26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola, and published by Putnam

The book cover of "26 Fairmount Avenue" by Tomie dePaola features a clapboard house with a small boy sitting on the front stoop. His family of three stands in the open doorway.

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In this book dePaola looks back to 1938 when his family, overcoming fire and flood, builds a new house. That year Tomie "quits" kindergarten, shares "chocolates" with Nana upstairs, critiques a movie, practices mural art, and finally moves to 26 Fairmount Avenue.



"Tomie dePaola fills easy-to-read chapters with humorous, but telling vignettes that introduce his extended family and the ordinary events of his kindergarten year. He speaks with an authentic child voice, fresh as childhood itself."

Awards Won

Title Year
John Newbery Medal 2000 - Honor(s)