dePaola, Tomie 1934–

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dePaola, Tomie 1934–

PERSONAL: Some sources cite surname as de Paola; name pronounced "Tommy depowla"; born September 15, 1934, in Meriden, CT; son of Joseph N. (a union of-ficial) and Florence (Downey) dePaola; married in the 1950s (marriage dissolved). Education: Pratt Institute, B.F.A., 1956; California College of Arts and Crafts, M.F.A., 1969; Lone Mountain College, doctoral equivalency, 1970. Religion: Roman Catholic

ADDRESSES: Home—New London, NH. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Penguin Putnam, Putnam Juvenile Publicity, 345 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014.

CAREER: Professional artist and designer, and teacher of art, 1956–; writer and illustrator of children's books; creative director of Whitebird Books, imprint at G.P. Putnam's Sons. Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Newton, MA, instructor, 1962–63, assistant professor of art, 1963–66; San Francisco College for Women (now Lone Mountain College), San Francisco, CA, assistant professor of art, 1967–70; Chamberlayne Junior College, Boston, MA, instructor in art, 1972–73; Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, associate professor, designer, and technical director in speech and theater department, writer and set and costume designer for Children's Theatre Project, 1973–76; New England College, Henniker, NH, associate professor of art, 1976–78, artist-in-residence, 1978–79. Painter and muralist; graphic designer and illustrator; designer of theatrical sets. Member of board of directors of Society of Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Individual shows at Botolph Group, Boston, MA, 1961, 1964, 1967; Putnam Art Center, Newton College of the Sacred Heart, 1971–72, 1975, 1978; Alliance Corporation, Boston, 1972; Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, 1975, 1982, 1984; Rizzoli Gallery, New York, NY, 1977; Clark County Library, Las Vegas, NV, 1979; Englewood (NJ) Library, 1980; Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 1981; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1981; Children's Theatre, Minneapolis, 1981; Yuma City-County (AZ) Library, 1981; Charles Fenton Gallery, Woodstock, VT, 1984; Arts and Science Center, Nashua, NH, 1985, 1986; Bush Galleries, Norwich, VT, 1987; and Women's Club, Minneapolis, 1988. Work exhibited in group shows at South Vermont Art Center, Manchester, 1958; Grail Festival of the Arts, Brooklyn, 1959; Botolph Group, 1962, 1964, 1969; San Francisco College for Women, 1969; Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, 1969; Library Arts Center, Newport, NH, 1975; Ever-son Museum, Syracuse, NY, 1977; Japan, 1977, 1979, 1981; Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy, 1978; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1978; Dayton Art Institute, 1978; Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, 1980; Harley School, Rochester, NY, 1980–88; Port Washington, NY, Public Library, 1981; University of Connecticut Library, Storrs, 1982; Society of Illustrators, New York, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982, 1983; Museum of Fine Art, Houston, 1982; Dog Museum of America, New York, NY, 1983; Boulder Center for Visual Arts, 1983; University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1983; Simmons College, Boston, 1984; Bush Galleries, Norwich, VT, 1985; Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME, 1985; Denver Public Library, 1986; Colorado Academy, 1986; New London, NH, Historical Society, 1985, 1986, 1988; Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1986; Miami Youth Museum, 1986; and New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, 1988. Works are also included in many private collections. Mural installations in Catholic churches and monasteries in New England. Member, National Advisory Council of the Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis; Ballet of the Dolls Dance Company, Minneapolis, member of board of directors.

MEMBER: Society of Children's Book Writers (member of board of directors), Authors Guild.

AWARDS, HONORS: Boston Art Directors' Club awards for typography and illustration, 1968; Child Study Association children's book of the year citations, 1968, for Poetry for Chuckles and Grins, 1971, for John Fisher's Magic Book, 1974, for David's Window and Charlie Needs a Cloak, 1975, for Strega Nona and Good Morning to You, Valentine, 1986, for Strega Nona's Magic Lessons, Tattie's River Journey, Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, and The Quilt Story, 1987, for Teeny Tiny and Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales; Franklin Typographers Silver Award for poster design, 1969; three books included in American Institute of Graphic Arts exhibit of outstanding children's books, The Journey of the Kiss, 1970, Who Needs Holes?, 1973, and Helga's Dowry, 1979; two books included on School Library Journal's list of best picture books, Andy, That's My Name, 1973, and Charlie Needs a Cloak, 1974; Friends of American Writers Award as best illustrator of a children's book, 1973, for Authorized Autumn Charts of the Upper Red Canoe River Country; two books chosen as Children's Book Showcase titles, Authorized Autumn Charts of the Upper Red Canoe River Country, 1973, and Charlie Needs a Cloak, 1975; Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award, Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Public Library, 1975, for Charlie Needs a Cloak, and 1977, 1978, and 1979, for Strega Nona, which also received the Caldecott Honor Book Award, 1976, and the Nakamore Prize (Japan), 1978; The Quicksand Book and Simple Pictures Are Best were both chosen one of School Library Journal's Best Books for Spring, 1977; Chicago Book Clinic Award, 1979, for The Christmas Pageant; Helga's Dowry was chosen a Children's Choice by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council, 1978, The Popcorn Book, Pancakes for Breakfast, The Clown of God, Four Scary Stories, Jamie's Tiger, and Bill and Pete, all 1979, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring and Oliver Button Is a Sissy, both 1980, The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, 1982, Strega Nona's Magic Lessons, 1983, The Carsick Zebra and other Animal Riddles, 1984, and The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, 1985; Garden State Children's Book Award for Younger Nonfiction, New Jersey Library Association, 1980, for The Quicksand Book; Kerlan Award, University of Minnesota, 1981, for "singular attainment in children's literature"; Golden Kite Award for Illustration, Society of Children's Book Writers, 1982, for Giorgio's Village, and 1983, for Marianna May and Nursey; Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book for Illustration, 1982, and Critici in Erba commendation from Bologna Biennale, 1983, both for The Friendly Beasts; Regina Medal, Catholic Library Association, 1983, for "continued distinguished contribution to children's literature"; Sing, Pierrot, Sing was chosen one of School Library Journal's Best Books, 1983; Mary Had a Little Lamb was chosen as a Notable Book by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALA), 1984; Clown of God was selected a Notable Children's Film, 1984; Sing, Pierrot, Sing was selected a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies by the National Council of Social Studies and the Children's Book Council, 1984, and The Mysterious Giant of Barletta, 1985; Award from the Bookbuilders West Book Show, 1985, for Miracle on 34th Street; Redbook Children's Picturebook Award Honorable Mention, 1986, for Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales; Horn Book Honor List citation, 1986, for Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose; Golden Kite Honor Book for Illustration, 1987, for What the Mailman Brought; The Art Lesson was named one of the New York Times' best picture books of the year, 1989; American nominee in illustration for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, 1990; Smithsonian Medal, 1990; Helen Keating Ottm, Award, 1993; University of Southern Mississippi Me dallion, 1995; Keene State College Children's Literatur e Festival Award, 1998; Newbery Award Honor Book, 2000, for 26 Fairmount Avenue.

