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Things Will Never Be the Same

Things Will Never Be the Same

by Tomie dePaola

2004Children's fictionFamily life, fictionJuvenile literatureBiographyAmerican Authors
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First lines

I love writing in my diary.

I love writing in my diary.

About this book

Author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school in 1941 when he was a boy.

Themes & subjects

Children's fictionFamily life, fictionJuvenile literatureBiographyAmerican AuthorsChildhood and youth
First published 2004

Characters & people

Setting

ConnecticutMeriden (Conn.)Meriden20th century

About the author

Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola

15 September 1934 – 30 March 2020

Thomas Anthony de Paola was born in Meriden, Connecticut. He became interested in art at an early age. After graduating from high school, he attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1956, he graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He taught art at Newton College of the Sacred Heart from 1962 to 1966, then moved to California where he taught at San Francisco College for Women from 1967 to 1970. His first illustrated book, *Sound*, was published in 1965. In 1969, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He relocated to New England and taught art at Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston from 1972 to 1973. He …

Author

Tomie dePaola

First published

2004

Pages

80

Read time

≈ 2h

Editions

7

Language

English

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

ISBN

9781610033213

Where to buy

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