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Thomas Anthony "Tomie" dePaola (/ ˈ t ɒ m i d ə ˈ p aʊ l ə /; September 15, 1934 – March 30, 2020) was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books, such as Strega Nona.
Strega Nona is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.If considered as a folktale, the story is Aarne-Thompson type 565, the Magic Mill. It concerns Strega Nona (resembling what would be "Grandma Witch" in Italian, although this would actually be "Nonna Strega", with the two words inverted and the first one spelled with a double n) and her helper, Big Anthony.
This autobiographical story introduces children to the concept of death through the eyes of 4-year-old Tommy, who has a special relationship with his grandmother and great-grandmother, and visits them regularly.
Strega Nona, which means “Grandmother Witch” in Italian, is the central figure of a Caldecott Medal-winning book of the same name, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
There are certain characters we meet in the pages of books who stay with us our entire lives. Saying so, though, is a bit of a cliché, the sort of sentimental aphorism you might find painted on ...
Tomie dePaola, writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books; Pete Hamill, journalist; Norton Juster, author of children's books; Arnold Lobel, author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series; Laura Numeroff, author and illustrator of children's books; John Peterson, writer
In the life of your child, you easily exchange thousands of words every day, or at the very least every week. And while many of these conversations may seem normal and even fairly inconsequential ...
26 Fairmount Avenue (ISBN 0-399-23246-X) is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola. [1] The book won a Newbery Honor in 2000, [1] and was named a Notable Children's Book on the Association for Library Service to Children's annual list that year. [2]