Tomie dePaola (1934–2020)
Autore di Strega Nona
Sull'Autore
Tomie dePaola was born in Meriden, Connecticut on September 15, 1934. He received a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 1956, a M.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1969, and a doctoral equivalency from Lone Mountain College in 1970. He has written and/or illustrated more than 270 books mostra altro including 26 Fairmount Avenue, Strega Nona, Meet the Barkers, Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, and Oliver Button Is a Sissy. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Caldecott Honor Award, the Newbery Honor Award and the New Hampshire Governor's Arts Award of Living Treasure. His murals and paintings can be seen in many churches and monasteries throughout New England. He has designed greeting cards, magazine and record album covers, and theater sets. His work is shown in galleries and museums. Tomie dePaola died on March 30, 2020 because of complications he had from surgery after a fall. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di Tomie dePaola
The Andy & Sandy Collection: When Andy Met Sandy; Andy & Sandy's Anything Adventure; Andy & Sandy and the First Snow;… (2017) 4 copie
Strega Nona's Magic Lessons - Story and Picture by Tomie de Paola - First Scholastic Paperback Edition, 1st Printing… (1981) 3 copie
Tomie De Paola 3 copie
Bonjour, Mister Satie 2 copie
Der Zaubertopf 2 copie
Sarah und die Engelweihnacht 2 copie
The Baker Twins: Boss for a Day ( do one day the boss ( Penguin Children graded readers 2 ) )(Chinese Edition) (2012) 2 copie
The Monsters' Ball 2 copie
The Cloud Book 1 copia
The legend of the Bluetbonnet 1 copia
Get Dressed Santa 1 copia
Christophorus 1 copia
Die Heiligen Drei Könige 1 copia
Die goldene Kugel 1 copia
The Knight and the Dragon 1 copia
The Legend of BlueBonnet 1 copia
The Legend of the Poinsettia 1 copia
In a Small Kingdom 1 copia
The monsters' ball 1 copia
Snakes 1 copia
Tomie de Paola 1 copia
Book 4 1 copia
Book 5 1 copia
Parker Pig, Esquire 1 copia
My First Chanuka 1 copia
Three Friends Go To School 1 copia
My First Reader 1 copia
Harvest 1 copia
Mice Squeak, We Squeak 1 copia
Charlie Needs A Clock 1 copia
The Story of Three Wis Kings 1 copia
Rhyme Time 1 copia
Opere correlate
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) — Illustratore, alcune edizioni; Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 982 copie
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Collaboratore — 391 copie
The Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding: A Latin American Folktale (1993) — Prefazione — 378 copie
Beat the Drum, Independence Day Has Come: Poems for the Fourth of July (1977) — Illustratore — 27 copie
With Warmest Regards: A Celebration of Our Customers' Recipes And Traditions: Dayton's, Marshall Field's, Hudson's (1995) — Illustratore — 17 copie
The Rocking-Chair Ghost (1969) — Illustratore, alcune edizioni; Illustratore, alcune edizioni; Illustratore, alcune edizioni — 9 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 6, February 1977 — Immagine di copertina; Illustratore — 2 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1978 — Illustratore — 1 copia
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 11, July 1980 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 6, February 1978 — Illustratore — 1 copia
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, December 1978 — Illustratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- dePaola, Tomie
- Nome legale
- dePaolo, Thomas Anthony
- Data di nascita
- 1934-09-15
- Data di morte
- 2020-03-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Meriden, Connecticut, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
- Causa della morte
- fall, complications
- Luogo di residenza
- California, USA
New London, New Hampshire, USA - Istruzione
- Pratt Institute (BFA)
California College of Arts and Crafts (MFA)
Lone Mountain College - Attività lavorative
- writer
illustrator
artist - Organizzazioni
- Newton College of the Sacred Heart (taught 1962-66)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Caldecott Honor Award from American Library Association
Newbery Honor Award from American Library Association
USA nominee in illustration for Hans Christian Andersen Medal
University of Southern Mississippi Medallion
Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota
Smithson Medal from Smithsonian Institution (mostra tutto 11)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (2011)
New Hampshire Governor's Arts Award of Living Treasure
Regina Medal from Catholic Library Association (1983)
Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award (2012)
Children's Literature Legacy Award (2011) - Agente
- Whiteman, Doug
- Breve biografia
- [from Michael Bird-Boy, 40th anniversary edition]
TOMIE dePAOLA is one of the most popular children's book authors and illustrators of our time and the winner of the 2011 Children's Literature Legacy Award for "significant and lasting contribution to children's literature", among other lifetime achievement awards. A Newbery Honor winner, he has written and illustrated a number of books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and its companions, as well as Oliver Button Is a Sissy; The Legend of Old Befana; The Clown of God; Michael Bird-Boy; Andy, That's My Name; and Quiet. A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and now lives in New London, New Hampshire.
