Tomie dePaola, . . Puffin, $5.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-14-240536-9
In a starred review, PW
wrote, "Telling the story of the 16th-century Spanish boy who became the patron saint of the kitchen, dePaola serves up a particularly well-flavored offering." Ages 4-up. (Jan.)
In DePaola's (26 Fairmount Avenue) first book in a planned series, inspired by dePaola's beloved English terriers, excitement builds for twin pups Morgan Continue reading »
Nobody tells an anecdote better than the person who lived through it. This is one of the reasons that author-illustrator dePaola's picture-book autobiographies (26 Continue reading »
DePaola's drawings lend his characteristic warmth and humor to this third installment in the 26 Fairmount Avenue chapter-book series, based on the author/artist's childhood. Ages 7-10. (June) Continue reading »
There's no pumpkin coach or glass slipper in sight, but Cinderella fans will find much to like in dePaola's (26 Fairmount Avenue) original twist, infused Continue reading »
Telling the story of the 16th-century Spanish boy who became the patron saint of the kitchen, dePaola (The Night of Las Posadas
; The Continue reading »
This installment in the series set at 26 Fairmount Avenue finds Tomie enjoying a new sled, going to see Fantasia
, celebrating a traditional Italian Easter and Continue reading »
The table's set for family fun with all the fixings—and fussing—that come with holiday gatherings when Santa decides to invite all
his relatives Continue reading »
DePaola (26 Fairmount Avenue
) takes the stage in this latest story inspired by his childhood memories. For young Tommy, all the world—and especially all Continue reading »
For this Italian Emperor's Nightingale, "dePaola spins the tale with panache, imbuing it with a folktale-like timelessness," according to PW
. Ages Continue reading »
DePaola (26 Fairmount Avenue
) waxes nostalgic in slightly new territory here—a series of autobiographical vignettes of Christmases past aimed at an Continue reading »
DePaola (the 26 Fairmount Avenue series) has frequently mined his childhood to create memorable tales; here he taps into his 35-year-plus residency in northern New Hampshire. Organized by seasons, Continue reading »
DePaola's timeless Tuscan heroine trades in her magic spells in a pop-up book that will be best appreciated by kids who already know Strega Nona, Big Anthony and the rest. There's little Continue reading »
Introducing Francis of Assisi to the very young, dePaola retells the story of the saint's sermon to the birds, omitting any references to preaching and without identifying it as an episode Continue reading »
DePaola's bighearted witch returns in a winning tale about generosity and cooperation. When the full moon shines at the end of May, Strega Nona enlists Big Anthony and Bambolona to help plant Continue reading »
A young narrator praises his mother for such maternal deeds as knowing when to change his diaper when he was a baby, baking “the best” cookies, and serving a warm breakfast when Continue reading »
In this small-format book, dePaola masterfully pairs simple words and resonant images. Rendered in acrylics and inspired by the folk art of the Otomi people from Puebla, Mexico, the pictures offer Continue reading »
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Tomie dePaola
On Monday Bill Crocodile learns about his hometown on the River Nile from a spectacled Ms. Ibis; on Tuesday, about the Sphinx; Pharaohs, burial chambers and pyramids on Wednesday; Thursday is the day Continue reading »
A boy named Tommy loves to draw with his Binney & Smith Crayola crayons, and these pictures hang on his side of the room, in his mother's kitchen, at the barber shop where his father works, in the Continue reading »
Doubts about the historical existence of Christopher, long the patron saint of travelers, prompted the Catholic Church to remove his name from the calendar of saints in 1969; fortunately dePaola, as Continue reading »
In lively prose and folksy paintings, dePaola tells of the Italian brother who forsook his worldly possessions to travel from village to village helping the poor and sheltering animals. All ages. Continue reading »
With visions of pancakes dancing in her head, a little old lady goes to great lengths to procure the necessary ingredients. Ages 2-6. Continue reading »
Even though Oliver doesn't win first prize at a talent show, his parents and classmates cease their jeering of his ``sissy'' pursuits. Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
Fans of the prolific dePaola's heartfelt celebrations of religious themes will welcome this handsome picture-book biography. His signature style is well showcased here and, as he did in The Lady of Continue reading »
