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    <body><![CDATA[I decided to read this book to my two little girls because we really like Tomie DePaola's books. Some of our favorites are: Charlie Needs a Cloak, The Popcorn Book, The Art Lesson, and of course, Strega Nona.  This book is a little bit different because it's a handful of stories from Tomie's childho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20631388">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have not read this book, but I tihnk it would fit in perfectly with my collection.  This book is a biography of the author Tomie dePaola, but it is written from a child's perspective.  It takes place in the mid 1900s.  I think that this book would teach the students to appreciate history and the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59951345">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It is always interesting to read about the author but Tomie found a unique way to blend children’s’ books with a biography of himself.  He tells about his life in a 56 page book using a language 1st graders can read.  His life is told in a series of short stories about places he had lived and fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48161777">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an autobiography By Tomie DePaula about his childhood. This book is the first to a series of books he wrote about his growing up. I really enjoyed this and even though it was a long time ago i think children can relate to some of his issues, such as, moving from one neighborhood to another a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79708969">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a glimpse into a family's life for about a year in the late 1930's.   The author,Tomie DePaola, tells this story from a child's perspective, specifically as though he is peering back through his five year old eyes.  It centers on his and his family's feelings of anticipation as they awa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22614377">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't like this the way I liked Knucklehead, but my kids thought it was just great.  We talked about Grandpa, who is about the right age to really connect with this story.  They were interested in how different things were then.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was very funny and creative. I loved the way Tomie compared everything to a movie like he flew like Marry Poppins or she was a Shirley Temple! A great way to see into the mind of the author and share his experiences.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a cute, very quick read. It's the first in a series of autobiographical memoirs and each chapter is an episode from dePaola's childhood. Both the kids liked it and so did I. We'll be reading the next one in the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I got this, I just thought it would be another nice fiction book by Tomie dePaola, but was pleasantly surprised to find that it is one in a series of autobiographical children's books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great quick read about Tomie dePaola's childhood. . After reading this book, I could see where he gets the ideas for some of his popular picture books]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading this aloud to all of my library classes, so by the end of this week I will have read it eleven times - not including the times I had already read it to myself.  Tomie de Paola does such a great job of telling his story in a sweet, simple manner with the perfect amount of interesting deta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15832667">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tomie dePaola's chapter books of his growing up years are great.  This, his first, is a Newberry Honor Book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola recounts tales from his childhood before and during his time at 26 Fairmount Ave. He describes his family and life experiences.  <br/><br/>I was a bit surprised to see this was a Newbery Honor Book, as I found it rather dull. It’s unclear to me what demograph...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19714079">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[very funny memior of dePaola's early childhood.  I'm reading it aloud to my 2nd graders as an introduction to a unit on families.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Note to self:write down as beehive book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first ever Tomie book. I loved it.]]></body>
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