Summary:
Strega Nona is the ¨Grandma Witch"of an Italian village. She creates potions and cures to help all of her neighbors. As she gets older, she decides she needs help caring for her home and garden. As Big Anthony is helping her, he notices Strega Nona singing over her pasta pot and it magically makes pasta. However, he fails to see the rest of her spell. When he is left alone, he uses her special phrase to make pasta for the village. Things go very wrong without the rest of her secret.
- a fun and hilarious folktale
- big, colorful illustrations on each page
- awarded Caldecott Medal
Lovelady, J., & DePaola, T. (1983). Strega Nona. NY: Putnam.
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