Strega Nona: An Original Tale
Strega Nona: An Original Tale
dePaola, Tomie
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Aladdin
Annotation: When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Genre: [Fairy tales] [Humorous fiction]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #288751
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Publisher: Aladdin
Copyright Date: 1975
Edition Date: 1975 Release Date: 09/03/79
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-671-66606-1 Perma-Bound: 0-8479-9216-0
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-671-66606-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8479-9216-4
Dewey: 398.2
LCCN: 75011565
Dimensions: 28 cm.
Subject Heading:
Folklore. Italy.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book

A terrific picture book, Strega Nona--that wonderful Calabrian magic-cooking-pot tale--makes a terrible board book (first published as such in 1997 and here reissued). It was never aimed at the very youngest children, and its lengthy text and detailed pictures are not suitable for the format.

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Caldecott Honor
Horn Book
Wilson's Children's Catalog
Word Count: 1,245
Reading Level: 3.9
Interest Level: K-3
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 6093 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:4.4 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q11021
Lexile: AD730L
Guided Reading Level: M
Fountas & Pinnell: M

When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.

Strega Nona—"Grandma Witch"—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. He is supposed to look after her house and tend her garden but one day, when she goes over the mountain to visit Strega Amelia, Big Anthony recites the magic verse over the pasta pot, with disastrous results.

In this retelling of an old tale, author-illustrator Tomie dePaola combines humor in the writing and warmth in the paintings as he builds the story to its hilarious climax.

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