“one
of the most famous and gifted in the field”
The Today Show, NBC-TV
“Oh Tomie, I just love you!”
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at a reading
event at The White House, April 23, 1997
“perhaps the friendliest and most
popular picture book maker of our time”
The Detroit News
“Tomie dePaola is my Leonardo Di Caprio.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer (comments by a
teacher)
“one of the best read authors in America”
The Minneapolis Tribune “the children's choice”
The Reading Teacher
“international star”
Publishers Weekly
“a veritable industry”
Booklist
“You have such a warm and friendly face. Children must just love you.”
Anchor Donna Kelly, CNN Morning News
“very well known”
Good Morning America, ABC-TV
“Tomie's a one-man mall!”
Tom Bergeron of FOX After Breakfast, FOX-TV
“great contemporary picture-book writer”
The New York Times Book Review
“tough and tender storyteller”
Instructor
“creative visionary”
The Boston Globe
“one of the best known and loved authors
in the world”
New Hampshire Public Television
“the Pied Piper of children's books”
The Home Show, ABC-TV
“a genius”
The Children's Picture Book
“Generally, we don't think of those who create
books for children--authors
or illustrators–as superstars. Yet certain names–Sendak, Carle,
dePaola
among others–have acquired the kind of sparkle that goes with star status.
A new book by any one of the stellar few stands as a real publishing event.”
The Detroit News
“Tomie dePaola is one of the country's most popular
illustrators for
children, who greatly enjoy his recognizable characters and clean, stylized
art form and respond to the energy and empathy expressed in both his ink
and watercolor art and in his lively storytelling. Tomie dePaola's
popularity and volume of work assure him prominence in the world of
children's books. The variety, wit, and child appeal of his books should
make a lasting contribution to the field.”
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