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Strega Nona : an old tale / retold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola.

Summary:

When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works. 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780671662837
  • ISBN: 067166283X
  • ISBN: 0671666061
  • ISBN: 9780671666064
  • ISBN: 9780061662386
  • ISBN: 0061662380
  • ISBN: 0590370383
  • ISBN: 9780590370387
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1975.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Art techniques used: Humorous illustrations in watercolor and pen over graphite.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book, 1976.
Subject: Witches > Juvenile fiction.
Food > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Errors > Juvenile fiction.
Ailments.
Pasta Pot
Mountains
Italy
Genre: Juvenile works
Fiction
Folklore.
Picture books.

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1001 . ‡aDePaola, Tomie, ‡d1934-2020.: ‡eauthor
24510. ‡aStrega Nona : ‡ban old tale / ‡cretold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bSimon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, ‡c1975.
300 . ‡a32 unnumbered pages : ‡bcolor illustrations ; ‡c28 cm
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
500 . ‡aArt techniques used: Humorous illustrations in watercolor and pen over graphite.
520 . ‡aWhen Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works. 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.
586 . ‡aCaldecott Honor Book, 1976.
650 0. ‡aWitches ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aFood ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aMagic ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aErrors ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aAilments.
650 0. ‡aPasta Pot
650 0. ‡aMountains
651 7. ‡aItaly ‡2fast ‡1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvd8mVMcRhwVmbtcqCPcP
655 7. ‡aJuvenile works
655 7. ‡aFiction
655 7. ‡aFolklore.
655 7. ‡aPicture books. ‡2lcgft
901 . ‡a164699 ‡bAUTOGEN ‡c164699 ‡tbiblio

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