![]() ![]() ![]() From high school, Tomie won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, graduating in 1956 with a degree in fine arts. His grandparents came from Calabria in southern Italy, which provided the inspiration for the setting for Stega Nona. The son of Florence (nee Downey) and Joseph dePaola, he was born in Meriden, Connecticut, where his father worked as a barber. He drew throughout his career on folk stories from his Italian and Irish heritage, and credited his mother reading old fairy tales and legends to him in his childhood as the inspiration for his career. His tales are optimistic they inspire children to think that the world is full of possibilities and that they can make things happen. DePaola’s traditional illustrations were matched by traditional storiesĭePaola’s traditional illustrations were mostly matched by traditional stories. ![]()
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