WRITINGS:

Criss-Cross, Applesauce, illustrations by B.A. King and his children, Addison House (Danbury, NH), 1979.

Strega Nona Takes a Vacation, Putnam (New York, NY), 2000.

Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka, Putnam (New York, NY), 2000.

Also author of The Legend of the Persian Carpet, illustrated by Claire Ewart.

AND ILLUSTRATOR

The Wonderful Dragon of Timlin, Bobbs-Merrill (Indianapolis, IN), 1966.

Fight the Night, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1968.

Joe and the Snow, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1968.

Parker Pig, Esquire, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1969.

The Journey of the Kiss, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1970.

The Monsters' Ball, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1970.

(Reteller) The Wind and the Sun, Ginn (Lexington, MA), 1972.

Andy, That's My Name, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1973.

Charlie Needs a Cloak, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1973.

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, Putnam (New York, NY), 1973, reissued, 1997.

The Unicorn and the Moon, Ginn (Lexington, MA), 1973.

Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1974.

The Cloud Book: Word and Pictures, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1975, translation by Teresa Mlawer, published as El Libro de las Arenas Movedizas, Holiday House, 1993.

Michael Bird-Boy, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1975.

(Reteller) Strega Nona: An Old Tale, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1975, published as The Magic Pasta Pot, Hutchinson (London, England), 1979.

Things to Make and Do for Valentine's Day, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1976.

When Everyone Was Fast Asleep, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1976.

Four Stories for Four Seasons, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1977.

Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1977.

The Quicksand Book, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1977, translation by Mlawer, published as El libro de las nubes, Holiday House, 1993.

Bill and Pete, Putnam (New York, NY), 1978.

The Christmas Pageant, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1978, published as The Christmas Pageant Cutout Book, 1980.

(Adapter) The Clown of God: An Old Story, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1978.

Pancakes for Breakfast, Harcourt (New York, NY),1978.

The Popcorn Book, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1978.

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1979.

Flicks, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1979.

The Kids' Cat Book, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1979.

Oliver Button Is a Sissy, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1979.

Songs of the Fog Maiden, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1979.

The Family Christmas Tree Book, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1980.

The Knight and the Dragon, Putnam (New York, NY), 1980.

The Lady of Guadalupe, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1980.

The Legend of the Old Befana: An Italian Christmas Story, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1980.

(Reteller) The Prince of the Dolomites: An Old Italian Tale, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1980.

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1981.

(Reteller) Fin M'Coul, the Giant of Knockmany Hill, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1981.

The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol, Putnam (New York, NY), 1981.

The Hunter and the Animals: A Wordless Picture Book, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1981.

Now One Foot, Now the Other, Putnam (New York, NY), 1981.

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1982.

Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1982.

Giorgio's Village, Putnam (New York, NY), 1982.

(Adapter) The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas, Putnam (New York, NY), 1983.

Marianna May and Nursey, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1983.

Noah and the Ark, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1983.

Sing, Pierrot, Sing: A Picture Book in Mime, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1983.

(Adapter) The Story of the Three Wise Kings, Putnam (New York, NY), 1983.

(Adapter) David and Goliath, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.

Esther Saves Her People, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1984.

The First Christmas: A Festive Pop-up Book, Putnam (New York, NY), 1984.

(Adapter) The Mysterious Giant of Barletta: An Italian Folktale, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1984.

Tomie dePaola's Country Farm, Putnam (New York, NY), 1984.

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose Story Streamers, Putnam (New York, NY), 1984.

Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, Putnam (New York, NY), 1985.

Pajamas for Kit, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1986.

Katie and Kit at the Beach, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1986.

Katie's Good Idea, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1986.

Katie, Kit and Cousin Tom, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1986.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1986.

(With others) Once upon a Time: Celebrating the Magic of Children's Books in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of Reading Is Fundamental, Putnam (New York, NY), 1986.

(Adapter) Queen Esther, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1986, revised edition, Harper (New York, NY), 1987.

Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales, Putnam (New York, NY), 1986.

Bill and Pete Go down the Nile, Putnam (New York, NY), 1987.

An Early American Christmas, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1987.

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Putnam (New York, NY), 1987.

The Miracles of Jesus, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1987.

The Parables of Jesus, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1987.

Tomie dePaola's Book of Christmas Carols, Putnam (New York, NY), 1987.

Tomie dePaola's Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling and other Poems and Stories from Mother Goose (selections from Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose), Methuen (London, England), 1987.

Tomie dePaola's Three Little Kittens and other Poems and Songs from Mother Goose (selections from Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose), Methuen (London, England), 1987.

Baby's First Christmas, Putnam (New York, NY), 1988.

(Reteller) Hey Diddle Diddle: And other Mother Goose Rhymes (selections from Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose), Putnam (New York, NY), 1988.

Tomie dePaola's Book of Poems, Putnam (New York, NY), 1988.

(With others) The G.O.S.H. ABC Book, Aurum Books for Children (London, England), 1988.

