The scarf-wearing Italian grandma from Tomie dePaola’s picture book has inspired Strega Nona Fall. It’s time we embrace what ...

Build empathy by reading personal narrative examples in children's books, including picture books and middle grade books. In ...

She’s Strega Nona, the Italian witch-granny made famous by the late children’s book author Tomie dePaola in a 13-book series. And if you have been paying attention, you already know this magic ...

Illustration by Tomie dePaola The beloved illustrated children's book Strega Nona, first published in 1975, has core literary themes of punishment, authority, and trust. However, the original book and ...

There’s a new trend on social media that involves cozy kitchens, huge bowls of pasta and an Italian grandmother witch.

Tomie dePaola, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-698-11650-4 Singling out the gleeful illustrations, PW said that this colorful book's heroine ""is set to take her place ...

Readers of that book will recognize here her closely considered ... Kathleen Norris, Author, Tomie dePaola, Illustrator, illus. by Tomie dePaola. Putnam $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-399-23424-8 Poet ...

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Good morning. Globalization has been around a lot longer than we think, Valerie Hansen argues in her book The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World—And Globalization Began. Is she right?

is the central figure of a Caldecott Medal-winning book of the same name, written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. In the story, a retelling of a German folk tale, Strega Nona is a healer who ...

Spear-Cole and her daughter Wrigley Cole read passages from "Strega Nona," a children's picture book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. It was published in 1975. "Strega Nona" is a wise ...