Strega Nona: Her Story

By Tomie dePaola

Book Overview

Find out how Strega Nona became her wonderful self with the entertaining life story of Tomie dePaola's beloved "grandmother witch."

Tomie dePaola serves as "biographer" to his delightful Italian sorceress, Strega Nona, in this beautifully drawn prequel. The tale begins with little Nona's birth on a dark and stormy night, and ends where the original Strega Nona picks up--with Strega Nona taking on the bumbling, knock-kneed Big Anthony as an apprentice. This winsome story is illustrated throughout with Tomie dePaola's warm and sunny watercolors

"dePaola does a splendid job of working this sparkling tale into the Strega Nona canon." --Publishers Weekly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698118146
• ISBN13: 9780698118140
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A few corrections

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.

MY INSPIRATION TOMIE DE PAOLA

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 STORYTIMEeach 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....

Strega Nona: Her Story

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.

The prequel.

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.

Fantastic book for children of any age!!!

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.