The Art Lesson, Putnam (New York, NY), 1989.

Haircuts for the Woolseys, Putnam (New York, NY), 1989.

My First Chanukah, Putnam (New York, NY), 1989.

Tony's Bread: An Italian Folktale, Putnam (New York, NY), 1989.

Too Many Hopkins, Putnam (New York, NY), 1989.

Little Grunt and the Big Egg, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1990.

Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories, Putnam/Zondervan (New York, NY), 1990.

Bonjour, Mr. Satie, Putnam (New York, NY), 1991.

My First Easter, Putnam (New York, NY), 1991.

My First Passover, Putnam (New York, NY), 1991.

My First Halloween, Putnam (New York, NY), 1991.

My First Thanksgiving, Putnam (New York, NY), 1992.

Country Angel Christmas, Putnam (New York, NY), 1995.

Days of the Blackbird: A Tale of Northern Italy, Putnam (New York, NY), 1997.

Tomie's Little Mother Goose, Putnam (New York, NY), 1997.

Big Anthony: His Story, Putnam (New York, NY), 1998.

The Night of Las Posadas, Putnam (New York, NY), 1999.

26 Fairmount Avenue (first book in the "26 Fairmount Avenue" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 1999.

Tomie dePaola's Rhyme Time, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2000.

Here We All Are (second book in the "26 Fairmount Avenue" series) Putnam (New York, NY), 2000.

Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School (first book in the "Barkers" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2001.

Hide-and-Seek All Week (second book in the "Barkers" series), Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2001.

On My Way (third book in the "26 Fairmount Avenue" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2001.

Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story, Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.

Four Friends at Christmas, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2002.

Boss for a Day (third book in the "Barkers" series), Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2002.

A New Barker in the House (fourth book in the "Barkers" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.

T-Rex Is Missing! (fifth book in the "Barkers" series), Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2002.

What a Year, Putnam (New York, NY), 2002.

Four Friends in Summer, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2003.

Frida Kahlo: The Artist Who Painted Herself, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2003.

Marcos Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue, Putnam (New York, NY), 2003.

Marcos Counts: One, Two, Three, Putnam (New York, NY), 2003.

Things Will Never Be the Same, Putnam (New York, NY), 2003.

Trouble in the Barkers' Class (sixth book in the "Barkers" series), Putnam (New York, NY), 2003.

Four Friends in Autumn, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2004.

Pascual and the Kitchen Angels, Putnam (New York, NY), 2004.

Also author and illustrator of Jingle, the Christmas Clown, 1992, Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, 1992, Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland, 1992, Tom, 1993, Kit and Kat, 1994, Christopher: The Holy Giant, 1994, The Legend of the Poinsettia, 1994, Strega Nona Meets Her Match, 1995, Country Angel Christmas, 1995, The Baby Sister, 1996, Strega Nona: Her Story, 1996, Mary: The Mother of Jesus, 1997, and Tomie's Little Mother Goose, 1997.

ILLUSTRATOR:

Lisa Miller (pseudonym of Bernice Kohn Hunt) Sound, Coward (New York, NY), 1965.

Pura Belpre, The Tiger and the Rabbit and other Tales, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1965.

Lisa Miller, Wheels, Coward (New York, NY), 1965.

Jeanne B. Hardendorff, editor, Tricky Peik and Other Picture Tales, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1967.

Joan M. Lexau, Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1967.

Melvin L. Alexenberg, Sound Science, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1968.

James A. Eichner, The Cabinet of the President of the United States, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1968.

Leland Blair Jacobs, compiler, Poetry for Chuckles and Grins, Garrard (Champaign, IL), 1968.

Melvin L. Alexenberg, Light and Sight, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1969.

Robert Bly, The Morning Glory, Kayak (San Francisco, CA), 1969.

Sam and Beryl Epstein, Take This Hammer, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1969.

Mary C. Jane, The Rocking-Chair Ghost, Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1969.

Nina Schneider, Hercules, the Gentle Giant, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1969.

Eleanor Boylan, How to Be a Puppeteer, McCall (New York, NY), 1970.

Duncan Emrich, editor, The Folklore of Love and Courtship, American Heritage Press (New York, NY), 1970.

Duncan Emrich, editor, The Folklore of Weddings and Marriage, American Heritage Press (New York, NY), 1970.

Sam and Beryl Epstein, Who Needs Holes?, Hawthorn (New York, NY), 1970.

Barbara Rinkoff, Rutherford T. Finds 21B, Putnam (New York, NY), 1970.

Philip Balestrino, Hot As an Ice Cube, Crowell (New York, NY), 1971.

Sam and Beryl Epstein, Pick It Up, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1971.

John Fisher, John Fisher's Magic Book, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1971.

William Wise, Monsters of the Middle Ages, Putnam (New York, NY), 1971.

Peter Zachary Cohen, Authorized Autumn Charts of the Upper Red Canoe River Country, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1972.

Sibyl Hancock, Mario's Mystery Machine, Putnam (New York, NY), 1972.

Jean Rosenbaum and Lutie McAuliff, What Is Fear?, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1972.

Rubie Saunders, The Franklin Watts Concise Guide to Babysitting, F. Watts, 1972, published as BabySitting: For Fun and Profit, Archway, 1979.

Sam and Beryl Epstein, Hold Everything, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1973.

Sam and Beryl Epstein, Look in the Mirror, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1973.

Kathryn F. Ernst, Danny and His Thumb, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1973.

Valerie Pitt, Let's Find Out about Communications, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1973.

Charles Keller and Richard Baker, compilers, The Star-Spangled Banana and other Revolutionary Riddles, Prentice-Hall (New York, NY), 1974.

Alice Low, David's Window, Putnam (New York, NY), 1974.

Mary Calhoun, Old Man Whickutt's Donkey, Parents' Magazine Press, 1975.

Norma Farber, This Is the Ambulance Leaving the Zoo, Dutton (New York, NY), 1975.

Lee Bennett Hopkins, compiler, Good Morning to You, Valentine (poems), Harcourt (New York, NY), 1975.

