Other participants at the ceremony included Bruce McColl, director of engagement at the Currier Museum of Art Dr. We help Americans of all backgrounds and generations stay connected, no matter where they are."
"At the Postal Service, we feel great kinship in this idea. "There are many gifted children's book authors and illustrators, but Tomie dePaola's genius is unique in so many ways: He could communicate with - and without - words, and touch readers across cultures and generations," said Steve Monteith, chief customer and marketing officer, who was the dedicating official for the ceremony. (Sept.The Postal Service honors award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Tomie dePaola with new Forever stamps. And dePaola does a splendid job of working this sparkling tale into the Strega Nona canon: on the final page, for example, the aging strega opens her door to the first respondent to her ad for a helper, whom fans will immediately recognize as the gangly and beloved Big Anthony. With their expressive faces and pertly exaggerated profiles (Strega Nona's signature hooked nose punctuates her face even as a newborn), the classic characters happily cavort in sunnily colored, droll illustrations. Eventually she discovers Grandma Concetta's all-important secret ingredient: love.
Nona, along with her overconfident friend Amelia (who sets herself up as Nona's rival in some of the other books), attends the Academy for Stregas, but soon concludes that its newfangled approach to magic is not for her, and returns home to practice her craft the old-fashioned way. Convinced that Nona will be a strega like her, the big-hearted woman teaches her granddaughter how to use herbs and spells to remedy villagers' aches and troubles. Here the author/artist tells how his charismatic character came to become a strega (witch) with a ""magic touch."" The ""biography"" begins on a dark and stormy night in the hills of Calabria, where Grandma Concetta authoritatively oversees Nona's birth.
DePaola executes a clever concept with his trademark charm and humor, offering a prequel to the series that began in 1976 with the Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona.
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