Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola has written at least 162 books. Their most popular book is Strega Nona with 44 saves with an average rating of 4.41⭐.

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.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
In a Small Kingdom Tomie dePaola	5	1 read
What a Year!: A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book Tomie dePaola	5	1 read
Big Anthony: His Story Tomie dePaola	5	1 read
Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story Tomie dePaola	5	1 read
Christmas Remembered Tomie dePaola	5	0 reads
Joy to the World Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Angels, angels everywhere Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Jingle, the Christmas Clown Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Cabinet of the President of the United States: A First Book James A. Eichner	0	0 reads
Little Grunt and the big egg Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Charlie needs a cloak Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose favorites Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Boss for a day Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Giorgio's village Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose favorites Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Hark! A Christmas Sampler Jane Yolen	0	0 reads
Ghost Poems	0	0 reads
The unicorn and the moon Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Strega Nona meets her match Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Michael Bird-Boy Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
What a year Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs GB Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Carsick Zebra and Other Animal Riddles David A. Adler	0	0 reads
Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Four friends in summer Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Katie & Kit at the beach Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Funnyman and the Penny Dodo Stephen Mooser	0	0 reads
The legend of the Indian paintbrush Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Queen Esther Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Big Sleepover Gail Herman Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The wind and the sun Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
La leyenda de la flor de Nochebuena Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Four stories for four seasons Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Sing, Pierrot, Sing Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Jamie's Tiger Jan Wahl	0	0 reads
Stagestruck Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The story of the Three Wise Kings Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Bill and Pete Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Meet the Barkers Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
My first angels Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
26 Fairmount Avenue Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Too Many Hopkins Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
A New Barker in The House Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Christmas Pageant Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Let The Whole Earth Sing Praise Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Hey diddle diddle & other Mother Goose rhymes Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Kit and Kat Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Trouble in the Barkers' class Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Lady of Guadalupe Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The legend of the persian carpet Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Christopher Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Here we all are Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie de Paola's kitten kids and the big camp-out Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
T-rex is missing! Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The parables of Jesus Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
I'm still scared Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Mysterious Giant of Barletta Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Marcos colors Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Good Morning to You, Valentine: Poems	0	0 reads
Haircuts for Woolseys (The Friendly families of Fiddle-Dee-Dee Farms) Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie dePaola's Book of Christmas Carols Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
David and Goliath Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
La Clase de Dibujo Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Artist to Artist Eric Carle Quentin Blake Leo Lionni Mitsumasa Anno Ashley Bryan Nancy Ekholm Burkert Tomie dePaola Jane Dyer Mordicai Gerstein Robert Ingpen Steven Kellogg Wendell Minor Barry Moser Jerry Pinkney Alice Provensen Matthew Reinhart Robert Sabuda Maurice Sendak Gennady Spirin Paul O. Zelinsky Rosemary Wells Chris Van Allsburg Petra Mathers	0	0 reads
Tomie's little Mother Goose Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
My mother is so smart Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Cloud Book Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Tomie dePaola's The Popcorn Book Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
My first Passover Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Children Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art Leonard S. Marcus Jane Bayard Curley Caroline Ward	0	0 reads
Adelita Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Days of the Blackbird Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Jack Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Noah and the ark Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Helga's Dowry Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Hide-and-seek all week Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
Petook: An Easter Story Caryll Houselander	0	0 reads
Cookie's week Cindy Ward	0	0 reads
Andy (that's my name) Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The kids' cat book Tomie dePaola	0	0 reads
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote Tony Johnston	0	0 reads