26 Fairmount Avenue

26 Fairmount Avenue
AuthorTomie dePaola
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublishedApril 5, 1999 (Putnam)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages64 p
ISBN0-399-23246-X
OCLC38550527
Dewey Decimal813/.54 B 21
LC ClassPS3554.E11474 Z473 1999

26 Fairmount Avenue (ISBN 0-399-23246-X) is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola.[1] The book won a Newbery Honor in 2000,[1] and was named a Notable Children's Book on the Association for Library Service to Children's annual list that year.[2]

Plot

The book deals with the early life of Tomie dePaola. He has just moved to a new house in Connecticut and the 1938 hurricane has just hit. Tomie expresses unhappiness for seeing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the theatres.

Continuity

Characters such as Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, introduced in other dePaola books, are present in this book.

Other books in this series

  • Here We All Are
  • On My Way. [3]
  • What a Year![3]
  • Things Will Never be the Same (The War Years)
  • I'm Still Scared (The War Years)
  • Why? (The War Years)
  • For the Duration (The War Years)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Camerato, Tim (November 26, 2016). "Children's Author dePaola Visits Norwich". Valley News. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "26 Fairmount Avenue. | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Haug, Karin; Bibliographer, Customer Service. "Feature Articles". YBP.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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