Author(s): Tomie De Paola
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Language: English
Date Published: 2002-08-15
Dimensions: 210.82 x 271.78 x 2.54mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: colour illustrations

Tomie dePaola serves as "biographer" to his delightful Italian sorceress, Strega Nona, in this beautifully drawn prequel. The tale begins with little Nona's birth on a dark and stormy night, and ends where the original Strega Nona picks up-with Strega Nona taking on the bumbling, knock-kneed Big Anthony as an apprentice. This winsome story is illustrated throughout with Tomie dePaola's warm and sunny watercolors! "dePaola does a splendid job of working this sparkling tale into the Strega Nona canon." -Publishers Weekly