In this 128-page anthology of 37 Bible stories and prayers, dePaola wisely works from the New International Version, the contemporary translation of the Bible, to make these tales accessible to young Continue reading »
DePaola ( Strega Nona ) retells--but does not illustrate--a legend about the origin of the jewel-patterned Persian rug. King Balash's brilliant giant diamond is stolen by a stranger who accidentally Continue reading »
Despite the seven-year absence of Strega Nona (last seen in Merry Christmas, Strega Nona ), her faithful fans won't be fooled by the pessimistic title of her new adventure: this witch has more than Continue reading »
In the tradition of his The Legend of the Bluebonnet and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, dePaola offers another gracious retelling of a timeless folktale. His skillfully pared-down narrative and Continue reading »
In this third book in the series, the crocodiles find themselves relocated from the banks of the Nile to New Orleans. ""Readers will delight in this dynamic duo and will happily accompany them to any Continue reading »
Reaching deep into the treasured memories of his own childhood, dePaola pulls out a plum. Little Tommy eagerly anticipates the arrival of a new sibling, and prays nightly for ""a baby sister with a Continue reading »
DePaola executes a clever concept with his trademark charm and humor, offering a prequel to the series that began in 1976 with the Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona. Here the author/artist tells how Continue reading »
This autobiographical, typically sunny work celebrates the author's childhood bond with his grandfather. ""Touches of old-world humor and wisdom add sparkle,"" said PW. Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
Erandi, a Mexican girl, looks forward to her birthday and a forthcoming village fiesta with great anticipation--after all, she hopes to have a new dress to wear. But Erandi's dreams of pretty things Continue reading »
Kicking off a series by the same name, dePaola's effervescent chapter book recounts some memorable moments from the author's early years, surrounded by loving family members and friends. Fans will Continue reading »
PW's starred review praised this ""richly textured"" autobiographical tale about a boy eager for the birth of a new sibling. Ages 4-8. (June) Continue reading »
Full-color pictures, newly created by the author 15 years after the book's original publication, add to this spirited true story based on dePaola's childhood memories of his grandmothers. Fans of his Continue reading »
In this charming 1973 book, the big kids dismiss Andy as too little to play with, but they're happy to make words out of his name. Ages 3-7. (Aug.) Continue reading »
Hispanic holiday customs take center stage in this exquisitely wrought story. Lupe and Roberto are to play Mary and Joseph in the Christmas pageant in their village outside Santa Fe, but their truck Continue reading »
There's no rest for a talented strega. At least that's what dePaola's (26 Fairmont Avenue) beloved Italian witch, Strega Nona, concludes in her latest romp. Strega Nona has been dreaming of childhood Continue reading »
Originally introduced in Meet the Barkers, canines Morgan and Moffat return in Tomie dePaola's Boss for a Day. In this addition to the All Aboard Reading series, dePaola's pooches try trading Continue reading »
Tomie turns six in What a Year by Tomie dePaola, the fourth installment in his 26 Fairmount Avenue autobiographical series. Adventure awaits as he trick-or-treats with his baby brother, battles a Continue reading »
When they adopt Marcos, a Spanish-speaking toddler, the Barkers become bilingual in the latest addition to Tomie dePaola's popular series A New Barker in the House. The youngsters engage in Continue reading »
DePaola's drawings lend his characteristic warmth and humor to this third installment in the 26 Fairmount Avenue chapter-book series, based on the author/artist's childhood. Ages 7-10. (June) Continue reading »
Mister Frog, Missy Cat, Master Dog and Mistress Pig star in Tomie dePaola's Four Friends at Christmas, adapted from dePaola's 1977 Four Stories for Four Continue reading »
Tomie dePaola adapts his 1978 The Christmas Pageant for the board book Tomie's Little Christmas Pageant, in which the boy narrator winningly tells the story of Christmas: ""Welcome to our play. It Continue reading »
Tomie dePaola's Four Friends in Summer, originally published in 1977 (as chapters entitled ""Spring"" and ""Summer"" in Four Stories for Four Seasons), follows Master Dog, Missy Cat, Mistress Pig Continue reading »
The Barker Twins are back in Tomie dePaola's Trouble in the Barkers' Class. Morgie and Moffie and their classmates welcome new student Carole Anne, until it turns out she's mean to Continue reading »
