The Worlds of Tomie DePaola
The Art and Stories of the Legendary Artist and Author
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers hardcover edition.
Description: 202 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Updated to incorporate the final decades of dePaola's career, an anecdotal portrait explores the biographical elements in the Hans Christian Andersen Award-winning artist's folktale and nursery-rhyme interpretations as well as the inventive world of his famed character, Strega Nona.
Contents:
Introduction -- A tribute to Tomie by Trina Schart Hyman -- A life -- Autobiographical tales -- Strega Nona -- Folktales -- Religious and spiritual themes -- Christmas stories ; Writing is like cooking -- Mother Goose and other collections -- Informational books -- Story making: patterns, visual themes, and motifs ; "Tomie, where do you get your ideas?" -- Publishing history -- Creating the book -- DePaola's non-book art ; A visit from an old professor.
Subjects:
DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020 -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
DePaola, Tomie, 1934-2020 -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Children's stories -- Authorship -- Juvenile literature.
Illustration of books -- United States -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781534412262 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY DePaola, Tomie | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
"Previously published in 1999 as Tomie dePaola: his art and his stories."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.