Tomie De Paola

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RU (APA) 1st Grade

5) The art lesson

Author

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c1989

Description

Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

6) Bill and Pete go down the Nile

Author

Junior Books Set in Egypt
RU (APA) 1st Grade

Publisher

PaperStar

Pub. Date

c1996

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Description

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

7) The legend of Old Befana: an Italian Christmas story

Author

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanich

Pub. Date

c1980

Description

Because Befana's household chores kept her from finding the Baby King, she searches to this day, leaving gifts for children on the Feast of the Three Kings.

8) Bill and Pete

Author

Publisher

PaperStar

Pub. Date

1996, c1978

Description

When William Everett Crocodile is chosen to be a suitcase, his talking toothbrush becomes his salvation.

9) The baby sister

Author

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

c1996

Description

When he learns that his mother is going to have a baby, Tommy is very excited and hopes that the baby will be a sister.

10) The legend of the poinsettia

Author

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

c1994

Description

When Lucida is unable to finish her gift for the Baby Jesus in time for the Christmas procession, a miracle enables her to offer the beautiful flower we now call the poinsettia.

11) Tom

Author

Publisher

Putnam's

Pub. Date

c1993

Description

Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.

12) Jamie O'Rourke and the pooka

Author

Publisher

Putnam

Pub. Date

2000

Description

While his wife is away, a lazy man relies on a pooka to clean up the messes that he and his friends make.

13) Meet the Barkers: Morgan and Moffat go to school

Author

Publisher

Putnam's

Pub. Date

2001

Description

Bossy Moffie and her quiet twin brother Morgie both enjoy starting school, especially getting gold stars and making new friends.

14) Adelita: a Mexican Cinderella story

Author

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

2004.

Description

After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.

15) Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

Author

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

1978, c1973

Description

Four-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death.

16) Quiet

Author

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2018]

Description

While observing the busy world around them, two children and their grandfather take a moment to appreciate being quiet and still.

17) Bill and Pete to the rescue

Author

Junior Books Set in Egypt

Publisher

Puffin Books

Pub. Date

2001.

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Description

Bill the crocodile and his toothbrush, Pete the plover, set out to save Bill's cousin, who has been captured along with other endangered animals and taken from Egypt to the Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother's Exotic Animal Farm near New Orleans, Louisiana. When Little Jane Allison Crocodile is kidnapped by the Bad Guy's Big Bad Brother from Louisiana, Bill and his bird buddy Pete head to the rescue. But Pete gets caught by the Rich Lady and it's up to Bill...

18) Pancakes for Breakfast

Author

dePaola, Tomie

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

2013

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description

Tomie dePaola's classic wordless picture book is just as fun as a serving of pancakes for breakfast!

Missing ingredients and mischievous pets create one humorous complication after another for a little old lady determined to make pancakes for breakfast.

Fans of such favorites as Strega Nona will love Pancakes for Breakfast.

"The optimistic determination of the woman and the gentle humor of the illustrations make

...

19) Patrick: patron saint of Ireland

Author

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Relates the life and legends of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

20) The Legend of the Poinsettia

Author

dePaola, Tomie

Publisher

Penguin Young Readers Group

Pub. Date

1997

Formats

eBook, Kindle

Description