Tomie DePaola

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1) Pancakes for breakfast

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Language

English

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Tomie dePaola's classic wordless picture book is just as fun as a serving of pancakes for breakfast!

Missing ingredients and mischievous pets create one humorous complication after another for a little old lady determined to make pancakes for breakfast.

Fans of such favorites as Strega Nona will love Pancakes for Breakfast.

"The optimistic determination of the woman and the gentle humor of the illustrations make

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2) Patrick: patron saint of Ireland

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Publisher

Holiday House

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the "dreams" that led him to convert the Irish people to the Christian faith. DePaola also retells several well-known legends, including the story of how Patrick got rid of all the snakes in Ireland.

3) "Charlie needs a cloak."

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook

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When Charlie's old cloak becomes torn and tattered, he spins a new one showing how cloth is made from wool.

4) Jamie O'Rourke and the big potato: an Irish folktale

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

5) Nana upstairs & Nana downstairs

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Four-year-old Tommy loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves.

6) Strega Nona takes a vacation

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Series

Strega Nona

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook

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Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with a lot of bubbles.

7) My first Halloween

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Language

English

Description

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A family gets ready for Halloween.

8) Strega Nona's harvest

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

2009

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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After helping Strega Nona plant her vegetable garden just so, Big Anthony takes some extra seeds and sows another garden willy nilly, then must find a way to deal with the consequences.

9) My first Thanksgiving

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Language

English

Description

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Introduces in simple text some of the family activities associated with the celebration of Thanksgiving.

10) The art lesson

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c1989

Language

English

Description

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Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

11) The story of the Three Wise Kings

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Language

English

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Three wise men of the East, having seen a new star symbolizing the birth of a great king, follow the star to Bethlehem where they present gifts to the newborn Jesus.

12) Big Anthony

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Publisher

Putnam's

Pub. Date

1998

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Big Anthony, well-meaning but inattentive, journeys around Italy causing one problem after another, before meeting Strega Nona.

13) The popcorn book

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1978

Language

English

14) The legend of the Indian paintbrush

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio

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Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

15) Trouble in the Barkers' class

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Series

Barker twins (Picture books)

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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When a new girl in the Barkers' class, Carole Anne, acts like a bully, the students try talking to her and ignoring her until Morgie finally discovers what is wrong and finds a way to fix it.

16) The legend of Old Befana: an Italian Christmas story

Author

DePaola, Tomie

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Because Befana's household chores kept her from finding the Baby King, she searches to this day, leaving gifts for children on the Feast of the Three Kings.