Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 148147765X

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

Strega Nona's Gift
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101653159

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.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1986
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152531843

Big Anthony plans a surprise Christmas party for Strega Nona.

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring

Big Anthony and the Magic Ring
Author: Tomie DePaola
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1979
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152071240

When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona's magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun.

Strega Nona, Her Story

Strega Nona, Her Story
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2000-09-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101651970

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!"

Where is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin?
Author: Pamela Byrne Schiller
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1993
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780876591642

Organized by month, with a special section just for toddlers, you will find easy-to-do song-related activities that span the curriculum in areas such as math, art, and language. Accompanying each song are ideas for themes and list of children's books, records, and tapes to provide learning connections.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1991-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780807260012

As the Christmas holidays approach in Calabria, Strega Nona abandons her usual pursuits to prepare her annual feast for the entire town.

100 Skill-Building Lessons Using 10 Favorite Books

100 Skill-Building Lessons Using 10 Favorite Books
Author: Susan Lunsford
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2001-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439205795

Teacher Susan Lunsford shares her best book-based lessons in every subject area. Launch a measurement lesson with Amy Hest’s The Purple Coat, discuss spelling strategies with Marc Brown’s Arthur’s Teacher Trouble , explore multiplication with Tomie dePaola’s The Art Lesson, and much more! Your students will love the connection to their favorite books—and you’ll love meeting standards while fostering a love of literature. For use with Grades 1-3.

The Magical World of Strega Nona: a Treasury

The Magical World of Strega Nona: a Treasury
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399173455

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.”

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1982
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152817855

Big Anthony disguises himself as a girl in order to take magic lessons from Strega Nona.