Martha and Charles Shapp, Let's Find Out about Houses, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1975.

Eleanor Coerr, The Mixed-up Mystery Smell, Putnam (New York, NY), 1976.

John Graham, I Love You, Mouse, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1976.

Bernice Kohn Hunt, The Whatchamacallit Book, Putnam (New York, NY), 1976.

Steven Kroll, The Tyrannosaurus Game, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1976.

Martha and Charles Shapp, Let's Find Out about Summer, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1976.

Barbara Williams, If He's My Brother, Harvey House, 1976.

Lee Bennett Hopkins, compiler, Beat the Drum: Independence Day Has Come (poems), Harcourt (New York, NY), 1977.

Daniel O'Connor, Images of Jesus, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1977.

Belong, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1977.

Journey, Winston (Minneapolis, MN), 1977.

(With others) Norma Farber, Six Impossible Things before Breakfast, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1977.

Jean Fritz, Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?, Coward (New York, NY), 1977.

Patricia Lee Gauch, Once upon a Dinkelsbühl Putnam (New York, NY), 1977.

Tony Johnston, Odd Jobs, Putnam (New York, NY), 1977, published as The Dog Wash, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1977.

Steven Kroll, Santa's Crash-Bang Christmas, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1977.

Stephen Mooser, The Ghost with the Halloween Hiccups, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1977.

Annabelle Prager, The Surprise Party, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1977.

Malcolm E. Weiss, Solomon Grundy, Born on Oneday: A Finite Arithmetic Puzzle, Crowell (New York, NY), 1977.

Nancy Willard, Simple Pictures Are Best (Junior Literary Guild selection), Harcourt (New York, NY), 1977.

Jane Yolen, The Giants' Farm, Seabury (New York, NY), 1977.

Sue Alexander, Marc, the Magnificent, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1978.

William Cole, compiler, Oh, Such Foolishness! (poems), Lippincott (Philadelphia, PA), 1978.

Tony Johnston, Four Scary Stories, Putnam (New York, NY), 1978.

Steven Kroll, Fat Magic, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1978.

Naomi Panush Salus, My Daddy's Moustache, Double-day (New York, NY), 1978.

Jan Wahl, Jamie's Tiger, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1978.

The Cat on the Dovrefell: A Christmas Tale, translation from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent, Putnam (New York, NY), 1979.

Lee Bennett Hopkins, compiler, Easter Buds Are Springing: Poems for Easter (poems), Harcourt (New York, NY), 1979.

Anne Rose, The Triumphs of Fuzzy Fogtop, Dial (New York, NY), 1979.

Daisy Wallace, compiler, Ghost Poems, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1979.

Jane Yolen, The Giants Go Camping, Seabury (New York, NY), 1979.

Patricia L. Gauch, The Little Friar Who Flew, Putnam (New York, NY), 1980.

Patricia MacLachlan, Moon, Stars, Frogs, and Friends, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1980.

Clement Moore, The Night before Christmas, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1980.

Daniel M. Pinkwater, The Wuggie Norple Story, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1980.

Pauline Watson, The Walking Coat, Walker (New York, NY), 1980.

Malcolm Hall, Edward, Benjamin and Butter, Coward (New York, NY), 1981.

Michael Jennings, Robin Goodfellow and the Giant Dwarf, McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 1981.

Stephen Mooser, Funnyman's First Case, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1981.

Annabelle Prager, The Spooky Halloween Party, Pantheon (New York, NY), 1981.

Jeanne Fritz, adapter, The Good Giants and the Bad Pukwudgies, Putnam (New York, NY), 1982.

Tony Johnston, Odd Jobs and Friends, Putnam (New York, NY), 1982.

Ann McGovern, Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1982.

David A. Adler, The Carsick Zebra and other Animal Riddles, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1983.

Tony Johnston, The Vanishing Pumpkin, Putnam (New York, NY), 1983.

Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Tattie's River Journey, Dial (New York, NY), 1983.

Valentine Davies, Miracle on 34th Street, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1984.

Sarah Josepha Hale, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1984.

Stephen Mooser, Funnyman and the Penny Dodo, F. Watts (New York, NY), 1984.

Tony Johnston, The Quilt Story, Putnam (New York, NY), 1985.

(With others) Hans Christian Andersen, The Flying Trunk and other Stories by Andersen, new English version by Naomi Lewis, Andersen Press (Atlanta, GA), 1986.

Jill Bennett, reteller, Teeny Tiny, Putnam (New York, NY), 1986.

Tom Yeomans, For Every Child a Star: A Christmas Story, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1986.

Sanna Anderson Baker, Who's a Friend of the Water-Spurting Whale?, Chariot (Elgin, IL), 1987.

Carolyn Craven, What the Mailman Brought (Junior Literary Guild selection), Putnam (New York, NY), 1987.

Jeanne Fritz, Shh! We're Writing the Constitution, Putnam (New York, NY), 1987.

Nancy Willard, The Mountains of Quilt, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1987.

Elizabeth Winthrop, Maggie and the Monster, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1987.

Caryll Houselander, Petook: An Easter Story, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1988.

Tony Johnston, Pages of Music, Putnam (New York, NY), 1988.

Cindy Ward, Cookie's Week, Putnam (New York, NY), 1988.

Tony Johnston, adapter, The Badger and the Magic Fan: A Japanese Folktale, Putnam (New York, NY), 1990.

Jane Yolen, Hark! A Christmas Sampler, Putnam (New York, NY), 1991.

Mice Squeak, We Speak, Putnam (New York, NY), 1997.

Benny's Big Bubble, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1997.

Erandi's Braids, Putnam (New York, NY), 1999.

The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica, Putnam (New York, NY), 2001.

Annabelle Prager, The Surprise Party, Random House (New York, NY), 2003.

Also illustrator of I Love You Sun, I Love You Moon, 1994, The Tale of Rabbit & Coyote, 1994, The Bubble Factory, 1996, and Get Dressed Santa, 1996.

