In dePaola’s first chapter
book, he accesses the best story he could create—a real one. The first in his 26 Fairmount Avenue series, dePaola tells of the trials and hardships
his immediate and extended family must endure while waiting for their new
family home to be built. Readers of dePaola’s picture books will recognize
characters from those books in his own family—Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs,
and Tom. The book itself does not
read like nonfiction or a biography, but more like just another one of
dePaola’s stories with its familiar illustrations and vivid storytelling. Readers will enjoy reading all about
dePaola’s life without even realizing that they are.
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