This book was really fun to read. I read it after I read the first and original Strega Nona book. It gave the story through her eyes and her perspective but it was still took in third person. I think it would have been cool if it was written in first person since it was her story. The story was based in Italy again. Tomie says that he does a lot of research about the places his stories are set in so he has some background knowledge but his illustrations don't really reflect his research. I like his style of drawing because you can always easily identify his work but I feel that the pictures in this story didn't do Italy or the setting any justice. I feel that wasn't enough detail in the pictures to really distinguish that is it was in a different country.
I also feel that the story covered so much of her life. I feel like this book should have been the first Strega Nona and the original one should have been a part of the series because it was just a snip it of her life. When I think of something typed "Her Story" I think that there was some misconception or misunderstanding in the first story that she as a character wanted to connect but Tomie really didn't write it that way. It covered everything previous to the first book and how she got started and what she did to become superb.
There are so many Strega Nona books. I think it would be fun to read them to a class of younger students and compare the stories to each other. I think there is a lot of little lessons in the writing that can be picked up on and there are so many different adventures happening in the series.
Overall, very good, fun books to read. I definitely encourage checking out Tomie dePaola's work. After checking out the books and doing my research, I realized that he writes some chapter books for children so I think I might check one out to see his writing in a more complex, lengthy piece.
I also feel that the story covered so much of her life. I feel like this book should have been the first Strega Nona and the original one should have been a part of the series because it was just a snip it of her life. When I think of something typed "Her Story" I think that there was some misconception or misunderstanding in the first story that she as a character wanted to connect but Tomie really didn't write it that way. It covered everything previous to the first book and how she got started and what she did to become superb.
There are so many Strega Nona books. I think it would be fun to read them to a class of younger students and compare the stories to each other. I think there is a lot of little lessons in the writing that can be picked up on and there are so many different adventures happening in the series.
Overall, very good, fun books to read. I definitely encourage checking out Tomie dePaola's work. After checking out the books and doing my research, I realized that he writes some chapter books for children so I think I might check one out to see his writing in a more complex, lengthy piece.
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