4 Quotes & Sayings By Tomie Depaola

Tomie dePaola has written and illustrated more than 150 books for children, including the New York Times bestsellers The Story of Ferdinand and The Story of Babar. His most recent picture book, A First Book of Presidents, was a Caldecott Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book.

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In a town in Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady everyone called Strega Nona, which meant "Grandma Witch". Tomie DePaola
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Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything. Tomie DePaola
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A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. Tomie DePaola