2009. Tomie and Julie Andrews in the “Green Room” prior to the BookExpo Children’s Book & Author Breakfast in New York City. After listening to Judy Collins at Pratt Institute’s commencement weeks earlier, Tomie knew what he would do when he spoke during the Children’s Breakfast. Julie Andrews was scheduled to be the host/hostess. In his classic audacious style, he began, “OK, let’s just get this over with,” and he serenaded Julie Andrews with a song from “The Sound of Music.” He then told the audience that he had spent several evenings with Julie Andrews when they were younger. Tomie was 20 in 1954 and Julie Andrews was 19 when he saw her, several times, make her American stage debut on Broadway in “The Boy Friend.” (Bob)
