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

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

Authors listed: Marcia Brown, Eric Carle, Carol Carric, Tomie dePaola, Beatrice Shenk deRegniers, Dr. Seuss, Steven Kellogg, Arnold Lobell, Margot Zemach, and capsule units.

Rabbit outwits Coyote in this Zapotec tale which explains why coyotes howl at the moon.

In the third book of the Newbery Honor-winning series, the author takes readers back to his childhood once more, sharing stories of his starring in the dance recital, praying for his new baby sister to get over pneumonia, and finally learning to read.

From gas rationing to air-raid drills, as long as the war lasts, life is going to be different for Tomie. And sometimes different is hard. Fortunately, Tomie still has school, his family, and the things he's good at to carry him through.

World War Ii is raging in Europe, and young Tomie finds that everyday life has changed in many ways.