Tomie DePaola

Tomie DePaola

Tomie dePaola (born September 15, 1934) is an author with a forty-year career and a lifelong taste for things artistic. His interest in art reaches all the way back to his childhood. While growing up in Meriden, Connecticut, his love of reading was nurtured by his mother, who was herself a staunch reader and book lover. Young Tomie possessed a profound interest in drawing and dancing, soon becoming a proficient in both. He danced in performances in various places, and provided exhibitions and theaters with his own art. DePaola attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he honed his drawing skills with rigorous practice. His hard work did not bear fruit for several years, as he could not find a publisher for his first book; he was, however, offered a job illustrating another author's work, and dePaola's own publication soon followed. Two hundred books, illustrations, and several awards later, dePaola, now sixty-nine, is by no means finished, and continues his outstanding work in New London, New Jersey.

Works by Tomie dePaola include:

  • Sound (illustrator)
  • 26 Fairmount Avenue
  • Strego Nona
  • Meet the Barkers
  • The Wonderful Dragon of Timlin
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26 Fairmont Avenue
by Tomie De Paola
from Puffin Books
for 2nd-5th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
26 Fairmount Avenue
by Tomie dePaola
from Mondo Publishing
for 2nd-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Adelita
by Tomie DePaola
Reprint from Puffin Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.99
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
by Jean Fritz
from PaperStar Books
for 4th-6th grade
in American Revolution (1765-1783) (Location: HISA-18REV)
$6.99 $4.50 (2 in stock)
Clown of God
by Tomie dePaola
from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$18.99
Clown of God
by Tomie dePaola
from Simon and Schuster
Realistic Fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.99
Days of the Blackbird
by Tomie dePaola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Prescool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Days of the Blackbird OSI
by Tomie dePaola
from Puffin Books
for Prescool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.99
Early American Christmas
by Tomie dePaola
from Holiday House
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Fin M'coul
by Tomie dePaola
from Holiday House
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
For Every Child a Star
by Thomas Yeomans, illustrated by Tomie dePaola
from Holiday House
for 1st-3rd grade
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus
by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Tomie dePaola
from Putnam & Grosset Group
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Hercules, the Gentle Giant
by Nina Schneider; illustrated by Tomie DePaola
from Hawthorn Books, Inc.
for 1st-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
by Tomie dePaola
1st edition from Putnam Juvenile
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Legend of the Poinsettia
by Tomie dePaola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Legend of the Poinsettia
by Tomie dePaola
from Puffin Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Look and Be Grateful
by Tomie dePaola
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Miracle On 34th Street
by Valentine Davies
from Clarion Books
Realistic Fairy Tale for 6th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$7.99
Miracle On 34th Street
by Valentine Davies, illustrated by Tomie DePaola
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
Realistic Fairy Tale for 6th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Monsters of the Middle Ages
by William Wise, illustrated by Tomie de Paola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
by Tomie DePaola
from Puffin Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.99
Oliver Button is a Sissy
by Tomie DePaola
from Harcourt Brace Jovanich
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Once Upon a Dinkelsbuhl
by Patricia Lee Gauch, illustrated by Tomie dePaola
from Longman
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Pancakes for Breakfast
by Tomie DePaola
from Voyager Books
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
by Tomie dePaola
from Holiday House
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$8.99
Quilt Story
by Tony Johnston & Tomie dePaola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Preschool-3rd grade
Shh! We're Writing the Constitution!
by Jean Fritz
from PaperStar Books
Historical Fiction for 2nd-4th grade
in New Nation (1783-1801) (Location: HISA-18NN)
$8.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Simple Pictures Are Best
by Nancy Willard
from Scholastic Inc.
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Strega Nona
by Tomie dePaola
from Simon and Schuster
for Preschool-3rd grade
1976 Caldecott Honor book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Strega Nona
by Tomie dePaola
from Simon and Schuster
for Preschool-3rd grade
1976 Caldecott Honor book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$8.99
Strega Nona Meets Her Match
by Tomie dePaola
Reprint from PaperStar Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Tom
by Tomie dePaola
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories
by Tomie dePaola
from Trumpet Club
for Nursery-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Tomie dePaola's Book of Christmas Carols
by Tomie DePaola
First Edition from Putnam Juvenile
for Nursery-4th grade
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
Tomie dePaola's Book of Poems
by Tomie DePaola
from Putnam Juvenile
for Nursery-4th grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales
by Tomie dePaola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
by Tomie DePaola
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Nursery
in Mother Goose & Nursery Rhymes (Location: PIC-MG)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Wind and the Sun
by Tomie dePaola
from Ginn and Co.
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)