Here We All Are

I have loved books that Tomie dePaola has done even though I haven't had a chance to read the majority of them since they seem to be so hard to find. As a result this book was still quite new to be but it was still startling just given to the fact that I didn't know that he had started doing chapte......more

This is Tomie dePaola's second "26 Fairmount Avenue" book, his autobiographical series about his childhood. I loved the first one, 26 Fairmount Avenue, and read it to all of my library classes last year. Since then, I've always planned to read more of the series. I found this second book in the seri......more

The second book in the 26 Fairmount Avenue series, Here We All Are, continues the delightful adventures of author Tomie dePaola's childhood. This time around, young Tomie deals with the fallout of being a ham in pretty much everything he does, including the school play. He takes tap lessons, and gai......more

This chapter book memoir is one of my favorite books that I have kept from my childhood. In the summer of 2002, while my mom was in the hospital with our new baby brother, Dad took me and my sister to Barnes and Noble to pick out our rewards for participating in their summer reading program. I chose......more

Another great book! NEW furniture for the NEW house...all very exciting! And, a NEW baby, too! Is it another brother or a baby sister, who Tomie prays for? Read it and enjoy the anticipation, right along with Tomie. The talkative, precocious Tomie is fun to join in kindergarten. Painting, naptime, V......more