Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs

Front cover, designed by TOMIE DE PAOLA
Author	Tomie dePaola
Cover artist	de Paola
Language	English
Genre	Children's
Publisher	Putnam Juvenile (1997 Hardback edition)
Publication date	1973
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	32 p
ISBN	0399231080
OCLC	35145847
Dewey Decimal	[E] 20
LC Class	PZ7.D439 Nan 1997

Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs is a 1973 non-fiction children's book by Tomie dePaola which introduces children to the concept of death.

This autobiographical story introduces children to the concept of death through the eyes of 4-year-old Tommy, who has a special relationship with his grandmother and great-grandmother, and visits them regularly. Nana Upstairs dies when he's a child, and Nana Downstairs dies when he's an adult; at both ages, Tommy learns to keep his beloved Nanas in his memory.

The original edition of this autobiographical story was published in 1973; a second edition, published in 1998, has new illustrations and layout.^[1]

This book has been cited in over 30 other works, including books on how to write, books on childhood grief, and books on other topics.^[2]

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