What a Year!: A 26 Fairmount Avenue Book

Tomie dePaola. Putnam Publishing Group, $13.99 (80pp) ISBN 978-0-399-23797-3

Tomie turns six in What a Year by Tomie dePaola, the fourth installment in his 26 Fairmount Avenue autobiographical series. Adventure awaits as he trick-or-treats with his baby brother, battles a case of chicken pox that threatens to keep him out of the Christmas pageant and finally gets to stay up past midnight on New Year's Eve. (Mar.)

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