This was another true story about Tomie and his grandma and grandpa. Yet again his name in the book is spelled Tommy, but his grandpa’s name is Tom. Supposedly they were named after each other, the reader finds out in the beginning of the book. After researching Tomie he talks a lot about relating things to his life, especially to his childhood with his grandparents. Now One Foot, Now the Other is another story that Tomie wrote about his Grandpa and a stroke that he suffered and Tommy took care of him. I saw a lot of similarities between the two stories. Tomie has such great memories with his grandparents but the reader never hears about his other family memories like his mother or father or cousins, etc. I think a lot of little kids can relate to this story because at a young age grandparents are one of the few most important people. They spoil their grandchildren and just make everything fun. The children can never get in trouble by their grandparents as Tommy knows, when he plays tricks on his teacher and best friend. Again the story can be told through the pictures for children that can’t read all the words yet, so I think it could also be used for wordless activities. There was a little more diversity in this book. The students in the class were different races but they were all girls. Another thing that I really like about Tomie’s art is that the characters facial expressions and actions are so dramatic which shows a lot of emotion that the characters are feeling.
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