Here's a wonderful article in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/59792-250-children-s-books-and-counting-a-conversation-with-tomie-depaola.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=a7952de79a-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-a7952de79a-304882697
One small error. The article mentions that Tomie autographed at the Brooklyn Book Festival. But instead, Tomie was scheduled to autograph for Boulevard Books in Brooklyn. The store moved the autographing to an auditorium in a Catholic school in an Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn, and he signed for four hours.