Strega Nona Does it Again

Strega Nona Does it Again
Author: Tomie DePaola
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0399257810

Strega Nona has the perfect remedy for a houseguest who overstays her welcome.


Strega Nona's Magic Lessons

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-12-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481477609

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!


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 Takes a Vacation

Strega Nona Takes a Vacation
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2003-05-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142500763

Have a Strega Nona Fall as Tomie dePaola's best-selling and beloved "grandmother witch" heads to the seashore! Lately Strega Nona has been distracted. She even gave Signore Mayor the wrong remedy for his headache. Then one night Nona has a dream about her Grandma Concetta, who has been in heaven for many years, and her little house at the seashore. Nona decides that she will take a vacation there. While Strega Nona is away, Bambolona will do the daily remedies and Big Anthony will do the chores. With these two left in charge, what could possibly go wrong?


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.


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!"


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 Harvest

Strega Nona's Harvest
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2009-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101648791

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.


Big Anthony

Big Anthony
Author: Tomie DePaola
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Attention
ISBN: 9780399231896

From the day he is born on a farm in northern Italy, Big Anthony gets into trouble because he doesn't pay attention. When his father sends him south to become the assistant to Strega Nona, the cities he passes through--Pisa, Firenza, Roma, and Napoli--will never be the same! Full color.