Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 148147765X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
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.

Strega Nona's Gift

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101653159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations - and nothing says celebration like a feast! All the kitchens are bustling from the Feast of San Nicola, when the children choose the food, to the Feast of Epiphany, when someone gets to be king or queen for the day. Even the animals share in the holiday spirit, and when Big Anthony smells the delicious treats Strega Nona is cooking for them, he decides that just a taste couldn't hurt, right? Wrong! Big Anthony gets his just desserts, while Strega Nona surprises everyone with a special gift. Starring two of Tomie dePaola's best-loved characters, this funny story features beautiful art, introduces young readers to Italian holiday traditions, and lands Big Anthony in yet another silly predicament that will delight fans young and old.

Big Anthony: His Story

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780756907631
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fans of dePaola's kindly Strega Nona will love this charming look at the early days of her good-hearted but clumsy helper, Big Anthony. Full color.

Strega Nona's Harvest

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101648791
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A charming celebration of autumn's bounty by perennial favorite Tomie dePaola Tomie dePaola's beloved Strega Nona is back in a colorful picture book, perfect for fall and the changing seasons. With beautiful illustrations reminiscent of the artwork that won Tomie dePaola the Caldecott Honor for the original Strega Nona, this celebration of harvest and gardening will make the perfect addition to any Strega Nona collection.

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481477609
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
This delightful new edition of Tomie dePaola’s beloved classic stars Strega Nona at her trickiest—and bumbling Big Anthony at his silliest! Bambolona is tired of working in her Papa’s bakery. There is far too much to do! So she decides to go to wise Strega Nona and learn a little magic, instead. But here comes Big Anthony. He wants to learn, too…if he doesn’t make a big mess of things first!

Strega Nona's Magic Ring

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481477625
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Big Anthony gets what he thinks he wants—but like usual, it causes him more trouble than he can handle in this beloved sequel to Tomie dePaola’s Caldecott Honor–winning Strega Nona. Big Anthony has a case of spring fever and he needs a little Night Life to cheer him up! But Big Anthony is afraid that if he goes to the village dance, no one will dance with him. So when Strega Nona goes away on a visit, Big Anthony borrows her magic ring, which turns him into a handsome stranger…

20 Irresistible Reading-Response Projects Based on Favorite Picture Books

Author: Sherry Girard
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439205726
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Adorable Reproducible Patterns With Engaging Writing Prompts Invite kids to create meaningful responses to literature with these engaging, hands-on art and writing projects. First, children enjoy a well-loved story together, then create their own response page that includes a colorful art activity and ready-to-personalize sentence frame. Later, pages can be bound into a class collaborative book! You'll find discussion questions to use before and fater reading, step-by-step instructions for each project, reproducible patterns, cross-curricular links, related reading, and more.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152531843
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.

Girls, Boys, Books, Toys

Author: Beverly Lyon Clark
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801865268
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
No previous collection of criticism has focused on gender in the broad range of children's literature. No previous collection has embraced both children's literature and material culture. Beverly Lyon Clark and Margaret R. Higonnet bring together twenty-two scholars to look closely at the complexities of children's culture. Girls, Boys, Books, Toys asks questions about how the gender symbolism of children's culture is constructed and resisted. What happens when women rewrite (or illustrate) nursery rhymes, adventure stories, and fairy tales told by men? How do the socially scripted plots for boys and girls change through time and across cultures? Have critics been blind to what women write about "masculine" topics? Can animal tales or doll stories displace tired commonplaces about gender, race, and class? Can different critical approaches—new historicism, narratology, or postcolonialism—enable us to gain leverage on the different implications of gender, age, race, and class in our readings of children's books and children's culture?

Strega Nona

Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442449446
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
This special ebook edition features Tomie dePaola retelling his classic story against a charming musical score! 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 ever-full 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.