Strega Nona Does it Again - Our heroine, Strega Nona, is known throughout Calabria for her problem-solving skills. She gets rid of headaches and warts, helps bald men grow hair, and helps people find their true love. But when Strega Nona gets a letter from her cousin, Duke Andrea di Limone, asking is his daughter can come for a visit to forget about a young man, she has no idea what she's getting into.
Angelina arrives with more luggage than poor Strega Nona can fit into her little cottage. She makes an unfavorable impression on the villagers when she decides to grace them with her presence.
She immediately presses Bambolona into service as her maid and then forces Big Anthony into becoming her footman. They fetch and carry and wait on her hand and foot. When Strega Nona notices that none of the chores Big Anthony and Bambolona usually do for her are getting done because they are so busy serving Angelina, she decides she must come up with a plan.
No spoilers here, but her plan works and her life returns to normal.
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Strega Nona Takes a Vacation - Even those of us who love what we do need to take an occasional vacation.
When Strega Nona begins dreaming about visiting her Grandma Concetta in her house on the seashore, she begins daydreaming at work, and hears her Grandma's voice urging her to take a vacation to the house at the seashore. So she leaves her home and business in the hands of Bambolona and Big Anthony and heads for the seashore.
She has a lovely, rejuvenating time at the seashore, doing all of things she remembers doing with her grandmother many years ago - swimming, fishing, gathering seashells, watching the sun set, falling asleep to the sound of the waves and the smell of the ocean.
She sends gifts to Bambolona and Big Anthony, which takes us back to Calabria. Bambolona wants the gift sent to Big Anthony, so she switches the gifts and that leads to Big Anthony creating a disaster, reminiscent of the pasta pot debacle of the original Strega Nona story.
dePaola's illustrations of Strega Nona's dreams are my favorite part of this story - beautiful colors that take you right to the seashore and I love the bubbles that remind you it is a dream.
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Katie's Bookshelf - read aloud video Strega Nona Takes a Vacation.
Jim Henson Company - Strega Nona tells Tomie dePaola a story about laughter being the best medicine
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