Tomie dePaola

15 September 1934 – 30 March 2020

100 works on record

Biography

Thomas Anthony de Paola was born in Meriden, Connecticut. He became interested in art at an early age. After graduating from high school, he attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1956, he graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He taught art at Newton College of the Sacred Heart from 1962 to 1966, then moved to California where he taught at San Francisco College for Women from 1967 to 1970. His first illustrated book, *Sound*, was published in 1965. In 1969, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He relocated to New England and taught art at Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston from 1972 to 1973. He then became an associate professor, designer, and technical director in the Speech and Theater department at Colby-Sawyer College from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he received the Caldecott Honor for *Strega Nona* (1976). In 1978 he left teaching to become a full-time author and illustrator, while still living in New London, New Hampshire. Tomi passed away in March, 2020.

Works

My mother is so smart

2010

Brava, Strega Nona!

2008

Why?

2007

Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose favorites

2007

Marcos counts

2003

Mother Goose

Mother Goose Frieze

Bob and Bobby

The Christmas pageant

Strega Nona meets her match

Giorgio's village

Country Farm

Things to make and do for Valentine's Day

Mr. Satie and the Great Art Contest

The illustrations of Tomie De Paola

Katie's good idea

My First Passover

Here We All Are

Tomie's Three Bears and Other Tales

Tomie dePaola's Rhyme Time

Morgie's Surprise

Joe and the snow

The wonderful dragon of Timlin

Bill and Pete To Rescue

Tomie dePaola's Christmas

Tomie De Paola's Kitten Kids and the Missing Dinosaur

The three friends and the pumpkins

For the duration

The Cat on the Dovrefell

The Legend of the Persian Carpet

School's In

The journey of the kiss

Kit and Kat

Tomie dePaola's Favorite nursery tales

David and Goliath

Tomie Depaola's Book of Poems

Tomie's little Mother Goose

Katie, Kit and Cousin Tom (Little Simon)

PPTC FAMILY TIES 8c

Tomie dePaola's Big Book of Favorite Legends

The three friends and the leaves

A Visit with Tomie DePaola

Guess Who's Coming to Santa's for Dinner?

Marianna May and Nursey

The bubble factory

Country Angel Christmas

My First Halloween

Tomie's Little Christmas Pageant

The three friends go to school

Tomie De Paola's Mother Goose Favorites

With Warmest Regards: A Celebration of Our Customers' Recipes And Tradtions

Scholastic Story Time 2-Dvd Set

My First Easter

The three friends and the apples

The first Christmas

Hide-and-Seek All Week

Parker Pig, Esquire

Mice Squeak, We Speak

Marcos Colors

Get Dressed, Santa!

Flicks

Four Friends in Summer

My First Christmas Carols

Joy to the World

Boss for a Day

She Who Is Alone

T-Rex Is Missing!

Mother Goose Stry Str

Noah and the Ark ; Jonah and the Whale ActivePad Books

Tomie's Baa Baa Black Sheep

Midwest Country Angel

Tomie Depaola's Book of Christmas Carols

Strega Nona's harvest

Legend Easter Fire

26 Fairmount Avenue & Here We All Are

My First Thanksgiving

Tomie dePaola's Make Your Own Christmas Cards

Solomon Grundy, Born on One Day

The song of Francis

Noah and the Ark

Mary

Tomie's Mother Goose Flies Again

Tomie De Paola's Kitten Kids and the Haunted House

Selections from Tomie Depaola's Book of Christmas Carols

On My Way

Pajamas for Kit (Tomie dePaola's Kitten Kids Series)

Christmas Remembered

Angels, Angels Everywhere

Four Friends in Autumn

Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise

Tomie's Little Book of Poems

Katie & Kit at the beach

Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers

Tomie's Little Book of Love

The monsters' ball

Big Anthony's Mixed-Up Magic

The birds of Bethlehem

Tomie dePaola's book of the Old Testament

Strega Nona's gift

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