Best Selling Books by Tomie De Paola

Moffie is ten minutes older than her twin brother, Morgie, and so she is always in charge, but when their mother says she is too bossy, Moffie decides to make Morgie boss for a day.

Describes a variety of traditional Halloween activities.

Simple Pierrot dreams of his saucy sweetheart Columbine in this original story featuring the traditional comic characters.

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

Introduces in simple text some of the family activities associated with the celebration of Thanksgiving.

Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.

Five short "silent movies" include "Tooth Troubles," "The Birthday Cake," "Rhonda Rolls Along," "The New Baby," and "A Sleep-time Saga."

Bob, grand-père de Bobby, est aussi son meilleur ami. Il lui apprend à marcher, lui raconte des histoires et s''amuse avec Bobby. Un jour, grand-père devient très malade. Il ne peut ni marcher, ni parler. Après un séjour à l''hôpital, Bobby réapprend à Bob l''usage de la parole et celui de ses jambes. Une histoire, où l''humain s''exprime en des gestes simples, pleins de tendresse, d''ingénuité et d''amitié.

His classmates'' taunts don''t stop Oliver Button from doing what he likes best.

Children''s author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

The third in a series of DePaola''s memoirs vividly recounts the (mostly) serene days between the end of kindergarten and beginning of first grade.

Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.

Although recent haircuts have a sheep family shivering in an untimely snowstorm, Granny saves the day with her newly-knit wool sweaters, made from their own hair.