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Strega Nona
Her Story
By De Paola, Tomie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-818-6
- Publisher
- New York : G.P. Putnam's, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1996
PreS-Gr 3 In this prequel to the five other "Strega Nona" books, dePaola takes readers once again to the quaint hills of old Italy. The story begins with Nona's delivery at the hands of Grandma Concetta and closes as the aging Strega Nona answers her door to a knock-kneed apprentice-hopeful, Big Anthony. Along the way, readers learn how Concetta teaches Nona the mysteries of herbs and potions and, more importantly, her "secret ingred...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
