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Brava, Strega Nona!: A Heartwarming Pop-Up Book (2008)

by Tomie dePaola(Favorite Author)

4.41 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399244530 (ISBN13: 9780399244537)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Putnam Juvenile

review 1: Brava Srega Nona! A HeartwarmingPop-Up Book by Tomi dePaolaand Paper Engineers: RobertSabuda and Matthew Reinhart. Oh, do I ever LOVE this book; I just know you will, too. The original Strega Nona book won a Caldecott Honor in 1976. The paper engineer, critically acclaimed and award-winning, Robert Sabuda, helped create this book with Matthew Reinhart and award-winning author Tomie dePaola. What a pairing of talents and abilities. The story is utterly charming, creative, and as the book title indicates, "heartwarming." The story focuses on the ingredients of a magical life. dePaola has chosen: Famiglia - Family; Mangia - Eating together; Amici - Friends; Pazienza - Patience; Celebrazione - Celebration; and, the The pop-ups from Brava Strega Nona! are just beautiful... more! The book, itself, is about Strega Nona's magical life and all the ingredients that make it so. Her cooking pot is in the center of one pop-up and it is overflowing with love. As that page indicates: Amore--Love. The ingrediente segreto--secret ingredient. Always share your love and it will bring you a magical life. wonderful, magical, secret ingredient... well, it is none other than, Amore - Love. Together they (all the ingredients) combine to create a magical life. How fitting to read this book on Valentine's Day, but I think it could be read any day. Any day, that is, you want to smile, feel love, and experience a magical life. This beautiful book is available on Amazon as a collectible from $29.95, as new, starting from $17.74, and as used from $15.27. This book is the very first new book I purchased in 2014 (the first week of January), and I have enjoyed it immensely. I am exceedingly happy I bought this book. This hardbound book is on very good quality paper, it has a heartwarming story, the paper engineering is masterful, the use of color throughout is exciting and the price is right. My recommendation? Buy it...for yourself...or...for someone special in your life.________________________ I want to thank you for joining me this week to help celebrate Valentine's Day, and to discover a few quick pick books that you can enjoy. I hope you find something in this potpourri of books that will suit your taste in reading. If not, go to a library, on-line book store, or take something down from one of your own book shelves and start reading. Remember that you are precious and that you are loved.
review 2: While the subtitle claims to be a heartwarming pop-up book, I would describe it as a heart-stopping pop-up book. Some of the pages fly open to form such complex and amazing structures that I found myself simply sitting and closing and opening the book again and again to see the pop-up work. The combination of dePaola's simple illustrations and these amazing pop-ups is utterly charming. Though the pop-ups are complex but stay in tune with the style of the illustrations, embracing the feel of Strega Nona entirely. This is a winner of a pop-up book. My favorite spread is the grape arbor which pops to life before your eyes. Though I must say that the one that got a gasp out of me is the noodles spilling - literally- right into the reader's face. Enjoyable and great fun, this of course will not survive classroom use or public checkouts in a library. But what a treat to pull out for special storytimes. less

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