continued distinguished contribution," and the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion. He was also the 1990 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for lifetime contribution to children's literature in 2011.
DePaola has published almost 200 children's books in 15 different countries over the past 30 years. Among his most well-known titles are the Strega Nona series, 26 Fairmount Avenue, and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.
DePaola lives in an interesting house in New Hampshire with his four dogs. His studio is in a large renovated 200-year-old barn.
Publisher: Puffin Books

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