DePaola's books have been published in many countries, including Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Japan, Italy, France and South Africa. His work is represented at the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota and at the Osborne Collection, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

ADAPTATIONS: Wind and the Sun (sound filmstrip), Xerox Films/Lumin Films, 1973; Andy (sound filmstrip), Random House, 1977; Charlie Needs a Cloak (filmstrip with cassette), Weston Woods, 1977; Strega Nona (filmstrip with cassette), Weston Woods, 1978, (musical, adapted by Dennis Rosa, based on Strega Nona, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, and Strega Nona's Magic Lessons), first produced in Minneapolis, MN, by the Children's Theatre Company, 1987, (videocassette), CC Studios, 1985; Clown of God (play; adapted by Thomas Olson), first produced in Minneapolis by the Children's Theatre Company, 1981, (16mm film; videocassette), Weston Woods, 1984; Strega Nona's Magic Lessons and other Stories (record and cassette; includes Strega Nona's Magic Lessons, Strega Nona, Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, Helga's Dowry, Oliver Button Is a Sissy, Now One Foot, Now the Other, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs), read by Tammy Grimes, Caedmon, 1984; Big Anthony and Helga's Dowry, Children's Radio Theatre, 1984; The Night before Christmas (cassette), Live Oak Media, 1984; The Vanishing Pumpkin (filmstrip with cassette), Random House; The Legend of the Bluebonnet: An Old Tale of Texas (filmstrip with cassette), Random House, 1985; The Mysterious Giant of Barletta (cassette), Random House, 1985; Mary Had a Little Lamb (filmstrip with cassette), Weston Woods, 1985; The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush (filmstrip with cassette), Listening Library, 1988; Tomie dePaola's Christmas Carols (cassette), Listening Library, 1988; Merry Christmas, Strega Nona (cassette), Listening Library, (play; adapted by Thomas Olson), first produced in Minneapolis by the Children's Theatre Company, 1988; Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose (play; adapted by Constance Congdon), first produced in Minneapolis by the Children's Theatre Company, 1990. Charlie Needs a Cloak has been adapted into Braille and Strega Nona has been produced as a talking book. Filmstrips of Let's Find Out about Houses, Let's Find Out about Summer, The Surprise Party, Pancakes for Breakfast, Sing, Pierrot, Sing, and Tattie's River Journey have been produced.

SIDELIGHTS: "Tomie dePaola is one of the most popular creators of picture books for children in America today," state Richard F. Abrahamson and Marilyn Colvin in the Reading Teacher. Calling dePaola "an artist and writer of seemingly boundless energy," Anne Sherrill noted in an essay for the Dictionary of Literary Biography that he "has worked in several areas of children's literature." In addition to the scores of books he has written himself, dePaola's gently drawn, brightly colored illustrations fill the pages of many books written by other authors. Several critics, such as Abrahamson and Colvin, observed that dePaola is at his best, though, "when he both illustrates and writes a picture book," and considered his retold folk tales to "represent some of the most beautiful picture storybooks available today."

DePaola was born in 1934, near the end of the Great Depression, to Irish and Italian parents in Meriden, Connecticut. This talented and prolific author and illustrator grew up during World War II, before television deposed radio in American homes, in a family that appreciated books and creativity. He has frequently said that he decided to become an artist when he was only four. "I must have been a stubborn child," he once commented, "because I never swayed from that decision." By the time he was a sophomore in high school, dePaola knew that he wanted to attend Pratt Institute in New York and wrote to them to find out what classes he should be taking to prepare for his studies there. In 1952 he entered Pratt, earning a degree in 1956.

After graduation from Pratt, dePaola entered a Benedictine Monastery in Vermont where he stayed for six months. He has stated that he used the time there to solidify some deep spiritual values. Because the Benedictines are involved in the arts, he also learned the value of culture. DePaola maintained his association with the monastery when he returned to the secular life. In addition to crafting liturgical art, he designed fabric for their weaving studio and designed Christmas cards. Living in the monastery influenced the subject matter of his writing as well. Several of his children's books draw upon religious stories or themes, often from the perspective of legend. The Clown of God: An Old Story, for example, is a retelling of the story about the rise and fall of a juggler and the miracle that occurs at his final astonishing performance before a statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child. Sherrill remarked that dePaola's tale "was inspired by Anatole France's version of the legend about a juggler who offers his talent as a gift to the Christ Child. DePaola retells it with an Italian Renaissance setting."

Beginning his career as a teacher of art at Newton College of the Sacred Heart in Massachusetts in 1962, dePaola first illustrated Lisa Miller's science book, Sound, in 1965. The following year, he illustrated the first of his own books, The Wonderful Dragon of Timlin. In 1967, he traveled west to teach at San Francisco College for Women, which became Lone Mountain College. While in California, he earned a master of fine arts degree from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1969, and a doctoral equivalency a year later at Lone Mountain College. "The time I spent in San Francisco also helped raise my consciousness—about women's issues especially—and to realign my thinking about antiwar and peace organizations," dePaola told Lisa Lane in a Chicago Tribune interview. Following his graduate work, he returned to New England where he continued to teach art, adding theatrical writing, technical direction, and set design to his professorial tasks. DePaola has also exhibited his work extensively in numerous one-man and group shows, both nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors as well as high praise from reviewers for his appealing retellings of religious and ethnic folktales, realistic fiction with elements of fantasy, and concept books that combine fiction with educational topics. But as Abrahamson and Colvin remarked, "Can there be a higher honor for a creator of children's books than to be selected by children as a favorite? In 1978, children across the United States chose four of Tomie dePaola's works among their favorites. No other creator of children's books during that year was given such an honor."

DePaola's family was a closely connected one and some of his stories for children focus upon relationships among family members. One of dePaola's first books, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, is "based upon the death of his grandmother," noted Lane, adding that he admitted that "it was a highly personal and challenging book to write." It is the story of Tommy, whose grandmother and great-grandmother both live in the same house with him. When he is very young, his great-grandmother dies; several years later, his grandmother passes away also. Remarking that "years later when the grandmother dies, he thinks of them both as Nana Upstairs," Sherrill added that "though the book deals with the death of loved ones, the focus is on affection and fond memories."

