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26 Fairmount Avenue
26 Fairmount Avenue
Author: Tomie DePaola
Many things happened the year Tomie's family built their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue, in Meriden, Connecticut, including the hurricane of 1938, Tomie's first day of kindergarten, and more. This is the first in a series of chapter books told from Tomie's perspective as a little boy. A 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Illustrations.
ISBN-13: 9781572558151
ISBN-10: 1572558156
Publication Date: 1/2000
Pages: 57
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Publisher: MONDO
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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A wonderful autobiography filled with Tomi DePaola's fun drawings. Great for middle elementary readers.
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dePaola's book is a charming, gentle, funny beginning to more stories of his life, told in the voice of the child Tomie. His respect and reverence for both the old and the young is clear. He's giving us a glimpse in the 30's and his own childhood.


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