26 Fairmount Avenue
26 Fairmount Avenue is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola that won a Newbery Honor. dePaola was also awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his "substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children."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 unhappiness for seeing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the theatres.Continuity
Characters such as Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, introduced in other dePaola books, are present in this book.Books in this series
