26 Fairmount Avenue is a 1999 children's novel by Tomie dePaola

Tomie dePaola

Thomas Anthony "Tomie A." dePaola , is an American author and illustrator of over 200 children's books, including Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona and Newbery Honor book 26 Fairmount Avenue. DePaola was awarded the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 2011.-Biography:DePaola was born in Meriden,...

 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

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 and the 1938 hurricane

New England Hurricane of 1938

The New England Hurricane of 1938 was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869...

 has just hit. Tomie expresses unhappiness for seeing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...

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

• 26 Fairmount Avenue (Newbery Honor Book, 2000)
• Here We All Are
• On My Way.
• What a Year!
• Things Will Never be the Same (The War Years)
• I'm Still Scared (The War Years)
• Why? (The War Years)
• For the Duration (The War Years)