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Tomie Depaloa - Big Anthony: His Story
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Big Anthony from birth to Calabria
We all know about Strega Nona and her magic pasta pot, and Big Anthony and his equally big appetite. No? Then read Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona immediately.
Long ago in Italy, a child was christened Anthony. His godparents predicted that he would do great things. Well, that's one way to...
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Big Anthony by Tomie De Paola
Free Worldwide Delivery : Big Anthony : Paperback : Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. : 9780698118935 : 0698118936 : 19 Nov 2001 : The story of Strega Nona's good-hearted but clumsy helper, Big Anthony, is told, and follows him from his childhood to when, as a young man, he accidentally "fixes" the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. Full-color illustrations.
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| Authors | Tomie Depaloa | |
| Fiction Genre | Juvenile Fiction | |
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| Publishers Weekly: A companion to Strega Nona: Her Story, dePaola's breezy bio of Strega Nona's bumbling sidekick, Big Anthony, can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers whether they are new to the series or longtime fans. The tale opens with the christening of the newborn Anthony, identifiable even in infancy by his wild shock of yellow hair. On this occasion he spills holy water all over himself and everyone else within splashing distance an omen of many misadventures to come. With an Amelia Bedelia-like innocence and tendency to heed only parts of directions, the boy triggers comic confusion wherever he goes. The buoyant art shows what the text does not tell: Anthony slipping under the table at his first birthday to topple an elegant cake onto his head; Anthony stacking not only books (as his teacher has directed) but all the classroom furniture on a groaning shelf; Anthony letting all the sheep out of their pens after listening to only the two final words of his mother's request, "don't leave a | ||
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