![]() ![]() I telephoned dePaola at his home in New London, New Hampshire, in fall 2009 to interview him on the occasion of his career-survey exhibition, “Drawings from the Heart: Tomie dePaola Turns 75,” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. ![]() Since illustrating his first children’s book in 1965, he authored and illustrated more than 270 books including his 2000 Newbery Honor Award book “26 Fairmount Avenue” and his pioneering 1979 book about a young gay child, “Oliver Button Is a Sissy.” ![]() His stories often drew on his own life-his childhood and family, his Catholic faith, his family’s roots in Italy. Tomie dePaola was born in Meridien, Connecticut, in 1934. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, where dePaola exhibited his artworks. He was badly injured in a fall last week and died of complications following surgery.” Coronavirus was not a factor, according to R. The Associated Press reported: “DePaola died at the Dartmouth-Hancock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, according to his literary agent, Doug Whiteman. Tomie dePaola-the New Hampshire artist and children’s book creator who won the Caldecott Honor for his 1975 book “Strega Nona” about a kindly witch-died today at age 85. ![]()
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