A companion piece to Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs is Now One Foot, Now the Other, which involves young Bobby and his grandfather, Bob, who enjoy doing many things together. When the grandfather suffers a stroke, though, Bobby helps him to learn to walk again. Indicating that the "explanations are forthright and appropriate to readers' level of understanding," Karen Harris added in School Library Journal, "The tone is gentle and low-key and the illustrations are, as usual, first-rate." Natalie Babbitt remarked in the New York Times Book Review that although "this is a big and difficult story compressed into a small and simple story," dePaola omits nothing and is able to "present a warm and positive picture of the power of love." She also found that "the illustrations are exactly right. In calm browns and blues, with figures that are just realistic enough, they reinforce the straightforward tone of the prose."

Strega Nona: An Old Tale, which was named a Caldecott Honor Book and received the Nakamore Prize in Japan, is a traditional tale about a magic pot that, upon the recitation of a verse, produces food and ceases only with the recitation of another verse. In Strega Nona ("Grandmother Witch") has hired a helper, Anthony, who secretly observes her and believes that he too can make the pot perform magically. What Anthony has missed is that Strega Nona also blows three kisses to the pot to get it to stop. Chaos ensues, threatening the entire town. Strega Nona sets things right and chooses to punish Anthony not by hanging him, as the townspeople suggest, but by forcing him to eat all the pasta he has created—"an ending children will probably enjoy tremendously," remarked Zena Sutherland in Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.

In Helga's Dowry: A Troll Love Story, the story of a beautiful but poor troll who accumulates a dowry and attracts the handsome king of the trolls as her suitor but discards him for another of her own choice, dePaola invents his own tale in the folktale tradition. According to Jennifer Dunning in the New York Times Book Review, dePaola's inspiration often comes from faculty-meeting doodles. "A troll appeared on the doodle pad," Mr. dePaola recalled. "I thought, 'Gee, must be a troll story inside me.' So I did a lot of research on trolls and found the women are condemned to wander the face of the earth if they have no dowry." DePaola's troll acquires her dowry from doing enormous tasks for others—cows for laundry, land for clearing trees; and, according to Sutherland in Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, "Most of the fun is in Helga's magical despatch of loot-producing tasks." DePaola also has some very definite ideas about the presence of sexual stereotyping in children's books. According to Sherrill, dePaola has frequently said that he "consciously tries to avoid presenting sexual stereotypes, and certainly the independent Helga underscores that."

In Fin M'Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill, Celtic motifs frame the half-page illustrations and text involving the legendary Irish hero Cu Chulainn. M'Coul is huge and powerful good giant who is afraid of being beaten by Cucullin, who is larger than he is. M'Coul's clever wife comes to his rescue, and he appears dressed as a baby stuffed into a real cradle. Cucullin retreats fearing that if the giant M'Coul could produce a child the size of the baby before him, what must the father be like? "Fin M'Coul comes alive through Tomie dePaola's comic illustrating and retelling of this tale," wrote Fellis L. Jordan in Children's Book Review Service. "You can almost hear Fin's Irish brogue as you read the story." "Much as we may admire the sheer cleverness of the book it is the humour that lives longest in the mind," stated a reviewer in the Junior Bookshelf. "This is the perfect version of the immemorial theme of the triumph of cunning over force, and Mr. dePaola tells it for all it is worth."

Critics have repeatedly praised dePaola's illustrations, noting that he has an almost primitive style reminiscent of folk art. "Although colored inks and watercolors on handmade watercolor paper are used most frequently as a base for dePaola's books, he also uses pencil drawings, etchings, charcoal drawings, and other techniques," wrote Sherrill, adding that his "characters in the stories are made distinctive through dePaola's treatment of eyes, facial expressions, noses, hair, and mouths. Tousle-haired children have become an identifying characteristic of his work." Considering his use of color "distinctive," dePaola added, "I think my style of illustration has been refined over the years. Style has to do with the kinds of things you are drawn to personally, and I'm drawn to Romanesque and folk art. I think that my style is very close to those—very simple and direct. I simplify."

"The child dePaola once was shines through all his works, captivating readers and enriching the field of children's books," remarked Barbara Elleman in Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. This is especially true in dePaola's autobiographical series of chapter books. In the Newbery Honor winner 26 Fairmount Avenue, the first in the series, five-year-old Tomie tells about moving from an apartment to his family's new and only house. Tomie also details his first day of kindergarten and "an unfortunate but funny episode with a laxative," noted Booklist's Linda Perkins. "DePaola successfully evokes the voice of a precocious, inquisitive five-year-old everyone would want to befriend," concluded a Publishers Weekly contributor. Perkins also praised dePaola's writing, noting "the colloquial narrative gently meanders, introducing family, friends, and neighbors, noting holidays, and anticipating moving day."

Young Tomie continues his tales in Here We All Are, and On My Way, both of which are sequels to 26 Fair-mount Avenue. In Here We All Are the family is settled in their new house and Tomie continues kindergarten. Tomi begins tap-dancing lessons and takes a stand against his tough Italian grandmother. On My Own focuses on change as Tomie graduates kindergarten and enters first grade. The narrator also vividly describes his fears as his sister battles pneumonia. Noted a Horn Book reviewer about On My Own: "DePaola's writing and recollective skills are so fresh that kids will feel like he's sitting right next to them, telling his tales in and out of school with disarming charisma and not a hint of nostalgia."

In Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School, dePaola introduces readers to two dogs dressed as elementary students, who are starting school. In School Library Journal, reviewer Wanda Meyers-Hines observed, "Moffie is smart, outspoken, and always has to be first." Moffie is proud of her elementary school accomplishments, especially her gold stars and ability to count to ten. Morgie, on the other hand, is most proud of his new friendship with a classmate who also likes dinosaurs. After the teacher talks to Moffie about always having to answer first in class, Moffie realizes that she has no friends, a situation that is quickly resolved. "Although never stated, the concept of complementary talents is very clear, and children will get the point," contended Perkins. A Publishers Weekly reviewer praised that "many of the situations here will strike a cord with young children and their parents, and dePaola's sunny, gently humorous acrylic paintings are as winning as ever."

