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39 reviews
Tomie dePaola

Editorial Everest, 1999

Strega Nona is Delightful!
Strega Nona What a TREAT!! "Strega Nona" is a must-read for anyone who wishes to enchant the Children with a Traditional Tale from Italy! I found this absolutely delightful...as we see Strega Nona with Wisdom and Humor! This book also won the Caldecott Award! The pictures followed the story wonderfully! You'll enjoy... "Strega Nona"....and ALL the books that are written and illustrated by ...

Strega

18 reviews
Andrew Vachss

Vintage, 1996

The Toughest Crime Novel I Have Read - OUTSTANDING!!
"Strega" is Andrew Vachss' second novel starring Burke, the hard-boiled, in-your-face, ex-con detective, who still isn't sure on which side of the law he prefers to operate. Abandoned at birth, father and mother unknown, Burke has no real first name. "Baby boy" is the name on his birth certificate. The novel is set 1980s NYC, before Mayor Guiliani came to office and cleaned up the mean streets - ...

Strega Nona Meets Her Match (Paperstar)

4 reviews
Tomie dePaola

Putnam Juvenile, 1996

Strega Nona Meets Her Match
Tommy DePaola writes an interesting story about Strega Nona and her cousin. Big Anthony always makes mistakes with Strega Amelia. All the people went back to Strega Nona. I liked the illustrations very much. Lissette. R.

Merry Christmas, Strega Nona (Voyager Books)

6 reviews
Tomie dePaola

Voyager Books, 1991

Great :() One of my family's favorite books
I love this book. My family always reads this book when christmas is coming up. This book is about Strega Nona getting ready for christmas. She has everything ready, but then something happens. To find out read this book. If you like this book also read another christmas book called The Poinsetta by Tomie De Paola.

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons

7 reviews
Tomie dePaola

Voyager Books, 1984

Good witch!
As a wiccan, it's important to me to show my daughter positive examples of witches in stories and through my own actions...her auntie sends her Strega Nona books for every special occasion and she LOVES them! She's still too young to understand much of what goes on, but she loves it when my husband or I change voices to give life to certain characters (she loves my husband's Big Anthony voice) ...

Strega Nona

7 reviews

Little Simon, 1997

De Paola's Best Yet
Strega Nona (Grandma Witch) is about the beloved character with the same name. She lives in a small town in Italy, where she cures sickness and warts. When she hires Big Anthony to help her, trouble starts. When Anthony sees her through the window making pasta by chanting a few words, he tries while she is on a trip to see a friend. Kids will ...

Brava, Strega Nona!: A Heartwarming Pop-Up Book

Putnam Juvenile, 2008

Tomie dePaola?s Strega Nona has been loved by generations of children?s book readers, but they?ve never seen her like this! In six spreads of pop-up magnificence, paper engineered by the renowned #1 New York Times bestselling team of Sabuda and Reinhart, Strega Nona shares her words of wisdom for leading a magical life, all rendered in Tomie dePaola?s classic style. With doors to open, tabs to pull, and a host of other interactive features, ...

Strega Nona: Her Story

6 reviews

Putnam Juvenile, 2000

MY INSPIRATION TOMIE DE PAOLA
I just love Tomie de Paola books. He is for me a great inspitation. As a college student, studying to be a teacher I took courses that I needed to do an Author Study. I found his books the greatest. However I must say...I knew about Mr. T. de Paola even before the author study. I especially love his Strega Nona series. In my high school days, I volunteered at he library in my neighborhood to read ...

Strega Nona Takes a Vacation (Picture Puffins)

3 reviews

Puffin, 2003

Paradise found
Sometimes the best remedy for stress is to get away by yourself -perhaps even to a place from your youth. This is what happens when Stega Nona finds herself prescribing mixed-up conconctions for the villagers in her neighborhood. Admitting she needs a well-deserved vacation can be a tough decision, but once Strega Nona goes back to her Grandmother Concetta's little house by the seashore she ...

Strega Nona Takes a Vacation
Tomie dePaola

Recorded Books, 2002

Dream memories will please your youngsters with the healer Strega Nona.

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

7 reviews

Samhain Song Press, 2007

A fine, classic presentation
Drew provides an important introduction to Charles Leland's classic Aradia Or The Gospel Of The Witches, an exploration of Italian witchcraft. Leland originally sought to contact practicing Italian witches: his contact with one Maddelena led to his understanding of witches in an 1800s world. A fine, classic presentation enriched by Drew's understanding.

Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches

Canadian Scholars Press, 2005

This book brings together the theory and practice of anti-oppressive approaches to social science research. It is a work that will have a place in the classroom, as well as on the desks of researchers in agencies, governments, and private consulting practice. The first section of the book is devoted to the ontological and epistemological considerations involved in such research, including theorizing the self of the researcher. The second section ...

Night's Lies

4 reviews
Gesualdo Bufalino

Harvill Press, 2000

Daibolus ex Machina
Impossibly lyrical and distilled by a humanity that betrays a compassionate stirring through the residual wailings of the immortal lot as the screams of pastilential expressions calumniate the purity of the brave. Gesulado Bufalino's novel was compared to Alexander Dumas and Di Lampedusa, Boccaccio and Sciascia, Calvino and Borges by I think it must be cast in a mold much more becoming his style ...

Strega Nona: Her Story [UNABRIDGED]
Tomie dePaola, 2006

Strega Nona's Magic Lessons
Tomie dePaola

Scholastic Inc., 1993

The popular Big Anthony tries once again to use Strega Nona's magic with the usual hilarious and disastrous results.

Dykes-Loving-Dykes: Dyke Separatist Politics for Lesbians Only.

1 review
Bev Jo, Linda Strega

Battleaxe, 1990

Beautifully written relevant arguments,,,,
Well, I borrowed this book from a friend not long ago and I must say, this book hit home..hard. This book empowers its lesbian readers with a new-found strength and courage and pride for their lesbian identity. It lets you feel there are 'No apologies for lesbian identity" A must-read for all queer activists ....Beautiful! Kudos and respect to the author!

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