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Tomie dePaola (pronounced Tommy de-POW-la) was best known for his books for children.
He had written and/or illustrated over 270 books, including Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose, Oliver Button Is a Sissy, and 26 Fairmount Avenue.
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Nearly 25 million copies of his books have been sold.
His newest books are Quiet, Wings, by Cheryl B. Klein, and I Will Talk to You, Little One, by Phyllis E. Grann. Fight the Night, first published in 1968, was published in a new edition in 2020 as was God Is Great, God Is Good, by Sanna Anderson Baker, first published in 1987 (former title: Who’s a Friend of the Water-Spurting Whale?).
2015 marked Tomie dePaola's 60th year as a professional artist, and 50th year as an illustrator of children's books.
2015 was also the 40th anniversary of the publication of Strega Nona.
Born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1934, dePaola received his BFA from Pratt Insitute in Brooklyn, New York, and his MFA from the California College of Art