DePaola continued the "Barkers" series with Hide-and-Seek All Week, Boss for a Day, A New Barker in the House, T-Rex Is Missing, and Trouble in the Barkers' Class. Of these, A New Barker in the House received the most critical attention because of the international adoption featured in the book. Moffie and Morgie learn that their parents are adopting Marcos, a Spanish-speaking three-year-old. When Marcos arrives, they teach him English and he, in turn, teaches them Spanish. "With Spanish words woven into the narrative, the bicultural intent of the story is obvious, but never didactic," noted Perkins. She added that the book is "brimming with dePaola's characterization, charm, and clarity." A contributor to Kirkus Reviews explained, "While the children's adjustment to the adoption may be a bit unrealistically smooth, their feelings of excitement will be familiar and contagious to readers."

"Of all the zillions of things that could be said about Tomie dePaola," observed Robert D. Hale in Horn Book, "the one that comes most strongly to mind is his exuberance. He is joyful, ebullient. His exhilaration fills all the spaces around him, wrapping everyone present in rare high spirits. The books he creates radiate this quality of good cheer, even when they have serious messages to impart…. Everything Tomie does is done with gusto and zest—which is why his work appeals to all generations. Tomie's softly colorful illustrations invite tots, while at the other end of the cycle adults appreciate his sharing of feelings." "For me," dePaola once remarked, "my expression is always the sum total of my personal experience with people. Not that it shows consciously or conspicuously, but it is the inner support that makes the terrifying experience of starting a new project less frightening."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 61, American Writers for Children since 1960: Poets, Illustrators, and Nonfiction Authors, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1987, pp. 15-26.

Kingman, Lee, and others, compilers, Illustrators of Children's Books: 1957–1966, Horn Book (Boston, MA), 1968.

Marquardt, Dorothy A., and Martha E. Ward, Illustrators of Books for Young People, Scarecrow Press (Metuchen, NJ), 1975.

Roginski, Jim, compiler, Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners, Libraries Unlimited (Littleton, CO), 1982.

Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 3rd edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1989, pp. 279-281.

PERIODICALS

Booklist, February 15, 1992, Carolyn Phelan, review of Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale, p. 1108; March 15, 1992, Hazel Rochman, review of Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland, p. 1382; October 1, 1992, Ilene Cooper, review of Jingle, the Christmas Clown, p. 328; November 1, 1993, Carolyn Phelan, review of Strega Nona Meets Her Match, p. 730; May 1, 1994, Ilene Cooper, review of Christopher: The Holy Giant, p. 1603; May 15, 1994, Karen Harvey, review of The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, p. 1678; August, 1994, Ilene Cooper, review of The Legend of Poinsettia, p. 2050; January 1, 1995, Carolyn Phelan, review of The Unicorn and the Moon, pp. 824-826, Ilene Cooper, review of Kit and Kat, p. 827; March 15, 1995, Ilene Cooper, review of Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Sante Fe, p. 1334; September 1, 1995, Carolyn Phelan, review of Mary: The Mother of Jesus, p. 56; September 15, 1995, Carolyn Phelan, review of Country Angel Christmas, p. 169; March 15, Hazel Rochman, review of The Baby Sister, p. 1268; October 1, 1996, Ilene Cooper, review of Mary, p. 338; March 15, 1997, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Days of the Blackbird: A Tale of Northern Italy, p. 1247; July, 1997, Annie Ayres, review of The Eagle and the Rainbow: Timeless Tales from Mexico, pp. 1815-1817; September 15, Hazel Rochman, review of Mice Squeak, We Speak, p. 231; February 15, 1998, Michael Cart, review of Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, p. 1020; May 15, 1998, Carolyn Phelan, review of Bill and Pete to the Rescue, p. 1629; November 15, Michael Cart, review of Big Anthony: His Story, p. 595, Isabel Schon, review of La Leyenda de la flor de Nochebuena (The Legend of Poinsettia), p. 599; January 1, 1999, Hazel Rochman, review of Erandi's Braids, p. 861; September 1, 1999, Ilene Cooper, review of The Night of Las Posadas, p. 147; August 9, 1999, review of Andy: That's My Name, p. 355; August, 1999, Linda Perkins, review of 26 Fairmount Avenue, p. 2048; June, 2001, Linda Perkins, review of Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat Go to School, p. 1890; February 1, 2002, Carolyn Phelan, review of Boss for a Day, p. 949, review of Hide-and-Seek All Week, p. 949; July, 2002, Linda Perkins, review of A New Barker in the House, pp. 1856-1858; August, 2002, Ilene Cooper, review of Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story, pp. 1967-1969; March, 2003, John Peters, review of Things Will Never Be the Same, pp. 1193-1195; April 1, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of Marcos Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue, p. 1401, and review of Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story, pp. 1967-1969; John Peters, review of Things Will Never Be the Same, pp. 1193-1195.

Books for Your Children, summer, 1980, pp. 2-3.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October, 1973, pp. 24-25; November, 1975, p. 42; October, 1995, review of Country Angel Christmas, p. 14.

Chicago Tribune, February 13, 1989.

Children's Book Review Service, May, 1981, p. 81.

Children's Playmate, December, 1996, Samantha Hill, review of Country Angel Christmas, p. 13.

Entertainment Weekly, December 11, 1992, Michele Landsberg, review of Jingle at Christmas, p. 82; April 30, 1993, Leonard S. Marcus, review of Tom, p. 70.

Family Life, May 1, 2001, Sara Nelson, "Books," p. 89.

Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), September 13, 1985.

