Teacher Resources

In order for this webquest to be the most beneficial for your students, you should have many of Tomie's books available in your classroom for students to read.  It is also important that students are familiar with some of Tomie's books before beginning this webquest.  The writing sections of this webquest can be completed during writing workshop.

Teachers should also visit the following websites that your students will be looking at to learn about Tomie dePaola.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT/TomiedePaola.ppt

http://tomie.com/

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/depaola#interviews

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/depaola.html

http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/tomiedepaola.htm

http://www.tomie.com/about_tomie/faq.html

http://www.tomie.com/being_an_artist/tomie_says_03_2004.html