Strega Nona Her Story

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780812448313
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona written by Tomie dePaola and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Caldecott Honor book, dePaolo tells the story of Strega Nona, who is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101651970
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona, Her Story written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-09-11 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the beloved Strega Nona's own story, every detail just as she remembers it, from her childhood with Grandma Concetta, who trained young Nona and her best friend Amelia, to her early days in the little house on the hill and the happy moments when she met Big Anthony and Bambolona. It is the story of a most fascinating life that has influenced and delighted countless children and adults all over the world, and it all starts with the night Strega Nona was born, when the wind was blowing dark storm clouds across the hills . . . It's no surprise that award-winning author and artist Tomie dePaola was Strega Nona's choice as her biographer and portraitist, for he has put into books many stories that she has shared with him over the years, including Strega Nona (a Caldecott Honor Book), Strega Nona Meets Her Match, Strega Nona Takes a Vacation, Strega Nona's Harvest, Strega Nona's Gift, and Strega Nona Does It Again. Strega Nona's reaction when shown this book was, "Bravissimo, mio caro Tomie!"

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698114116
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona Meets Her Match written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-07-16 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomie dePaola’s beloved and bestselling Strega Nona gets in some friendly competition in this beloved addition to the series! Strega Nona (Grandma Witch) has cures for warts and headaches, even lovesickness. She uses old-fashioned potions and magic and the villagers in Calabria flock to her door. But when her friend Strega Amelia comes over the mountain for a visit, she brings more than just gossip. Soon she's set up her own shop, using the latest modern gadgets, offering sweets and cappuccino--to all of Strega Nona's regulars! Looks like Strega Nona's met her match, Unless she's got her own cure. For Strega Amelia! "A pleasure to read aloud, this features the broad humor that young children relish."—Booklist

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399173455
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Magical World of Strega Nona: a Treasury written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the marvelous, magical world of Strega Nona! This wonderful treasury features six favorite stories about Strega Nona and her sidekick, the bumbling Big Anthony—including the original Strega Nona, as well as Strega Nona Meets Her Match, Strega Nona: Her Story, Strega Nona Takes a Vacation, Strega Nona’s Harvest, and Strega Nona’s Gift. Tomie’s brand-new introductions to each story take readers behind the scenes to see how Strega Nona’s world has developed through the years. Also including an original lullaby—with sheet music and a CD—a map of Strega Nona’s town, and some fun recipes, this collection will give readers and music lovers much to savor. Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola’s beloved “grandmother witch,” has been enchanting readers since the publication of the Caldecott Honor Award–winning Strega Nona in 1975. Strega Nona’s gentle humor, irrepressible spirit, and matter-of-fact approach to life have won her legions of fans young and old, and the American Library Association called her “an enduring character who has charmed generations of children.”

Author : Tomie DePaola
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152071240
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Anthony and the Magic Ring written by Tomie DePaola and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1979 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona's magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun.

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0142500763
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona Takes a Vacation written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-05-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lately Strega Nona has been distracted-she even gave Signore Mayor the wrong remedy for his headache. One night Nona has a dream about her Grandma Concetta, who has been in heaven for many years, and her little house at the seashore. Nona decides that she will take a vacation there. While Strega Nona is away, Bambolona will do the daily remedies and Big Anthony will do the chores. With these two left in charge, what could possibly go wrong?

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 148147765X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merry Christmas, Strega Nona written by Tomie dePaola and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this holiday follow-up to Tomie dePaola’s Caldecott Honor–winning Strega Nona, our favorite Grandma-Witch is back and bringing her magic to Christmas with a town feast—can she count on Big Anthony as her only helper? It’s Christmas time in Calabria and with Strega Nona’s annual feast around the corner, she has no time for her usual magical tasks. Christmas has a magic of its own, and no one knows magic like Strega Nona does, especially Big Anthony. But with the clock ticking on her preparations, will Big Anthony finally be able to prove that he can be counted on with some magic of his own? With warm illustrations in Tomie’s classic folk-art style, this refreshed addition to the Strega Nona series is a must-have for fans of all ages.

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442433558
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona written by and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book and CD edition of Tomie dePaola's classic bestseller, Strega Nona. 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. This package includes a paperback book and a CD of Tomie dePaola retelling his classic story against a charming musical score.

Author : Tomie DePaola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781435206687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona written by Tomie DePaola and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

Author : Tomie dePaola
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101653817
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strega Nona Meets Her Match written by Tomie dePaola and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-07-16 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomie dePaola’s beloved and bestselling Strega Nona gets in some friendly competition in this beloved addition to the series! Strega Nona (Grandma Witch) has cures for warts and headaches, even lovesickness. She uses old-fashioned potions and magic and the villagers in Calabria flock to her door. But when her friend Strega Amelia comes over the mountain for a visit, she brings more than just gossip. Soon she's set up her own shop, using the latest modern gadgets, offering sweets and cappuccino--to all of Strega Nona's regulars! Looks like Strega Nona's met her match, Unless she's got her own cure. For Strega Amelia! "A pleasure to read aloud, this features the broad humor that young children relish."—Booklist