Author & Illustrator

Tomie dePaola

http://TomiesBlog.Blogspot.com.

Biography

Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular children’s book authors and illustrators of our time and the winner of the 2011 Children’s Literature Legacy Award for “significant and lasting contribution to children’s literature,” among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and its companions, as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy; The Legend of Old Befana; The Clown of God; Michael Bird-Boy; Andy, That’s My Name; and Quiet. A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire.

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All Tomie dePaola Books

Year	Title	Author	Illustrator	Pages
	Andy & Sandy's Anything Adventure	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
	Andy & Sandy and the First Snow	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
	When Andy Met Sandy	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
	Bill and Pete	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
	The Night Before Christmas	Clement C. Moore	Tomie dePaola	22
2021	Christina's Carol	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2020	God Is Great, God Is Good	Sanna Baker	Tomie dePaola	24
2020	I Will Talk to You, Little One	Phyllis E. Grann	Tomie dePaola	16
2019	The Quicksand Book	Tomie dePaola		32
2019	Wings	Cheryl B. Klein	Tomie dePaola	40
2019	Tomie dePaola's Cats and Kittens	Tomie dePaola		32
2018	Quiet	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2017	Andy & Sandy and the Big Talent Show	Tomie dePaola, Jim Lewis	Tomie dePaola	32
2017	Strega Nona and The Twins	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2017	Strega Nona and Her Tomatoes	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2017	Steppin' Out	Lin Oliver	Tomie dePaola	32
2016	The Moon's Almost Here	Patricia MacLachlan	Tomie dePaola	32
2016	In a Small Kingdom	Tomie dePaola	Doug Salati	48
2015	The Magical World of Strega Nona	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	214
2015	Look and Be Grateful	Tomie dePaola		24
2014	Jack	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	40
2014	Little Poems for Tiny Ears	Lin Oliver	Tomie dePaola	32
2013	Strega Nona Does It Again	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	40
2012	The Birds of Bethlehem	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	34
2011	Strega Nona's Gift	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2011	Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2010	My Mother Is So Smart!	Tomie dePaola		24
2009	Strega Nona's Harvest	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2009	The Song of Francis	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2005	Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose Favorites	Tomie dePaola		32
2005	Stagestruck	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2004	Four Friends in Autumn	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
2002	Adelita	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	40
2001	Meet the Barkers	Tomie dePaola		96
2000	Strega Nona Takes a Vacation	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1999	26 Fairmount Avenue	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	80
1998	Big Anthony	Tomie dePaola		32
1997	Tomie's Little Mother Goose	Iona Opie	Tomie dePaola	16
1996	Her Story	Tomie dePaola		32
1996	The Baby Sister	Tomie dePaola		32
1994	I Love You, Sun, I Love You, Moon	Tomie dePaola		20
1994	Kit and Kat	Tomie dePaola		32
1993	The Legend of the Persian Carpet	Tomie dePaola		32
1993	Strega Nona Meets Her Match	Tomie dePaola		32
1993	The Legend of the Poinsettia	Tomie dePaola		32
1992	Jingle	Tomie dePaola		40
1992	My First Thanksgiving	Tomie dePaola		14
1992	Patrick	Tomie dePaola		32
1992	Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato	Tomie dePaola		32
1991	My First Halloween	Tomie dePaola		14
1990	Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories	Tomie dePaola		128
1990	My First Easter	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	14
1989	Haircuts for Little Lambs	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	26
1989	Too Many Bunnies	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	26
1989	My First Chanukah		Tomie dePaola	12
1989	Tony's Bread	Tomie dePaola		32
1989	The Art Lesson	Tomie dePaola		32
1988	My First Christmas	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	12
1988	Cookie's Week	Cindy Ward	Tomie dePaola	32
1988	The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush	Tomie dePaola		40
1987	Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile	Tomie dePaola		32
1987	An Early American Christmas	Tomie dePaola		32
1987	Shh! We're Writing the Constitution	Jean Fritz	Tomie dePaola	64
1986	Merry Christmas, Strega Nona	Tomie dePaola		32
1985	My First Mother Goose	Tomie dePaola		14
1985	The Quilt Story	Tony Johnston	Tomie dePaola	32
1984	The First Christmas	Tomie dePaola		13
1983	The Story of the Three Wise Kings	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1983	The Legend of the Bluebonnet	Tomie dePaola		32
1983	Marianna May and Nursey	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1983	The Vanishing Pumpkin	Tony Johnston	Tomie dePaola	32
1982	Strega Nona's Magic Lessons	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1981	Now One Foot, Now the Other	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	48
1980	The Legend of Old Befana	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1980	Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book	Tomie dePaola		32
1980	The Knight and the Dragon	Tomie dePaola		32
1979	The Giants' Farm	Jane Yolen	Tomie dePaola	80
1979	Strega Nona's Magic Ring	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1979	The Giants Go Camping	Jane Yolen	Tomie dePaola	96
1979	The Cat on the Dovrefell	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1979	Oliver Button Is a Sissy	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	48
1978	Pancakes for Breakfast	Tomie dePaola		32
1978	The Popcorn Book	Tomie dePaola		32
1978	The Clown of God	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	48
1977	Four Friends at Christmas	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1976	I Love You, Mouse	John Graham	Tomie dePaola	32
1976	When Everyone Was Fast Asleep	Tomie dePaola		32
1975	Strega Nona	Tomie dePaola	Tomie de Paola	40
1975	Michael Bird-Boy	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1975	The Cloud Book	Tomie dePaola		32
1973	The Unicorn and The Moon	Tomie dePaola		32
1973	Andy, That's My Name	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	32
1973	Charlie Needs a Cloak	Tomie dePaola		32
1973	Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs	Tomie dePaola		32
1969	George Washington's Breakfast	Jean Fritz	Tomie dePaola	48
1968	Fight the Night	Tomie dePaola	Tomie dePaola	40
1830	Mary Had a Little Lamb		Tomie dePaola	28