Tomie dePaola's Book of Poems (1988) is reconceived in board book form in Tomie's Little Book of Poems. PW called the original compilation ""thoughtfully compiled and organized"" and praised the Continue reading »
DePaola fans who expect delightful sequels to the Kitten Kids board books (published last year by Simon & Schuster) are in for a disappointment. Although these new tales are based on characters he Continue reading »
Strega Nona is busily preparing for her annual feast for the whole town of Calabria, a place readers will remember from the Caldecott Honor-winning Strega Nona. Because ""Christmas has a magic of its Continue reading »
Unlike dePaola's recent An Early American Christmas, which shows the dawn of holiday jubilance in a New England village, this book portrays the more serene aspects of Christmas, of reverance and Continue reading »
How did panettone , the rich Italian Christmas bread, get its name? With tongue firmly in cheek, dePaola provides this confection as a reply. Chubby Serafina, the baker Antonio's daughter, spends her Continue reading »
William Everett Crocodile and his friend, a talking toothbrush named Pete, journey down the famous river on an unexpectedly exciting class excursion. Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
According to PW , this tale of Little Gopher's artistic dreams is ``related with deceptive simplicity by dePaola; he enhances the plainness of the story with his primitive illustrations and . . . Continue reading »
Lazy but lovable Jamie O'Rourke, last seen harvesting a spectacular spud in Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, returns in this dandy original Irish folktale. When Jamie's wife goes to visit her Continue reading »
An old man whose wife is long dead is loved by the other villagers, who bring him food and clothing. In return, he learns the ""ways of healing.'' One night he is awakened by shepherds. He goes to Continue reading »
Simple stories personify dePaola's Kitten Kids collection, about adorably childlike kitten siblings Katie and her little brother Kit. The Good Idea is to tie blocks to the pedals of Kit's new trike Continue reading »
DePaola begins with a historical note that surely will intrigue children: in Colonial New England, the celebration of Christmas was shunned in many villages. He depicts the arrival of a German family Continue reading »
DePaola retells New Testament parables, many of which invite further discussion about their messages (some of the parables will require a bit of puzzling through for picture book readers). The Continue reading »
Like Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose , this most recent addition to the dePaola anthologies is thoughtfully compiled and organized. The opening poem, ``There is no frigate like a book'' by Emily Continue reading »
DePaola creates two inviting, sturdy little books in a new series for younger preschoolers called The Friendly Families of Fiddle-Dee-Dee Farms. The Woolsey family (of sweetly anthropomorphized Continue reading »
With simple text and clear cheerful illustrations, dePaola has created a board-book introduction to Chanukah. The opening spread depicts an inviting primary landscape, with menorahs glowing in a Continue reading »
Little Grunt and the Big Egg: A Prehistoric Fairytale
Tomie dePaola
The whole Grunt tribe is looking forward to a giant omelet when Little Grunt's egg hunt unearths a huge specimen. Their smiles of anticipation turn to frowns when the potential brunch source blossoms Continue reading »
When Uncle Satie, a debonair cat-about-town, comes to visit his niece and nephew, he regales the youngsters with tales of his escapades in Gay Paree. Satie ran with quite a crowd, it seems--numbering Continue reading »
This inspired Irish folktale clearly illustrates that taking the easy way out of a situation is sometimes more trouble than it's worth. Potato farmer Jamie O'Rourke, ``the laziest man in all of Continue reading »
The newest addition to this prolific author's library of autobiographical picture books celebrates his childhood relationship with his grandfather--``We're named after each other, Tommy. That's why I Continue reading »
DePaola's retelling of the story of St. Christopher may be the artist's ``most distinctive work to date,'' said PW in a starred review. Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
In Northern Italy, legend has it that the weather is so cold during the last three days of January that the white doves that take shelter in the chimney tops emerge black from soot. The Italians call Continue reading »
Little Jane Allison, William Everett (Bill) Crocodile's cousin, has disappeared from the banks of the Nile in dePaola's third, likable, loony adventure starring crackerjack sleuth Bill and his best Continue reading »
