What a Year!, Tomie dePaola
What a Year!, Tomie dePaola
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What a Year!

Author: Tomie dePaola

Narrator: Tomie dePaola

Unabridged: 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2008

Synopsis

The year 1940 is a very big year for Tomie-it's the start of first grade, and it's his first birthday in the new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue. It's also the first year that Tomie gets to go trick-or-treating with his older brother, Buddy. Then the holidays arrive, and Tomie has a part in the Christmas play. This Christmas is going to be great! But disaster strikes when Tomie gets the chicken pox. Will he be cured in time for the Christmas pageant? Join Tomie dePaola once again as he takes us back to his childhood and allows us to share the holiday season with his family and friends.

About The Author

Tomie dePaola is one of the best-known and best-loved author/illustrators creating books for children today. He is the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, the Regina Medal, and for 26 Fairmount Avenune, a Newbery Honor. He lives in New London, New Hampshire, with his four Welsh terriers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on July 27, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Lisa on October 17, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Eileen on February 11, 2020

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

Goodreads review by Jordan on January 19, 2021

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

Quotes

[The] pictures are just right for this popular picture book artist's fans! (he Horn Book)

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