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TITLE: Stega Nona
AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
YEAR: 1975
Strega Nona, or Grandma Witch, is the prolific Tomie dePaola's most popular book, and a fun way to demonstrate to kids the importance of obeying instructions. Strega Nona hires Big Anthony to help her out around the house, and he is amazed by her magic pasta pot, which can produce endless amounts of pasta. When Strega Nona leaves town for a few days, she tells Big Anthony not to touch the pasta pot. He promptly disobeys, and not knowing how to make the pot stop, nearly floods the entire town in pasta. His punishment is that he has to eat all of the pasta!
TITLE: Stega Nona
AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
YEAR: 1975
Strega Nona, or Grandma Witch, is the prolific Tomie dePaola's most popular book, and a fun way to demonstrate to kids the importance of obeying instructions. Strega Nona hires Big Anthony to help her out around the house, and he is amazed by her magic pasta pot, which can produce endless amounts of pasta. When Strega Nona leaves town for a few days, she tells Big Anthony not to touch the pasta pot. He promptly disobeys, and not knowing how to make the pot stop, nearly floods the entire town in pasta. His punishment is that he has to eat all of the pasta!