Tomie dePaola
b. 1934 – d. 2020 · 188 books
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.
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.
Books by Tomie dePaola
Giants' Tree House
Giants' Tree House
Where Are You, Brontë?
Giants' Visitor
The giants go camping
The giants' farm
Through the Year with Tomie De
Through the Year with Tomie DePaola
Quicksand book
Cat on the Dovrefell
Cat on the Dovrefell
Christina's Carol
Guess Who's Coming to Santa's for Dinner?
I Will Talk to You, Little One
Marianna May and Nursey
Andy and Sandy and the First D
Andy and Sandy and the First Day of Summer
Andy and Sandy Paperback Colle
Andy and Sandy Paperback Collection
Good Samaritan and Other Parables
Tomie dePaola's Cats and Kittens
Tomie DePaola's Christmas Tree
Tomie DePaola's Christmas Tree Book
Andy & Sandy and the first snow
Andy & Sandy's anything adventure
Quiet
Andy & Sandy and the big talent show
Andy and Sandy Hardcover Box
Blast off! Doodle Book
Curious about Zoo Vets
Curious about Zoo Vets
Home Address
Home Address
Lion, Tiger, and Bear
Lion, Tiger, and Bear
Oceans Doodle Book
Ruth Heller's Animals
Ruth Heller's Animals
Strega Nona and Her Tomatoes
Strega Nona and Her Tomatoes
Strega Nona and the twins
Strega Nona Does It Again
What's up in the Gobi Desert
What's up in the Gobi Desert
Curious about Snow
In a small kingdom
Look and be grateful
The moon's almost here
When Andy met Sandy
Art Lesson
Art Lesson
Foreman Frankie Is Handy
Nativities of the Southwest
The Magical World of Strega Nona
The Night Before My Dance Recital
What Is the Super Bowl?
The birds of Bethlehem
Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise
My first angels
Strega Nona's gift
My First Christmas Carols
My mother is so smart
Strega Nona's harvest
Brava, Strega Nona!
Mr. Satie and the Great Art Contest
Strega Nona and Other Stories from Near and Far
Tomie dePaola's Big Book of Favorite Legends
Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers
Tomie dePaola's More Mother Goose favorites
Tomie's Little Book of Love
I'm Still Scared
Now One Foot, Now the Other
Tomie's Mother Goose Flies Again
Four Friends in Autumn
Morgie's Surprise
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels
The New Barker in the House (Barkers: Level 1)
Things Will Never Be the Same
Tomie's Baa Baa Black Sheep
Tomie's Little Book of Poems
Tomie's Three Bears and Other Tales
Four Friends in Summer
Legend Easter Fire
Legend Easter Fire
Marcos Colors
Marcos counts
Noah and the Ark ; Jonah and t
Noah and the Ark ; Jonah and the Whale ActivePad Books
Trouble in the Barkers' Class
26 Fairmount Avenue & Here We All Are
Four Friends at Christmas
Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka
Strega Nona Takes a Vacation
T-Rex Is Missing!
Tomie's Little Christmas Pageant
Hide-and-Seek All Week
Meet the Barkers
PPTC FAMILY TIES 8c
PPTC FAMILY TIES 8c
The holy twins
Bug Book
The three friends and the apples
The three friends and the leaves
The three friends and the pumpkins
The three friends go to school
Tomie De Paola's Mother Goose Favorites
Tomie dePaola's Rhyme Time
Tomie's Family
Tomie's Family
26 Fairmount Avenue
Kit and Kat
The Night of Las Posadas
Big Anthony
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Bill and Pete To Rescue
Hey diddle diddle & other Mother Goose rhymes
Tomie dePaola's Make Your Own Christmas Cards
A Visit with Tomie DePaola
A Visit with Tomie DePaola
Days of the blackbird
She Who Is Alone
She Who Is Alone
Tomie's little Mother Goose
Country Angel Christmas
Get Dressed, Santa!
Shoebox Library Level 9
Shoebox Library Level 9
The bubble factory
The Walking Coat
Tomie dePaola's book of the Old Testament
With Warmest Regards: A Celebration of Our Customers' Recipes And Tradtions
I love you sun, I love you moon
The unicorn and the moon
Big Anthony's Mixed-Up Magic
Big Anthony's Mixed-Up Magic
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
The Legend of the Persian Carpet
The popcorn book
Bill and Pete
Jingle, the Christmas Clown
Bonjour Mr. Satie
Little Grunt and the Big Egg
Tony's Bread
My first Chanukah
Snip Snip Little Lambs
The spooky Halloween party
Three Little Kittens and Other
Three Little Kittens and Other Poems and Songs from Mother Goose
Tomie Depaola's Book of Poems
Bob and Bobby
Bob and Bobby
Kitten Kids & Treasure Hunt
Kitten Kids and the Big Camp-Out
Petook
Selections from Tomie Depaola'
Selections from Tomie Depaola's Book of Christmas Carols
Solomon Grundy, Born on One D
Solomon Grundy, Born on One Day
The legend of the Indian paintbrush
Tomie De Paola's Kitten Kids and the Haunted House
Tomie De Paola's Kitten Kids a
Tomie De Paola's Kitten Kids and the Missing Dinosaur
An Early American Christmas
Four Stories for Four Seasons
Katie, Kit and Cousin Tom (Little Simon)
Katie's good idea
Michael Bird-Boy
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
Pajamas for Kit (Tomie dePaola's Kitten Kids Series)
Tomie dePaola Plush Goose
Tomie dePaola Plush Goose
Tomie dePaola's Christmas
Tomie dePaola's Christmas
Katie & Kit at the beach
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Tomie dePaola's Favorite nursery tales
Tommie's Three Bears
Tommie's Three Bears
The story of the Three Wise Kings
Mother Goose Frieze
Mother Goose Frieze
Mother Goose Stry Str
Mother Goose Stry Str
Strega Nona's Magic Lessons
The Magic Pasta Pot
The Mysterious Giant of Barletta
Knight and the Dragon
Sing, Pierrot, Sing
Francis, the poor man of Assisi
Giorgio's village
Fin M'Coul
Prince of the Dolomites
The Hunter and the Animals
The family Christmas tree book
The Lady of Guadalupe
The Legend of Old Befana
Big Anthony and the Magic Ring
Songs of the Fog Maiden
The Cat on the Dovrefell
The Cat on the Dovrefell
Oh, Such Foolishness!
The Clown of God
Helga's Dowry
When everyone was fast asleep
The Cloud Book
Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup
Andy-Thats My Name
Charlie Needs a Cloak
Tomie dePaola's Book of Bible Stories
The journey of the kiss
The monsters' ball
Parker Pig, Esquire
Fight the night
Joe and the snow
Things to make and do for Valentine's Day
The wonderful dragon of Timlin
Who Was?
Midwest Country Angel
The illustrations of Tomie De
The illustrations of Tomie De Paola
Welcome, Bao Bao