26 Fairmount Avenue
 

26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola

In a striking debut, Tomie dePaola finds just the right voice for his first chapter book about his adventures during the year the family built their house at 26 Fairmount Avenue.

It all began when the "Big Hurricane of 1938" roared into town...then his first day of school took an unexpected turn...so did Mr. Disney's Snow White, the movie everyone had been waiting to see. These are... (read more)

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These are the author's own autobiographies from when he was a child. I thought they were pretty funny, and they're easy to read. I believe I read this around 5th grade.

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