Our STAR Book for January 14-18, 2013 was Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola. In this story, Strega Nona has a magic pasta pot, which she tells Big Anthony to NOT TOUCH! Of course, Big Anthony gets the magic pasta pot to cook pasta, but doesn't know how to make it stop. When the pasta is about to take over the village, there is lots of excitement. Ask your youngster what happens. After hearing this story at least four times, our students enjoyed eating pasta (chicken flavored ramen noodles) in our classroom. Did you know that Tomie dePaola has written eight books about Strega Nona and Big Anthony? Perhaps you can find some of them at the library or book store.
P.S. The thing that looks like a coin on the front of Strega Nona shows that it was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1975. This award is for excellence in the illustration of children's books.
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We had pasta for dinner tonight. Hunter was singing about cooking pasta. Then he explained to me about a book. :) this must have been it.
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