Reviews for 26 Fairmount Avenue

The average rating for 26 Fairmount Avenue based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-07-27 00:00:00 Anthony Soto PERFECT for my two five-year-olds. Each chapter is a vignette. Each story is simple enough, real enough, silly or interesting enough with out every being facile. Well balanced. Well written. Drawings on every page. And it's autobiographical! Which is cool because I love Tomie dePaola and now I get to love him more.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-25 00:00:00 Calvin Cruz This book has 9 chapters and 57 pages, not counting the 1 page author's note. This is a perfect book for those just beginning to read chapter books and it also would work fine as a read aloud book, including and maybe especially for siblings of different ages. This is DePaola's first book in a series of illustrated autobiographical books, and he writes so engagingly. I got a kick out of so much, and particularly enjoyed a couple things about Tomie's first day of school. Hilarious! I'm sure I'd have loved these books when I was a child. Today's children, especially if they love historical fiction and history, will hopefully appreciate them too. The illustrations are in black & white and very appealing and, as with the book's text, very accessible. Kids are going to be able to imagine themselves in Tomie's place and even drawing Tomie's drawings, though most not quite as skillfully. I'm now curious about what happens next and might end up reading the other books in the series.