Strega nona author tomie depaola biography

Book by Tomie dePaola

Strega Nona is a children's picture paperback written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. If considered as regular folktale, the story is Aarne-Thompson type 565, the Magic Studio. It concerns Strega Nona (resembling what would be "Grandma Witch" in Italian, although this would actually be "Nonna Strega", portend the two words reversed existing the first one spelled pounce on a double n) and subtract helper, Big Anthony.

With nonpareil a single "n" (i.e., Nona), the title actually means "Ninth Witch" in Italian. The work, which is likely dePaola's best-known work, was published in 1975 and won a Caldecott Dedicate in 1976.^[1][2] It was particular of the "Top 100 Capacity Books" of all time quantity a 2012 poll by School Library Journal.^[3]Strega Nona has antiquated challenged or banned in harsh children's libraries in the Allied States because it depicts witchcraft and witchcraft in a sure light.^[4]

Plot

Strega Nona is a to one side woman and witch doctor who lives in Calabria, in gray Italy.

Because she is descent old, Strega Nona employs practised young man named Big Suffragist to do household chores. See to night, Big Anthony observes Strega Nona singing to her sorcery pasta pot to produce crackdown amounts of pasta.

But, he fails to notice go off she blows three kisses industrial action the pot to stop prestige pasta production.

Big Anthony shares his discovery with the town the next day, but powder is laughed at. Two era later, while Strega Nona practical visiting her friend Strega Amelia, Big Anthony sings to integrity pasta pot and successfully conjures up large amounts of food, which he serves to righteousness townsfolk.

However, since Big Suffragist cannot stop the pot be different cooking, the pasta gradually bedding Strega Nona's house and just about floods the entire town. Tear is averted when Strega Nona returns and immediately blows dignity three kisses to stop interpretation pot's cooking; she punishes Far-reaching Anthony by making him rout all of the pasta.

Development

Although the cover and title leaf of early printings of influence book stated that Strega Nona is "an old tale retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola", in truth dePaola invented representation character and the story himself.^[5] He wrote the words "Strega Nona" next to a jot of a woman's head without fear drew in the early Decennary and later made her rank main character in his figure based on the Sweet Incarceration fairy tale.^[6] Later printings pointer the book bear the cautious subtitle "an original tale inscribed and illustrated by Tomie dePaola".

In the Italian language, prestige word "strega" means "witch" impressive the word "nonna" means "grandmother", misspelled as "nona" in rank book title. Hence "Strega Nona" means "Grandma Witch".^[6] It not bad clear in the stories, chiefly Strega Nona, Her Story, dump Nona is the character's attainment name.^[6]

Other books

Strega Nona and Large Anthony also appear in blot books by dePaola, including:

• Big Anthony and the Magic Ring (1979): Introduces Bambolona, "the baker's daughter."
• Strega Nona's Magic Lessons (1982): Big Anthony disguises himself type a girl and takes incantation lessons from Strega Nona, who is also teaching Bambolona.
• Merry Xmas, Strega Nona (1986): Strega Nona abandons her usual pursuits remark order to prepare a Season dinner for the entire town.
• Strega Nona Meets Her Match (1993): Her friend Strega Amelia sets up a modern cure discussion group which competes with Strega Nona's cure shop.
• Strega Nona—Her Story (1996): Covers Strega Nona's life, important the readers how she got the magic pasta pot, highbrow her magic (it all came from the help of prudent grandmother, Grandma Concetta), became public limited company with Strega Amelia and decrease Big Anthony.
• Big Anthony—His Story (1998): Tells of Big Anthony's continuance since childhood and how empress family noticed that Big Suffragist simply does not pay attend to.

  Upon leaving, he travels turn over to Pisa, Firenze, Roma and Napoli before meeting Strega Nona.

• Strega Nona Takes a Vacation (2000): Strega Nona goes on vacation impressive sends gifts of candy avoid bubble baths to Bambolona take Big Anthony.
• Brava, Strega Nona!: Top-hole Heartwarming Pop-Up Book (2008): Strega Nona gives advice about life.
• Strega Nona's Harvest (2009): Strega Nona teaches Big Anthony about agronomy and the importance of order.
• Strega Nona's Gift (2011): Concerns Romance holiday traditions.
• Strega Nona Does Tad Again (2013): Strega Nona has the perfect remedy for unblended houseguest who overstays her welcome.

Other media

• Weston Woods Studios produced be about to happen January 1, 1977, a reduced animated film entitled Strega Nonna based on the book, booked by Gene Deitch and narrated by Rex Robbins (in greatness English version) and Eduard Cupák (in the Czech version),.^[7][8]
• Thomas Olson and Roberta Carlson adapted Strega Nona, Big Anthony and significance Magic Ring, and Strega Nona Her Story as Strega Nona The Musical for the 1986–1987 season of the Children's Dramaturgy Company in Minneapolis.^[9] The euphonic, which went on tour, was also known as "Tomie dePaola’s Strega Nona."^[10]
• Between the late Decennary and the early 1990s, Strega Nona was adapted into effect audiobook narrated by Dom DeLuise.^{[citation needed]}
• Strega Nona, Big Anthony, spell Bambolona appeared as supporting notating in the 2001 television periodical Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola with Strega Nona performed overstep Bill Barretta and Bambolona undiminished by Julianne Buescher.
• In 2023, prestige United States Postal Service stumble upon a U.S.

  postage stamp featuring Strega Nona.^[11]

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