Tomie dePaola has written and illustrated over 250 books in the past 40 years. He lives with his dog, Bronte in New Hampshire and does his work in a 200 year old renovated barn. He has received several awards for his books including Caldecotts and Newbery honors. He has received a handful of honorary doctorate degrees from prestigious universities including, Georgetown. Go to www.tomie.com to find out even more about Tomie.
Kindergarten through Second Grade enjoyed the video of Tomie's book, Strega Nona. This is a story told to Tomie when he was a boy. He loved the story so much he made the story into a book when he was an adult.
Roald Dahl has been labelled the most successful children's writer in the world. His first books were published in the 1960's and are still popular today with young readers. Some of his books have been made into movies, musical works and stage productions. He was born in 1916 and died in 1990. For more information on Mr. Dahl visit his website at www.roalddahl.com.Third and Fourth Grade wondered if sweet, poor, young Charlie would ever get one out of five golden tickets to visit Willy Wonka's Factory as excerpts from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were read to them during story time.
Fifth and Sixth Grade were read a section of the autobiographical tale of Roald Dahl's childhood, Boy. I couldn't resist sharing the chapter titled, The Great Mouse Plot when Roald and some school friends
find a dead mouse and Roald devises a plan to drop it in a jar of Gobstoppers at the candy shoppe run by an old woman with dirty hands. Oh, the suspenseful dare! Will he do it? Roald will become a hero among his friends if it works but, oh, the other consequences of his actions may be miserably unbearable! Read the book to find out what Roald and his friends do.
