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Strega Nona

Her Story

by De Paola, Tomie

Grandma Concetta heals everyone with her remedies and advice, and when she retires, she leaves Nona her magic pasta pot with its secret ingredient.

Mary

The Mother of Jesus

by Paola, Tomie De & De Paola, Tomie

No Summary Available

Alice Nizzy Nazzy

The Witch of Santa Fe

by Johnston, Tony & De Paola, Tomie

When Manuela's sheep are stolen, she has to go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's talking road-runner-footed adobe house and try to get the witch to give the flock back, i...

Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato

An Irish Folktale

by De Paola, Tomie

The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

The Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus

A Pop-Up Book

by Fritz, Jean & De Paola, Tomie

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Tomie dePaola's book of poems

by DePaola, Tomie & De Paola, Tomie

An illustrated collection of poems by such authors as Dorothy Aldis, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, and Federico Garcia Lorca.

Petook

an Easter story

by Houselander, Caryll & De Paola, Tomie

Petook the rooster witnesses the crucifixion of Christ and rejoices in the birth of new chicks three days later on Easter morning.

Bill and Pete go down the Nile

by De Paola, Tomie

Little William Everett Crocodile and his friend Pete take a class trip to a Cairo museum where they encounter a jewel thief.

Shhh! we're writing the Constitution

by Fritz, Jean & De Paola, Tomie

Describes how the Constitution came to be written and ratified. Also includes the full text of the document produced by the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Maggie and the monster

by Winthrop, Elizabeth & De Paola, Tomie

Maggie wants to get rid of the monster that visits her room every night and accepts her mother's suggestion to simply ask the monster what it wants.