LOOK! Tomie loves dogs too!

His name is Bronte.

Tomie was born in

Connecticut in 1934.

Interesting facts about Tomie

Tomie has written or illustrated over 250

books!

Tomie has been

nominated and has won

lots of awards for his books.

He has 1 brother

& 2 sisters.

Tomie is also

an actor.

Second grade is crazy about

Tomie!

Books, books & more books!

Which one is your favorite?

The Strega Nona Series:• Strega Nona• Strega Nona Her Story• Strega Nona Meets Her Match• Strega Nona Takes a Vacation• Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons• Brava, Strega Nona!• Strega Nona’s Harvest• Big Anthony His Story• Big Anthony and the Magic Ring• Merry Christmas, Strega Nona• Strega Nona’s Gift

Memoir Series:• 26 Fairmount Avenue• Here We All Are• On My Way• What a Year• Things Will Never Be the Same (The War Years)• I’m Still Scared (The War Years)• Why? (The War Years)• For the Duration (The Way Years)

Big Books• Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers• Christmas Remembered• Tomie dePaola’s Big Book of Favorite Legends, Bible Stories, Nursery

Tales, Mother Goose

Books of Legends, Folktales and Stories• Adelita A Mexican Cinderella Story• Andy That’s My Name• Charlie Needs a Cloak• The Cloud Book• Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard• Cookie’s Week• Days of Blackbird• Erandi’s Brainds• Fin M’Coul• Four Friends at Christmas, Autumn, Summer• Four Friends for Four Seasons• Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Mother Goose

Rhymes• Hunter and the Animals• I Love You, Mouse• Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato and the

Pooka• Knight and the Dragon• Legend of the Bluebonnet, Indian Paintbrush,

Persian Carpet• Little Grunt and the Big Egg• Mice Squeak We Speak• Mr. Satie and The Great Art Contest• Mysterious Giant of Barletta• Now One Foot, Now the Other• Oliver Button is a Sissy• Pancakes for Breakfast

Books of Legends, Folktales and Stories (Continued)• The Popcorn Book• The Quilt Story• Smar about Art: Frida Kahlo• Shh, We’re Writing the Constitution• T-Rex is Missing• The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote• The Wind and the Sun

The Bill and Pete Books:• Bill and Pete• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile• Bill and Pete to the Rescue

The Barkers• Boss for a Day• Hide and Seek All Week• Meet the Barkers (book)• Morgan and Moffat Go to School• A new Barker in the House• Trouble in Barker’s Class

Board Books for the Very Young:• I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon• Marcos Counts• Mary Had a Little Lamb• Tomie’s Little Book of Love• Tomie’s Baa Baa Black Sheep

• Tomie’s Little Book of Poems• Tomie’s Little Mother Goose• Tomie’s Mother Goose Flies Again• Tomie’s Three Bears and Other Tales

Books about Religion & Holidays:• Angels Angels Everywhere• Christopher the Holy Giant• The Clown of God• Francis Poor Man of Assisi• Get Dressed Santa• Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s for

Dinner?• The Holy Twins• Legend of Old Befana An Italian

Christmas Story• Legend of the Poinsettia• Miracles of jesus• My First• The Night Before Christmas• Night of Las Posadas• Parables of Jesus• Pascual and the Kitchen Angels• Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland• The Song of Francis• Tomie’s Little Christmas Pageant• The Friendly Beasts• Jingle the Christmas Clown

Meaningful Words from Tomie

http://youtu.be/7epT0qUaaX4

Click on the link!

Let’s Learn More about Tomie!• Tomie’s web site: http://www.tomie.com/• Reading Rockets site:

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/depaola/

• Tomie Activities: http://www.kathimitchell.com/Grade2reading/tomie.html

• Legend of the Bluebonnet games: http://www.quia.com/jg/81985.html