Tomie dePaola

FROM SARAH:

Tomie is a all time RAR favorite. This sweet story of a French juggler will warm your heart from the inside out.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

In this retelling of the old French legend, a juggler offers to the Christ Child the only Christmas gift he has.

Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons, so when he finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. Based on the true story of Tomie dePaola.

FROM SARAH:

A board book ideal for toddlers, from my very favorite, Tomie dePaola.

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FROM SARAH:

Tomie dePaolo's storytelling and illustrations bring such whimsy to nonfiction! This is an excellent book to read aloud with your family as you enjoy gazing up at the skies.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

In this unique picture book, Tomie introduces some of the most common types of clouds, as well as the myths and legends inspired by their shapes.  Simple, whimsical illustrations show the variations in shape and color that herald changes in the weather.

FROM SARAH:

One of Tomie dePaola's many Christmas titles! This one is a sweet take on the heavenly festivities before the celebration of Christ's birth. We're featuring this one in Christmas School 2023. This book is out-of-print and can be difficult to find, but we've received permission to create a read-aloud video for you to access inside Christmas School!

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Sometimes the littlest angels can make the biggest difference, as these heavenly creatures find out as they prepare to host the Christmas celebration and manage to remember to provide some much needed starlight to light the darkest night.

FROM SARAH:

I can almost imagine Tomie chuckling to himself while making the illustrations for this delightful, nearly wordless story about a dragon and a knight who have every intention of fighting one another. Wonderful.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it's no ordinary battle since the knight has to go to the castle library to learn about dragon-fighting and the dragon must dig through his ancestor's things to find out how to fight a knight!

**Description from Amazon: Retells the traditional Mexican story about the country's patron saint, the Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared to a poor Indian named Juan Diego in 1531

From Sarah:

From Read-Aloud Revival's very favorite picture book author and illustrator comes a legend your kids won't soon forget, all about how the Indian Paintbrush flower got its name. This book is not to be missed!

From the Publisher:

Many years ago, when the People traveled the Plains, a young Indian boy had a Dream-Vision in which it was revealed that one day he would create a painting that was as pure as the colors of the evening sky at sunset. The boy grew up to become the painter of the tribe, but although he found a pure white buckskin for a canvas and made paints from the brightest flowers and the reddest berries, he could not capture the sunset. How the young Indian artist finally fulfills his Dream-Vision is lovingly told and illustrated by Tomie dePaola, in words and pictures that capture the spirit and beauty of this dramatic legend.