Strega Nona
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Genre: Traditional Literature
Awards: Caldecott Honor
Grade Level: Kindergarten- 3rd Grade
In this book, Strega Nona is well known by fellow villagers as the one who cures them, finds women husbands, and rids people of their warts. Due to her getting older she hires a young man to help her out at home. He secretly sees her using a magical pot to make large amounts of pasta but does not continue to watch all of the steps in the spell to end the production of pasta. When Strega Nona goes out of town, the young man decides to use the pot regardless of being told not to touch it. He tries to use the spell to end pasta production but does not blow three kisses to the pot, which is the most important part of the spell. Soon there is pasta flooding the whole village. When Strega Nona returns, she forces him to eat all of the pasta that he caused the pot to make.
In my classroom, I would probably use this book as a read aloud. I would use Strega Nona to teach my students about the dangers of not following rules.
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