26 Fairmount Avenue
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Author | Tomie dePaola |
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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 |
OCLC | 38550527 |
813/.54 B 21 | |
LC Class | PS3554.E11474 Z473 1999 |
26 Fairmount Avenue (ISBN 0-399-23246-X) is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola.[1] The book won a Newbery Honor in 2000,[1] and was named a Notable Children's Book on the Association for Library Service to Children's annual list that year. [2]
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. [3]
- What a Year![3]
- 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)
See also
References
- ^ a b Camerato, Tim (26 November 2016). "Children's Author dePaola Visits Norwich". Valley News. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "26 Fairmount Avenue. | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ^ a b Haug, Karin; Bibliographer, Customer Service. "Feature Articles". YBP.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- 1999 American novels
- American children's novels
- Children's historical novels
- Newbery Honor-winning works
- Novels set in Connecticut
- Fiction set in 1938
- Novels set in the 1930s
- 1999 children's books
- Works by Tomie de Paola
- Children's books set in Connecticut
- Children's books set in the 1930s