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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of [=dePaola=]'s books are autobiographical in nature[[note]]He frequently changed small details, though, so they might best be described as -- to use his words -- "autobiographical fiction."[[/note]], and [[WriteWhoYouKnow his family features prominently in such stories]].
** ''The Baby Sister'' chronicles the birth of Tomie's little sister, Maureen (who would remain his best friend until the day he died).
** ''Tom'' highlights the IntergenerationalFriendship he had with his maternal grandfather (and namesake), Tom Downey.
*** ''Now One Foot, Now the Other'' delves deeper into their relationship, and details how the former helped the latter to recover from a stroke.
** ''The Art Lesson'' explores how [=dePaola=]'s passion for art began.
** ''Oliver Button is a Sissy'' showcases [=dePaola=]'s childhood love for performing, and the bullying that he suffered from some of his male peers.
*** His love of performing is also explored in ''Stagestruck'', in which he recalled his experience being cast in his school's production of ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit''.
** ''Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs'' is about his relationship with his maternal grandmother, Alice Downey ("Nana Downstairs"), and great-grandmother, Honorah Mock ("Nana Upstairs").
** ''My Mother is So Smart'' is a [[MamasBoy love letter to Tomie's mom, Flossie]].
** The ''26 Fairmount Avenue'' series -- Tomie's first venture into writing chapter books -- explores events in his childhood that he hadn't written about before, along with those explored in his storybooks.
** ''The Baby Sister'' chronicles the birth of Tomie's little sister, Maureen (who would remain his best friend until the day he died).
** ''Tom'' highlights the IntergenerationalFriendship he had with his maternal grandfather (and namesake), Tom Downey.
*** ''Now One Foot, Now the Other'' delves deeper into their relationship, and details how the former helped the latter to recover from a stroke.
** ''The Art Lesson'' explores how [=dePaola=]'s passion for art began.
** ''Oliver Button is a Sissy'' showcases [=dePaola=]'s childhood love for performing, and the bullying that he suffered from some of his male peers.
*** His love of performing is also explored in ''Stagestruck'', in which he recalled his experience being cast in his school's production of ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit''.
** ''Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs'' is about his relationship with his maternal grandmother, Alice Downey ("Nana Downstairs"), and great-grandmother, Honorah Mock ("Nana Upstairs").
** ''My Mother is So Smart'' is a [[MamasBoy love letter to Tomie's mom, Flossie]].
** The ''26 Fairmount Avenue'' series -- Tomie's first venture into writing chapter books -- explores events in his childhood that he hadn't written about before, along with those explored in his storybooks.
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In 2001, Tomie hosted a short-lived television series, ''Telling Stories with Tomie [=dePaola=]'', produced by the Creator/JimHenson Company. The series is available for streaming on [[https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/aface91ef95e562c9d618ea8445cc0f1/telling-stories-with-tomie-depaola/season-1#! the Roku Channel]].
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In 2001, Tomie hosted a short-lived television series, ''Telling Stories with Tomie [=dePaola=]'', produced by the Creator/JimHenson Company.Company, and airing on Hallmark Channel. The series is available for streaming on [[https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/aface91ef95e562c9d618ea8445cc0f1/telling-stories-with-tomie-depaola/season-1#! the Roku Channel]].
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* BigFun: While Tomie was always fairly well-built, he put on a significant amount of weight between the late 1990's and the early 2010's (though he slimmed down somewhat toward the end of his life). In addition, everyone who knew him all agree that he was warm, friendly, and caring, with an unwavering and childlike ''joie de vivre'' and a charming sense of humor; as the page image indicates, he was also quick to smile.
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* BigFun: While Tomie was always fairly well-built, solidly-built, he put on a significant amount lot of weight between the late 1990's and the early 2010's (though he slimmed down somewhat toward the end of his life). In addition, everyone who knew him all agree that he was warm, friendly, and caring, with an unwavering and childlike ''joie de vivre'' and a charming sense of humor; as the page image indicates, he was also quick to smile.
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* NiceGuy: Tomie's friends, colleagues, and family -- not to mention those of his fans who had the great luck to meet him -- can vouch that he was a truly kind, gentle, and sweet man.
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* NiceGuy: Tomie's friends, colleagues, family, and family colleagues -- not to mention those of his fans who had the great luck to meet him -- can vouch that he was a truly kind, gentle, and sweet man.the kindest, sweetest man you'd ever meet.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of [=dePaola=]'s books are autobiographical in nature, and [[WriteWhoYouKnow his family features prominently in such stories]].
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Many of [=dePaola=]'s books are autobiographical in nature, nature[[note]]He frequently changed small details, though, so they might best be described as -- to use his words -- "autobiographical fiction."[[/note]], and [[WriteWhoYouKnow his family features prominently in such stories]].
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [=dePaola=]'s maternal cousin, singer Morton Downey, predicted that the boy would grow to be very famous, so he would need to spell his name in a unique way. To that end, he spelled his name as T-O-M-I-E.(When he went to school, however, he was forced to spell it as T-O-M-M-Y.)
