Whenever I am searching for a gift for a child, I can never pass up any of
Tomie di Paola's books, so of course I could not select just one title to share with you. Whether it is a love for a grandparent (check out
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs,
Tom or
Now One Foot, Now the Other), a fondness for drawing (
The Art Lesson), legends and folktales (
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush), a new holiday story (
Strega Nona or
An Early American Christmas) or the stories of Bill and Pete (
Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile), his stories and illustrations will be sure to become some of a child's (and your) favorites. He even has
coloring pages for readers to share their creativity. All are wonderful read alouds with great opportunities for discussions, sharing and connections.
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Bear is well versed in dePaola. Did you know he comes to visit in Weston quite regularly? I'ts bizzarre to "bump" in to him when I remember waiting for over an hour in line to meet him at Kutztown. If you saw the talons I posted last week on my blog, I was totally thinking about "Watch out for chicken feet in your soup" at the time!!!!
ReplyDeleteDon't know if I mentioned, the family and I will be in town a bit of next week. We are hoping to drop by the school- I'll keep you posted :)