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Celebrated children's author and illustrator Tomie dePaola retells the medieval French legend of The Little Juggler in this beautiful picture book, changing the setting from France to Italy, and adding a poignant, bittersweet ending not found in the original. Orphaned Giovanni has but one skill in this tale: that os juggling. Becoming a traveling performer, he wins acclaim and juggles in front and dukes and princes. But when he grows old and can no longer perform, he finds himself ridiculed by the public, and driven away with sharp words and stones. Putting away his juggling, he heads home to his native town of Sorrento, where he seeks shelter one Christmas Eve in a monastery. Here, ashamed that he has nothing to offer the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, he makes his last performance: giving his all, his very life, in a marvelous show which leads to a miracle...
I grew up with The Clown of God, which was one of my favorite picture books as a child, and I never fail to be moved by its story of a man of talent who, growing old and finding the world a hard place, comes home to God by offering all that he has—both his performance and his life—as a gift. In the original, as I have learned, there is no death involved in this miracle, and while I am normally on the side of retelling traditional tales in their original form, here the changes made by dePaola create a truly moving story. I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Tomie dePaola some years ago, when this 2018 reprint was published and I was managing a children's bookstore, and in the course of our conversation he told me that this new edition was a better representation, visually, of his original intention for the book, than the first edition from the 1970s. Apparently that first edition didn't get the colors quite right. He also told me that, of all his books, this was his favorite, something I was so delighted to learn, as it is also mine. The artwork is beautiful of course, in that vintage dePaola style, but it is the storytelling which is truly captivating, capturing the poignancy of growing old and of feeling cast aside and worthless, and the joy of discovering one has something still to give. Recommended to dePaola fans, and to picture book readers looking for miraculous stories touching on issues of aging, faith and bringing the best that one has to God. It would pair very nicely with Barbara Cooney's retelling of the original French version of the story, The Little Juggler.… (altro)
I grew up with The Clown of God, which was one of my favorite picture books as a child, and I never fail to be moved by its story of a man of talent who, growing old and finding the world a hard place, comes home to God by offering all that he has—both his performance and his life—as a gift. In the original, as I have learned, there is no death involved in this miracle, and while I am normally on the side of retelling traditional tales in their original form, here the changes made by dePaola create a truly moving story. I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Tomie dePaola some years ago, when this 2018 reprint was published and I was managing a children's bookstore, and in the course of our conversation he told me that this new edition was a better representation, visually, of his original intention for the book, than the first edition from the 1970s. Apparently that first edition didn't get the colors quite right. He also told me that, of all his books, this was his favorite, something I was so delighted to learn, as it is also mine. The artwork is beautiful of course, in that vintage dePaola style, but it is the storytelling which is truly captivating, capturing the poignancy of growing old and of feeling cast aside and worthless, and the joy of discovering one has something still to give. Recommended to dePaola fans, and to picture book readers looking for miraculous stories touching on issues of aging, faith and bringing the best that one has to God. It would pair very nicely with Barbara Cooney's retelling of the original French version of the story, The Little Juggler.… (altro)
independent reading level: PK - 3 grade
awards:
None individually, though DePaola has received a bunch of cumulative recognitions.
awards:
None individually, though DePaola has received a bunch of cumulative recognitions.
independent reading level: Grade 2-3
Awards: Americas Awards 1994
Awards: Americas Awards 1994
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