Horn Book, April, 1974; August, 1975; October, 1975; November-December, 1985, pp. 770-772; January 15, 1993, Deborah Abbott, review of Tom, p. 898; July-August, 1993, Hanna B. Zeiger, review of Tom, p. 441; November-December, 1993, Hanna B. Zeiger, review of Strega Nona Meets Her Match, p. 730; May-June, 1994, Margaret M. Burns, review of Christopher, pp. 333-335, May-June, 1994, Elizabeth S. Watson, review of The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, pp. 340-342; November-December, 1994, Hanna B. Zeiger, review of The Legend of Poinsettia, pp. 710-712; September 15, 1996, Carolyn Phelan, review of Strega Nona: Her Story, p. 246; January-February, Mary M. Burns, review of Mary, p. 89; November-December, 1996, Maria B. Salvadore, Strega Nona: Her Story, p. 722; March-April, 1997, Margaret A. Bush, review of Days of the Blackbird, p. 205; May, 1999, review of 26 Fairmount Avenue, p. 351; March, 2001, review of On My Way, p. 228; March-April, 2002, Roger Sutton, review of What a Year, p. 228.

Instructor, April, 2003, Judy Freeman, review of Adelita, p. 55.

Junior Bookshelf, August, 1981, p. 144.

Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2002, review of What a Year, p. 43; September 1, 2002, review of Adelita, pp. 1307-1309; November 1, 2002, review of Four Friends at Christmas, p. 1617; January 15, 2003, review of Things Will Never Be the Same, p. 141.

Language Arts, March, 1979.

New York Times Book Review, November 13, 1977, pp, 42, 45; September 20, 1981, p. 30.

Publishers Weekly, July 19, 1976; July 23, 1982; September 7, 1992, Elizabeth Devereaux, review of My First Thanksgiving, p. 62, and Jingle, the Christmas Clown, p. 67; January 25, 1993, review of Tom, p. 86; July 19, 1993, review of Strega Nona Meets Her Match, p. 251; November 1, 1993, review of The Legend of the Persian Carpet, p. 78; April 18, 1994, review of The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote, p. 60; February 27, 1995, review of Alice Nizzy Nazzy, p. 103; September 18, 1995, review of Country Angel Christmas, p. 100; February 19, 1996, review of The Baby Sister, p. 214; July 26, 1996, review of Strega Nona: Her Story, p. 241; December 16, 1996, review of Days of the Blackbird, p. 59; April 18, 1997, review of Mice Sqeak, We Speak, p. 91; April 20, 1998, review of Bill and Pete to the Rescue, pp. 65-67; September 7, 1998, review of Big Anthony, p. 94; March 29, 1999, review of 26 Fairmount Avenue, p. 105; April 12, 1999, review of The Next Best Thing, p. 29; September, 1999, review of The Night of Las Posadas, p. 60; April 16, 2001, review of Bill and Pete to the Rescue, p. 67; July 2, 2001, review of Meet the Barkers, p. 75; July 11, 2001, review of Big Anthony, p. 87; July 16, 2001, p. 150; August 27, 2001, review of The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica, p. 82; February 4, 2002, p. 78; March 25, 2002, "Beginning Reader Buddies," p. 66; June 3, 2002, review of On My Way, p. 91; July 1, 2002, review of Adelita, p. 79.

Reading Teacher, December, 1979, pp. 264-269; November, 1995, review of The Legend of the Poinsettia, p. 253.

School Library Journal, September, 1973, p. 56; November, 1974, pp. 46-47; September, 1981, pp. 105-106; February, 1992, Jacqueline Elsner, review of My First Halloween, p. 72, and Jean H. Zimmerman, review of The Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus, p. 81; April, 1992, Lisa Dennis, review of Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, p. 104; May, 1992, Lisa S. Murphy, review of Patrick, pp. 98-100; April, 1993, Karen James, review of Tom, p. 95; November, 1993, Rose Zertuch Trevino, review of El Libro de las Arenas Movedizas, p. 138, review of El Libro de las nubes, p. 138D; March, 1994, Joy Fleishhacker, review of Christopher, p. 60; October, 1994, Jane Marino, review of The Legend of Poinsettia, p. 30; May, 1996, Susan Hepler, review of The Baby Sitter, p. 91; March, 1997, Heide Piehler, review of Days of the Blackbird, p. 150; May, 1997, Teresa Bateman, "A Visit with Tomie dePaola," p. 81; October, 1997, Susan Garland, review of Mice Squeak, We Speak, p. 110; November 1, 1998, Sue Sherif, review of Big Anthony, p. 83; January, 1995, Emily Kutler, review of I Love You, Sun; I Love You Moon, p. 91; December, 1995, Patricia Pearl Dole, review of Mary, p. 96; October, 1995, review of Country Angel Christmas, p. 36; December, 1995, review of Mary, p. 96; October, 1996, Jane Marino, review of Get Dressed, Santa, p. 34; October, 1996, Karen MacDonald, review of Strega Nona: Her Story, p. 91; May, 1998, Heide Piehler, review of Bill and Pete to the Rescue, p. 113; February, 1999, Ann Welton, review of Erandi's Braids, p. 87; June, 1999, Heide Piehler, review of 26 Fairmount Avenue, p. 112; August, 2001, Coop Renner, review of The Baby Sister, p. S60, Wanda Meyers-Hines, review of Meet the Barkers, p. 146; September, 2001, Coop Renner, review of The Baby Sister, p. S60, Patricia Pearl Dole, review of The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica, p. 220; February, 2002, Debbie Stewart, review of Boss for a Day, p. 98; March, Alice Casey Smith, review of What a Year, p. 209; April 8, 2002, "Ongoing Series," pp. 229-231; June, 2002, Shara Alpern, review of A New Barker in the House, p. 92; September, 2002, Ann Welton, review of Adelita, pp. 210-212; February, Patricia Manning, review of T-Rex Is Missing, p. 104.

Top of the News, April, 1976.

Wilson Library Bulletin, October, 1977; February, 1992, Donnarae McCann and Olga Richard, review of The Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus: A Pop-Up Book, p. 82; January, 1995, Donnarae McCann and Olga Richard, review of I Love You, Sun; I Love You, Moon, p. 120.

World of Children's Books, spring, 1978, pp. 38-39.

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