Calista's Reviews > Strega Nona and Her Tomatoes

Wow! Usually Tomie DePaola is wordy, not here. I was very surprised at the simplicity of this book. Nona goes to her garden, sees her tomatoes are ripe and picks them. She brings them inside and counts them, interrupted, she leaves half way. Big Anthony comes in and undoes her work. End.

It's a basic Strega Nona story. It's not really much of a story at all. I suppose it's a book about tomatoes.

The artwork is pure Tomie dePaola. Nothing new there. Strange little tale.