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PERFECT for my two five-year-olds. Each chapter is a vignette. Each story is simple enough, real enough, silly or interesting enough with out every being facile. Well balanced. Well written. Drawings on every page. And it's autobiographical! Which is cool because I love Tomie dePaola and now I get to......more

This book has 9 chapters and 57 pages, not counting the 1 page author’s note. This is a perfect book for those just beginning to read chapter books and it also would work fine as a read aloud book, including and maybe especially for siblings of different ages. This is DePaola’s first book in a serie......more

Read with my girls, ages 11 and 8. We love Tomie dePaola's books (like Strega Nona), and this one is about his life as a boy around the year 1940. My girls were excited to see Shirley Temple was mentioned. :-) We liked the little stories of his life. A nice, wholesome read.......more

This charming little chapter book, perfect for beginning readers, is a sort of children's classic of the late 1990's. Growing up, I just loved Tomie dePaola's books and illustrations, and so many of them still to this day sweep me away in fond nostalgia. This book is an autobiography of dePaola's ch......more

Made a fun decision this week to read all of the Newbery books (Honors and Winners) from the year 2000 to current! I really enjoyed this one. I was interested to discover that this is the first in a series about the author’s childhood. I love that he illustrated the book as well. It adds a personal......more