dePaola, Tomie.
When I was very little I remember seeing some PBS show featuring Tomie dePaola. When he was on the show he was talking about some of his books and he did a painting demonstration. For whatever reason, it really intrigued me. I don't think I ever owned any of his books as a child, but I do remember reading some of them, probably at school or at the library.
I saw this book in a Scholastic magazine before I was even a teacher and I knew I had to have it. Tomie's stories usually have an underlying moral message. Strega Nona is very generous, sharing her bountiful harvest with her community in this book. The pictures are simple, but they really suck you in. There is some Italian inserted in the text, but the English translation is included as well. This would be a good text to use during a multicultural unit.
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