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [=dePaola=]'s maternal cousin, singer Morton Downey, predicted that the boy would grow to be very famous, so if he wanted to be remembered, he would need to spell his name in a unique way. To that end, he spelled his name as T-O-M-I-E.(When he went to school, however, he was forced to spell it as T-O-M-M-Y.)
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [=dePaola=]'s maternal grandfather, Tom Downey, declared that the boy would grow to be very famous, and would need to spell his name in a unique way. To that end, he spelled his name as T-O-M-I-E.(When he went to school, however, he was forced to spell it as T-O-M-M-Y.)
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [=dePaola=]'s maternal grandfather, Tom cousin, singer Morton Downey, declared predicted that the boy would grow to be very famous, and so he would need to spell his name in a unique way. To that end, he spelled his name as T-O-M-I-E.(When he went to school, however, he was forced to spell it as T-O-M-M-Y.)
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* ''Oliver Button is a Sissy''''Literature/OliverButtonIsASissy''
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[=dePaola=] studied art at New York City's Pratt Institute, and would receive honorary degrees from various colleges across the country, as well as teaching art at several more. He retired from teaching in 1978 to focus on his illustrating and writing career. He frequently collaborated with other authors (with his first illustration credit being for Lisa Miller's ''Sound'', in 1965), but is best remembered for the works that he authored himself, ranging from [[WriteWhatYouKnow stories from his childhood]] to retellings of folktales and legends -- among all of them, he is most famous as the creator of the beloved Southern Italian traditional healer/wise woman, Literature/StregaNona. For his contributions to children's literature, he won several awards, including the Caldecott Honor (for the first ''Strega Nona'' story), the Newbery Honor (for ''26 Fairmount Avenue''), and the Children's Literature Legacy Award, as well as being named a Living Treasure by the State of New Hampshire.
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[=dePaola=] studied art at New York City's Pratt Institute, and would receive honorary degrees from various colleges across the country, as well as teaching art at several more. He retired from teaching in 1978 to focus on his illustrating and writing career. He frequently collaborated with other authors (with his first illustration credit being for Lisa Miller's ''Sound'', in 1965), but is best remembered for the works that he authored himself, ranging from [[WriteWhatYouKnow stories from his childhood]] childhood anecdotes]] to retellings re-tellings of folktales and legends -- among all of them, he is most famous as the creator of the beloved Southern Italian traditional healer/wise woman, Literature/StregaNona. For his contributions to children's literature, he won several awards, including the Caldecott Honor (for the first ''Strega Nona'' story), the Newbery Honor (for ''26 Fairmount Avenue''), and the Children's Literature Legacy Award, as well as being named a Living Treasure by the State of New Hampshire.
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Tomie was of Irish descent on his mother's side of the family, and Italian (Calabrian, to be exact) on his father's; many of his stories -- most notably the adventures of Jamie O'Rourke and Strega Nona -- reflect his heritage. A native of New England, he was born and raised in Meriden, Connecticut, and lived in New London, New Hampshire for most of his life. This was reflected in his anthology of New England tall tales, ''Tomie [=dePaola=]'s Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers.''
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Tomie was of Irish descent on his mother's side of the family, and Italian (Calabrian, to be exact) on his father's; many of his stories -- most notably the adventures such as those of Strega Nona, Old Befana, and Jamie O'Rourke and Strega Nona -- reflect his heritage. A native of New England, he was born and raised in Meriden, Connecticut, and lived in New London, New Hampshire for most of his life. This was reflected in his anthology of New England tall tales, ''Tomie [=dePaola=]'s Front Porch Tales and North Country Whoppers.''
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** Some of Tomie's autobiographical works also use different styles of drawing. ''Now One Foot, Now the Other'', for instance, looks markedly more realistic than such titles as ''Tom'' or ''Oliver Button is a Sissy''.
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** Some of Tomie's autobiographical works also use different styles of drawing. ''Now One Foot, Now the Other'', for instance, looks markedly more realistic naturalistic than such titles as ''Tom'' or ''Oliver Button is a Sissy''.
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* BigFun: While Tomie was always fairly well-built, he put on a significant amount of weight between the late 1990's and the early 2010's (though he slimmed down somewhat toward the end of his life). In addition, everyone who knew him -- friends, family, colleagues, and the lucky fans who met him -- all agree that he was a [[NiceGuy warm and loving man]], with an unwavering and childlike ''joie de vivre'' and a witty sense of humor; as the page image indicates, he was also quick to smile.
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* BigFun: While Tomie was always fairly well-built, he put on a significant amount of weight between the late 1990's and the early 2010's (though he slimmed down somewhat toward the end of his life). In addition, everyone who knew him -- friends, family, colleagues, and the lucky fans who met him -- all agree that he was a [[NiceGuy warm warm, friendly, and loving man]], caring, with an unwavering and childlike ''joie de vivre'' and a witty charming sense of humor; as the page image indicates, he was also quick to smile.
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*** His love of performing is also explored in ''Stagestruck'', in which he recalled his experience being cast in his school's production of ''Literature/TheTaleOfPeterRabbit''.
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