A companion to Strega Nona: Her Story, dePaola's breezy bio of Strega Nona's bumbling sidekick, Big Anthony, can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers whether they are new to the series or longtime fans. Continue reading »
DePaola continues to share engaging childhood memories in this breezy follow-up to 26 Fairmount Avenue, his inaugural chapter book and a Newbery Honor title. Opening with a chatty tour of their Continue reading »
K-Gr 3-This book details Tommy's dream of having a baby sister with a red ribbon in her hair and his excitement when she arrives. Many of the specifics of the story are universal feeling the Continue reading »
Things Will Never Be the Same: A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book
Tomie dePaola
In a starred review of the series launch, PW wrote, ""26 Fairmount Avenue is an address readers will eagerly revisit in the series' subsequent tales,"" and Things Will Never Be the Same by Tomie Continue reading »
Tomie de Paola brings back the Barker Twins in two bilingual concept books, Marcos Counts and Marcos Colors. In the first title, the youngest Barker learns to count from one to 10 from Moffie, who Continue reading »
Tomie de Paola brings back the Barker Twins in two bilingual concept books, Marcos Counts and Marcos Colors. In the first title, the youngest Barker learns to count from one to 10 from Moffie, who Continue reading »
Originally published as part of Four Stories for Four Seasons (1977), Four Friends in Autumn by Tomie dePaola follows Mistress Pig as she invites her friends, Mister Frog, Missy Cat and Master Dog, Continue reading »
A sturdy format gives classic Tomie dePaola nursery rhymes and bedtime stories staying power. Tomie's Three Bears and Other Tales, adapted from Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales, contains Continue reading »
A sturdy format gives classic Tomie dePaola nursery rhymes and bedtime stories staying power. Tomie's Three Bears and Other Tales, adapted from Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales, contains Continue reading »
Strega Nona and her entire Calabrian village are busy preparing for holiday feasts, from the Feast of St. Nicholas on December 6 to Il Capodanno (New Year’s Day) and beyond. On January 5, the eve of Continue reading »
No stranger to holiday stories, dePaola (Strega Nona’s Gift; The Night Before Christmas) offers a bird’s-eye view of the Nativity. Pairs of excited, colorful birds share the strange occurrences Continue reading »
When Strega Nona agrees to host the daughter of a cousin, she doesn’t know what she’s in for. Angelina shows up with mountains of luggage, conscripts Bambolona and Big Anthony into service as a maid Continue reading »
In this small treasure from master
storyteller dePaola, a young man named Jack is seen in a half-timbered house, a quill and a candle on the desk behind him. His direct gaze and tranquil half-smile Continue reading »
Rather than go the route of many before him in this genre and provide a catalogue of all the things that readers should be thankful for, dePaola takes a different tack: he urges his audience to be Continue reading »
DePaola and Muppets writer Lewis kick off a picture-book series with a sunny story of first friendship, which follows a short, brown-skinned boy named Andy as he gets to know Sandy, a girl Continue reading »
It’s nearly time for the moon to rise, and all of nature knows what that means. “The moon’s almost here./ Mama duck drifts to shore,” writes Newbery Medalist MacLachlan in lullaby-like verse. Continue reading »
It is long ago, in a place “along an ancient road.” The beloved old king has died, and the young prince is chosen to assume the throne. Though the prince is young and shy—and not much older than some Continue reading »
Nature is a whirl of activity—“busy as busy can be,” renowned children’s book creator dePaola writes—when a scarf-clad grandfather (who resembles the author) goes walking in the park with two of his Continue reading »
Poet, feminist and Benedictine oblate Norris (The Cloister Walk) turns to the sixth-century twins Benedict and Scholastica for this informative dual biography. Continue reading »
In this companion to The Legend of the Bluebonnet, Little Gopher is smaller than the rest of the children in his tribe and can't keep up with those who ride, run, wrestle or shoot with bows and Continue reading »
A trio of favorite picture books are now available in board book editions. In Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale released as a children's book in 1984, Tomie dePaola places the favorite Continue reading »
On Monday, Cookiea catfalls into the toilet. ""There was water everywhere!'' On Tuesday, she knocks a plant off the windowsill. ``There was water everywhere!'' And so Cookie undergoes a week of Continue reading »
