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Bio

(1934-2020) Author, illustrator. Tomie dePaola was born in Meriden, Connecticut, and died in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Full Name

Tomie dePaola

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


1934

BIRTH

Thomas Anthony dePaola was born in Meriden, Connecticut, on September 15, 1934.

1956

OTHER

Mr. dePaola earned a bachelor of fine arts degree at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in 1956.

1973

LITWORK

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
Putnam
0399203001 / 978-0399203008
Children's book.

1975

LITWORK

Strega Nona
Prentice-Hall
0138516006 / 978-0138516000
Children's book.

1978

LITWORK

Pancakes for Breakfast
HMH Books for Young Readers
0152594558 / 978-0152594558
Children's book.

1978

LITWORK

The Popcorn Book
Holiday House
0823403149 / 978-0823403141
Children's book.

1979

LITWORK

Oliver Button Is A Sissy
Harcourt Children's Books
0152578528 / 978-0152578527
Children's book.

1980

LITWORK

The Legend of Old Befana
Harcourt Children's Books
0152438165 / 978-0152438166
Children's book.

1983

LITWORK

The Legend of the Bluebonnet
G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
0399209379 / 978-0399209376
Children's book.

1983

LITWORK

Noah and the Ark
Winston Press
0866838198 / 978-0866838191
Children's book.

1999

LITWORK

26 Fairmount Avenue
G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
039923246X / 978-0399232466
Children's book.

2001

LITWORK

On My Way
Putnam Juvenile
0399235833 / 978-0399235832
Children's book.

2020

DEATH

Tomie dePaola died in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on March 30, 2020.

2020

INTERMENT

The remains of Tomie dePaola were cremated and the ashes scattered, specifically: ashes were scattered in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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