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26 Fairmount Avenue

Book by Tomie dePaola

Summary

Book by Tomie dePaola

Field	Value
name	26 Fairmount Avenue
image	26 Fairmount Ave Book Cover.jpg
author	Tomie dePaola
country	United States
language	English
genre	Children's literature
published	April 5, 1999 (Putnam)
media_type	Print (paperback)
pages	64 p
isbn	0-399-23246-X
dewey	813/.54 B 21
congress	PS3554.E11474 Z473 1999
oclc	38550527

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

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. *
What a Year!
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)

References

Camerato, Tim. (26 November 2016). "Children's Author dePaola Visits Norwich".
"26 Fairmount Avenue. {{!}} Awards & Grants".
"Feature Articles".

Wikipedia Source

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