Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Tomie dePaola has written (and/or illustrated) more than 250 books. (Source)
Tomie dePaola has received honorary doctoral degrees from eight different universities, including Georgetown and UConn. (Source)
When he was twenty-four, dePaola completed his first major work of art: a mural for the Dominican Sisters in Niskayuna, New York. (Source)
In 2011, dePaola was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his overall contribution to children's literature. (Source)
Tomie dePaola remains young at heart. At age seventy-nine he was quoted saying, "When I dream, I'm thirty-four." (Source)
The character Big Anthony is modeled after dePaola's cousin Frankie—but only in looks, not in actions. (Source)