- Avarice, Fiction, Folklore, Grandmothers
Strega Nona is a lovable grandmotherly witch who helps all the townspeople with their problems.She hires Big Anthony to help her with chores. One day he hears her singing to the pasta pot.
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Tomie dePaola
- First published
- June 1992
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Everest, Little Simon
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- French, Chinese, English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780606022828
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“In a town in Calabria, a long time ago, there lived an old lady called Strega Nona, which meant "Grandma Witch."”
**Thomas Anthony de Paola** was born in Meriden, Connecticut. He became interested in art at an early age. After graduating from high school, he attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. In 1956, he graduated with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He taught art at Newton College of the Sacred Heart from 1962 to 1966, then moved to California where he taught at San Francisco College for Women from 1967 to 1970. His first illustrated book, *Sound*, was published in 1965. In 1969, he received his Master of Fine Arts degree from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He relocated to New England and taught art at Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston from 1972 to 1973. He the
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