The Delight and Sadness of Tomie dePaola
There are books that you read and love as a child that, when you pick them up years later, seem suddenly like near-strangers. For reasons of age or taste, what was once adored no longer resonates. Then, there are Tomie dePaola’s books. DePaola, the prolific, celebrated writer and illustrator—who died, last Monday, at age...