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| Genre/Form: | Caldecott Medal Fiction Juvenile works Folk tales Dust jackets (Bindings) Folklore Juvenile fiction |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: DePaola, Tomie, 1934- Strega Nona. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1975] (OCoLC)606272884 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tomie DePaola |
| ISBN: | 0138516006 9780138516000 0671666061 9780671666064 0138515921 9780138515928 |
| OCLC Number: | 1322918 |
| Awards: | Caldecott Honor Book, 1976. |
| Description: | 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Responsibility: | retold and illustrated by Tomie de Paola. |
Abstract:
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
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The New York Times Book Review -De Paola's illustrations aptly capture the whimsy of this ancient tale... simple line drawings clearly reveal the agony and ecstasy of pasta power, the muted colors create just the right ambiance for a Medieval village.- Read more...
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