© Tomie dePaola
Monday, March 31, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Strike a Pose!
Left to Right: Kathy, Ellen, Tomie, Marikka
Marikka Tamura came to visit to work with Tomie on the design for a Fall 2015 book - a Strega Nona treasury. (2015 will be the Year of Strega Nona in celebration of the 40th anniversary of STREGA NONA: AN ORIGINAL TALE.) Her college classmates, and New Hampshire residents, Kathy and Ellen, met Marikka today at Tomie's. The three of them left for a girls' weekend at a New England resort.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday Visitors
Sister Marie came to visit Tomie with her nephew Nicholas, Nicholas' wife, Sarah, and their son, Sam. Sister Marie and Tomie have been friends for many years.
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Happy Birthday, Flossie and Ellie!
© Tomie dePaola
Tomie's mother's birthday is on March 9. Ellie's birthday is also on March 9. She is the daughter of Tomie's brother, Joe (Buddy).
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Tomie By Norm Wood
Norm Wood created this portrait of Tomie in 1952.
Norm Wood was a senior at Pratt Institute in 1952. He graduated in 1953. His girlfriend lived in the Caroline Ladd Pratt House, a women's freshman dorm. His girlfriend, a senior, was a counselor in the Caroline Ladd Pratt House.
Each night between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., the Pratt House hosted an open house with coffee and cookies. Norm Wood was at the Pratt House most nights during the open house offering to draw portraits.
Tomie and his friends would often take a study break in the evening and walk the two or three blocks to the Pratt House open house. One night, Norm Wood drew Tomie's portrait and gave the drawing to Tomie.
