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An illustrator is a person who draws pictures for books as a job. Tomie’s favorite color is “White” because it looks good with any color.
Tomie has friend that keeps him company as he works, his dog “Brontë”. Brontë is an Airedale. He was born on September 13, 2004
Tomie likes to write many different kinds of stories. One group of his stories tell memories of when he was a little boy.
His favorite book as a child was Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field.
In the past, Tomie would say his latest book was his favorite, but once he received the final copy of Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs, he realized it was his favorite of all of his books.
Tomie’s newest BOOK is about the exciting events in Strega Nona’s village preparing for the Feast of San Nicola.
More fun FACT’s About Tomie dePaola.
Tomie was 70 on September 15, 2004. How old is he now in 2011?
Tomie draws a when he signs his name because it is his abbreviation for “Love”.
We can also learn more about Tomie
by listening to him tell us about himself in these
special interviews.
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/depaola/