Strega Nona

from jlaurendine

The first in the Strega Nona series, this Strega Nona book tells the story of Big Anthony moving in with Strega Nona to help her around the house. He sees her make her pasta pot cook itself, and the song she sings to make it start cooking and stop cooking. BUT!!! He misses one essential ingredien...

from akoches

I loved this book for a few reasons. For starters, I liked the message of the story, which is to listen and respect the wishes of someone who has authority, because if not, there could be consequences for every wrong action. I also really liked the illustrations in the story because I felt that t...

from rfary1

Strega Nona is a witch doctor who needs help taking care of her house. She hires Big Anthony to help. One day Big Anthony sees Strega Nona using her magic pasta pot. Strega Nona has warned him to NEVER touch the pot, but he wants to be a hero and feed the townspeople so when she goes out one day ...

from stgayde

Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona is soon to be a family favorite. An original folk-tale inspired by classical Italian folk-tales, Strega Nona follows a Big Anthony as he comes to work for the beloved town witch, Strega Nona. Strega Nona is renowned in her town for being able to cure headache, help sin...

from Shardy2

I loved reading this book. Strega Nona has a has a clear plot and believable characters. The plots conflict was clear to understand through the easy transitions within the text. The conflict in the story is that Anthony uses the pasta pot without permission and by doing this the pasta pot starts ...