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Strega Nona, Her Story

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Wonderful story of Strega Nona, an Italian witch / wise woman. This was a great book. My daughter was riveted in spite of the length of the story. We both enjoyed it. I especially liked the Italian words here and there which gave it flavour. A very positive book.

I enjoyed reading this book because I thought it was funny.
I liked all the magic spells that Strega Nona did. She made all the people in her town happy. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes magic.

I just love Tomie de Paola books. He is for me a great inspitation. As a college student, studying to be a teacher I took courses that I needed to do an Author Study. I found his books the greatest. However I must say...I knew about Mr. T. de Paola even before the author study. I especially love his Strega Nona series. In my high school days, I volunteered at he library in my neighborhood to read at a program they had called STORYTIME
each month they had a different author. I enjoyed reading His books....The kids love him also. When I had my own children, I read the book Strega Nona as soon as I brought them home. Of course also his other books. I am a collector of his books. I do not want to offend any other authors who also write children's books. I like them too. However Tomie's books touch my heart.
His chapter books for the older children are FANTASTIC.....As a matter of fact at my school, there is a big section set up just with his books. I find that he write from the heart. THAT IS WHAT MAKES A GREAT AUTHOR.

Just want to say THANK YOU Tomie de Paola. And Kids Read Read Read. His books are great....

Most of Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona books are really fantastic. This one isn't. This book is for someone who loves the Strega Nona character, and will uncritically love any story that has her in it. I bought this one used and it looks to be an autographed copy. That won't be enough to stop me from donating it to the local thrift store.

While I enjoyed reading this story to my young daughters, it isn't as good as the original. My 2 and a half year old twins LOVE the "pasta song" and continually ask me to sing it - so it was worth purchasing.

This story is about a girl Nona who goes with her friend Amelia and learns how to do modern magic. Nona doesn't want to do magic the modern way. She goes back to her grandma to learn the magic the way her grandma does magic. I think children 9 and up would like this book.

The book arrived in a timely manner and in very good condition. We are very happy and would order from this vendor again.

This is the prequel to "Strega Nona" and has the same brilliant illustrations as the original classic, but the colors are brighter. This one has more characters than the first and a more complicated plot. Here we learn how baby Nona grew up to be a magic woman. It's great fun and a nice surprise for all those who read "Strega Nona" years ago.

First and foremost it's "Strega Nonna." "Strega" means witch or hag and "nonna" means grandmother. Therefore, it's about a grandmother figure who's thought to be a witch.