We enjoyed our Author Study on Eric Carle so much that we are going to spend the next three weeks doing another Author Study. This time, we will focus on Tomie dePaola. Mr. dePaola has written and/or illustrated over 200 books for children!
We will be reading his autobiographical books: The Art Lesson, The Baby Sister, Tom, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, and Stagestruck. We will also read several books from the "Barker" series. The "Barkers" are Morgan and Moffat - dogs who are named after pets that Tomie dePaola used to have. We will conclude by reading several of the "Strega Nona" books. Our students are already familiar with the original Strega Nona, which was one of our STAR books last Fall.
Do you think Tomie dePaola looks a bit like Eric Carle? They both have white hair and white beards now, and they both live in New England.
Check out Mr. dePaola's website at http://www.tomie.com/
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