Olden Times

Fourth graders in Susan Page and Susan Turi's class at Montgomery Elementary in Montgomery, New York wrote.

Kali: What was it like being a kid back then?
Tomie: We didn't have McDonald's, or Burger King, or Disney World, or cell phones, or iPods, or Miley Cyrus, or the Jonas Brothers. Can you imagine?!

Ethan: How many Strega Nona books did you make?
Tomie: STREGA NONA'S HARVEST is the newest and the tenth.

Ethan: Is there other books for HELGA'S DOWRY or FIN M'COUL or THE MYSTERIOUS GIANT OF BARLETTA?
Tomie: No

Ethan: How many books have you sold?
Tomie: Over fifteen million.