26 Fairmount Avenue

26 Fairmount Avenue

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name = 26 Fairmount Avenue
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author = Tomie dePaola
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Children's
publisher = Putnam
release_date = 5 April 1999
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 64 p
isbn = ISBN 039923246X
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"26 Fairmount Avenue" (ISBN 0-399-23246-X) is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola that won a Newbery Honor.

Plot

The book deals with the early life of Tomie dePaola. He has just moved to a new house in Connecticut and the 1938 hurricane has just hit. Tomie expresses happiness for seeing Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in the theatres.

Continuity

Characters such as Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, introduced in other dePaola books, are present in this book.


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