A painter and her son visit the small but beautiful island of Sardinia. While the woman paints the mountains, hills, bays and sheep, her son Paolo is as free as the wind. One day a shepherd offers Continue reading »
This old English ghost storyabout the teeny tiny woman who found a teeny tiny bone and took it home to make souphas been retold, almost identically (and with almost an identical titleTeeny Tiny Continue reading »
This collaboration by an accomplished historian and a popular illustrator is handsome though flawed, and the pop-up format seems ill-chosen. Though Fritz's tone is light and informative, inherent Continue reading »
""An imaginative bit of hocus-pocus enlivened by dePaola's whimsical artistry,"" said PW of this story of a quilt-making grandmother, a magpie and four magicians. Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
Host of PBS's Ciao, Italia, author of the companion cookbook and Nella Cucina, the enthusiastic, irresistible Esposito could put even the most curmudgeonly of readers in a holiday mood. Covering all Continue reading »
A poor little rich boy longs for adventure, and finds it when he's washed ashore on a desert island. Jovial watercolors chart his transformation from a repressed Lord Fauntleroy type to a relaxed Continue reading »
A little-girl monster visits Maggie's room at night. She's a nuisance. She bangs open the door, pushes her hairy feet along the floor and sits in a chair and sighs. Maggie complains to her mom; she Continue reading »
Willard's latest creation features a bespectacled grandmother, a mischievous magpie and four magicians representing the mountains of Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland and Detroit. The grandmother has Continue reading »
Petook the rooster is very happyhe and Martha the hen have just become the proud parents of 12 of the yellowest, fluffiest, brightest-eyed chicks ever born. When he learns that a boy is walking Continue reading »
Johnston contributes a lively text and dePaola performs his customary artistry in this retelling of a cheerful Japanese folktale. A badger comes across three tengu (goblin) children playing with a Continue reading »
The folklore of Mexico inspires this impressive collaboration by the talented creators of The Badger and the Magic Fan and Pages of Music . After clever Rabbit sneaks into a field one evening and Continue reading »
Together again, Johnston and dePaola team up to transport Baba Yaga, one of Russia's great folklore figures, to the American Southwest. Incarnated here as Alice Nizzy Nazzy, the child-eating witch Continue reading »
Simplicity is the soul of Shapiro's toddler-friendly poem about the different ways that animals and humans communicate (""Pigs squeal. Horses neigh. Chickens cluck. But I SAY!""). It's also at the Continue reading »
Singling out the gleeful illustrations, PW said that this colorful book's heroine ""is set to take her place in wicked-witch history."" Ages 4-8. Continue reading »
Twenty-three short poems written in the first-person viewpoints of infants and toddlers muse on the small discoveries and quietly joyful moments that are part of early childhood. Among them: learning Continue reading »
In 2015 Tomie dePaola will celebrate his 50th year in publishing and his 40th writing and illustrating his award-winning tales of Strega Continue reading »
Caldecott- and Newbery-Honor winning author Tomie dePaola shows no signs of slowing down at age 81, with several new books due from three Continue reading »
Talking to the legendary Tomie dePaola about his new picture book, 'Quiet,' is anything but that: the author laughs a lot—at the world and at himself—and brims with Continue reading »
Award-winning author-illustrator Tomie dePaola, widely known for his stylized folk-art illustrations and vast catalogue of popular picture books, died March 30 of complications Continue reading »
Award-winning author-illustrator Tomie dePaola, widely known for his stylized folk-art illustrations and vast catalogue of popular picture books, died on March 30; we've Continue reading »
After he qualifies for the Gamerville Video Game Tournament, tween Max finds himself attending Camp Reset, a Black-owned sleepaway program for digital detoxing. Undeterred by Continue reading »
Two Black girls’ destinies are intertwined in this bewitching novel in which once-human vampires called reapers are taking over 1926 Harlem. After spending five years studying Continue reading »
Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas
Zachariah Ohora
In a moving tale about “two whales, two boys and two Pauls,” Ohora introduces two kids and their flute-playing father, Paul Horn (1930–2014), who bond with a pair of orcas at a Continue reading »
In this multigenerational epic sprinkled with magic, Nelson (I’ll Give You the Sun) tackles grief, love, and the ways in which history commingles with the present. Fall siblings Continue reading »