This book is about a curious boy and a magic pot. Strega Nona warns Big Anthony not to ever touch her magic pasta pot. One day, Big Anthony sees Strega Nona sing to it and suddenly the pot fills with spaghetti. What Anthony does not see are the three kisses Strega Nona gives the pot to make it stop producing spaghetti. When Strega Nona leaves Anthony alone for the day, he excitedly uses the pot to feed the entire town. Anthony sings to the pot and it magically starts making spaghetti, but he can not get it to stop. Spaghetti flows all over town. When Strega Nona returns, she stops the pot and punishes Anthony by giving him a fork.
This is a funny book that will be enjoyed by all. The illustrations use a minimum of color, but are outlined with thick black lines. This is just one of the books using these two characters.
dePaola, Tomie. (1979). Strega Nona. New York: Simon & Schuster Children's.
dePaola, Tomie. (1979). Retrieved March 1, 2009 from Web Site http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Strega+Nona&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=IiqrSa3YOte4tweJqfHbDw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title
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