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    Tomie DePaola was an American children's book author and illustrator. Over his career from 1934 to 2020, he wrote and illustrated over 270 books that sold more than 25 million copies. In addition to writing and illustrating, DePaola was a professional artist and theater teacher. Some of his most famous and award-winning books included the Strega Nona series, 26 Fairmount Avenue autobiographical books, and the Andy & Sandy books. He received numerous awards over his career, including a Caldecott Honor for Strega Nona and Golden Kite Awards for illustrations.

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    Tomie DePaola was an American children's book author and illustrator. Over his career from 1934 to 2020, he wrote and illustrated over 270 books that sold more than 25 million copies. In addition to writing and illustrating, DePaola was a professional artist and theater teacher. Some of his most famous and award-winning books included the Strega Nona series, 26 Fairmount Avenue autobiographical books, and the Andy & Sandy books. He received numerous awards over his career, including a Caldecott Honor for Strega Nona and Golden Kite Awards for illustrations.

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    Tomie DePaola was an American children's book author and illustrator. Over his career from 1934 to 2020, he wrote and illustrated over 270 books that sold more than 25 million copies. In addition to writing and illustrating, DePaola was a professional artist and theater teacher. Some of his most famous and award-winning books included the Strega Nona series, 26 Fairmount Avenue autobiographical books, and the Andy & Sandy books. He received numerous awards over his career, including a Caldecott Honor for Strega Nona and Golden Kite Awards for illustrations.

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    Tomie DePaola

    Emily Baudoin and Carsyn Guitrau


    Biography
    Tomie Depaola is an American children’s
    book author and illustrator. He was born
    in Connecticut in September of 1934 and
    died in March of 2020. He has
    written/illustrated 270 books and has sold
    over 25 million copies. In addition to
    writing and illustrating children’s books,
    Tomie DePaola was a professional artist
    and theater teacher.
    Samples of
    Published Books
    “Andy & Sandy” Books “26 Fairmount Avenue”
    Written by Tomie dePaola and Jim Lewis Autobiographical Chapter Books
    and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola Written and Illustrated by Tomie
    ● When Andy Met Sandy dePaola
    ● Andy & Sandy’s Anything ● 26 Fairmount Avenue
    Adventure ● Here We All Are
    ● Andy & Sandy and the First Snow ● On My Way
    ● Andy & Sandy and the Big Talent ● What a Year
    Show ● Things Will Never Be the Same
    “Strega Nona” Books ● I’m Still Scared (The War Years)
    Written and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola ● Why? (The War Years)
    ● For the Duration (The War
    Years)
    Samples of
    Published Books Written and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
    Cont. ● When Everyone Was Fast Asleep
    ● Quiet
    ● Tomie dePaola’s Cats and Kittens
    ● Now One Foot, Now the Other
    ● Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
    Photographs of
    Published Books
    Andy & Sandy
    26 Fairmount Avenue
    ★ 1976: Caldecott Honor Award for Strega
    Sample of Nona
    Awards Received ★
    ★
    1981: Kerlan Award
    1982: Golden Kite Award for Giorgio’s
    Village
    ★ 1983: Regina Medal & Community
    Citizen Award
    ★ 1987: Golden Kite Award for What the
    Mailman Brought
    ★ 1990: James Smithson Medal
    ★ 1996: Milner Award
    ★ 1998: Children’s Literature Festival
    Award
    ★ 1999: Living Treasure Award
    ★ 2000: Newberry Honor Award for 26
    Fairmount Avenue, I Migliori
    Award,Town Award, Jeremiah Ludington
    Award, Granite State Award.
    ★ 2011: Children’s Literacy Legacy Award
    Photographs of
    Award-Winning
    Illustrations
    Strega Noga:
    Awarded for it’s
    illustrations with a
    Caldecott Award in
    1976.
    Giorgio’s Village:

    A pop-up picture
    book that was
    awarded the Golden
    Kite Award for
    Illustrations in 1982.
    What the Mailman
    Brought: by Carolyn
    Craven
    This book was illustrated by
    Depaola, but written by another
    author. It was awarded the
    Golden Kite Award for
    Illustrations in 1987.
    Genre and Style
    His style reflects pre-Renaissance Italian
    art, folk style, and techniques from film
    and theater. His genre of writing is blues.
    Barbara Elleman wrote a book called
    “Tomie dePaola, His Art & His Stories”
    that discusses his life and his work.

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