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 everfull 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.
In this retelling of an old tale, author-illustrator Tomie dePaola combines humor in the writing and warmth in the paintings as he builds the story to its hilarious climax.---from the publisher
Keywords: witch, magic, fun, humor, cooking, classic, multicultural, Caldecott Honor, folktale, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old
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Strega Nona "Grandma Witch" has a house filled with potions and gardens and all things magical and best of all a pasta pot which is always filled to the brim. The lucky villagers of this Calabrian town come to her with their problems whether it's a wart or a love lost. She's a busy lady with much to give but the day finally comes when she needs some help taking care of her home and garden and she hires a young man, Big Anthony.
Big Anthony tends to his chores and while he works he watches the villagers come to Strega Nona one by one. It doesn't take long before Big Anthony spies through a window and sees Strega Nona working her magic on her pasta pot.
A self-important fellow, Big Anthony is about to get himself into boiling hot water... that is, into trouble.
This is a modern-day beloved classic read far and wide in classrooms, libraries and at bedtime.
Ages 4-9 978-0671662837
