"Dear Tomie,"

Our November and December "Author of the Month" was Tomie DePaola. We loved learning some Italian language as we read many of his stories. We chose our favorite character or story and drew a picture for Tomie! We will follow this up by writing a letter, which we will send along with our pictures. Some of our favorite characters were (none-other than) Strega Nona, Bill (of Bill and Pete), and the Dragon and the Knight. The students looked through many of Tomie DePaola's books for inspiration as they were drawing.

Many of the students enjoyed learning more about Tomie DePaola by visiting his website- you can find a link to this under "Educational Websites" on the left side of this blog. Below are photos of us hard at work as we draw for Tomie.