![]() ![]() ![]() His studio is in a large renovated 200-year-old barn. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight. So begins the age-old tale of a kindhearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. He was also the 1990 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration, and received the Children's Literature Legacy Award for lifetime contribution to children's literature in 2011.ĭePaola has published almost 200 children's books in 15 different countries over the past 30 years. Among his most well-known titles are the Strega Nona series, 26 Fairmount Avenue, and The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush.ĭePaola lives in an interesting house in New Hampshire with his four dogs. Hace mucho tiempo a long time agothere lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. ![]() His determination to create books for children led to a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and an MFA from the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California. His particular way with color, line, detail, and design have earned him many of the most prestigious awards in his field, among them a Caldecott Honor Award for Strega Nona, the Smithsonian Medal, the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota for his "singular attainment in children's literature," the Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal for his "continued distinguished contribution," and the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion. ![]() Tomie dePaola was born in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1934, to a family of Irish and Italian background. ![]()
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