Strega Nona Takes a Vacation

by Tomie DePaola

Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

306.85

Series

Strega Nona (8)

Genres

Children's Books

Publication

Putnam Juvenile (2000), Edition: First Impression, 32 pages

Description

Strega Nona sends home gifts of candy and bubble bath while on vacation, but when Bambolona grabs the candy, Big Anthony is left with a lot of bubbles.

User reviews

LibraryThing member GeniusBabies

One of dePaola's weaker books, this short story follow Strega Nona as she takes a vacation by the sea. There is very little text, and most of the pages are full-page pictures or comic book style depictions of action. This can lead to cute moments of trying to discern what's happening. Overall the

story is very reliant on the Strega Nona franchise, and doesn't have too much of a story besides that. The art is also quite bland for dePaola, and the story is choppy at the end.

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LibraryThing member sbhoward321

Strega Nona dreamed about a time she went to the beach with her grandmother when she was little. She couldn't stop thinking about it the next day and that night she had another dream that her grandmother told her to take a vacation. So she asks Big Anthony and Bambolona to take care of her chores

and heads to the shore. Strega Nona sends them presents and Big Anthony received bubble bath and he filled up the whole village with bubble bath!

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LibraryThing member kefoley

Strega Nona takes a much needed vacation after she keeps dreaming about a vacation in her sleep. Before she leaves she tells her two helpers not to get into any trouble or mess while she is gone. But they accidentally do and Strega Nona is forced to clean up the mess and come back form her vacation.

LibraryThing member Kathdavis54

Tomie dePaola continues the story of Strega Nona. While it is a fun story, it feels like he is stretching to keep her story going.

LibraryThing member ebruno

Strega Nona realizes she needs to take a vaction because she has been working very hard and needs a break. Leaving behind Bambolona and Big Anthony to take care of the responsibilities at home, Strega Nona leaves for her grandmother's seashore house. There Strega Nona is able to relax, and she

sends gifts to her chilldren. Bambolona recieves the gifts but switches them because she wanted candy instead of bath bubbles. Big Anthony takes a bath that night and floods the town because he emptied all the bubbles in at once. Will Streg Nona ever get a break?

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LibraryThing member jenvid

Strega Nona takes a vacation, and this time it is Bambolona that makes trouble. She switches the gifts, and causes the whole town to be covered in bath bubbles. This tale teaches children to be honest and not greedy. Since the story involves around a vacation, I would read this book closer to the

end of the year. This might not be incorporated with a unit, but I would read it during story time, and stress the importance of being an honest person.

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LibraryThing member lakertraw

In this book, Strega Nona decides to take a vacation and leave her two helpers to look after the cottage. All is well until Bambolaona makes a selfish mistake. I like that this book shows what can happen when we take something that is not intended for us. I love the illustrations of this book just

as I do with many of dePaola's other works.

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LibraryThing member fashionablyloud1

We love Big Anthony, his character makes these stories & this one doesn't fall short! Offers new spells, & Strega Nona returning just in time to save the day! Received applause for this!

LibraryThing member MeditationesMartini

This Strega is delightful and I can't wait to track down her 20 other books.

LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

When Strega Nona begins to dream that her Grandma Concetta is summoning her to the old house by the seashore, where they used to holiday together, the kindly witch decides that it is time for a vacation. She enjoys her time away from the little town in Calabria, but when she sends gifts for

Bambolona and Big Anthony, and Bambolona (wanting sweets rather than bubblebath) switches the gift tags, chaos ensues. Soon the town is engulfed in bubblebath, and Strega Nona must be summoned to set things to rights...

The eighth picture-book devoted to the adventures of the 'grandmother witch' and her assistants, Big Anthony and Bambolona, Strega Nona Takes a Vacation has the same good sense of humor to be found in the earlier titles, although there are no magical contretemps this time around. I had to giggle when the town mayor, seeing Big Anthony being borne along by a tide of bubbles, declared "not again," as this harkened back to the original story, in which Strega Nona's bumbling assistant let an unending stream of pasta loose on the town. Recommended to fans of this grandmotherly witch, and to picture-book readers who enjoy humorous stories.

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LibraryThing member cyderry

Strega Nona has been dreaming about her Grandma Concetta at the seashore and realizes that though she is in heaven, Grandma Concetta is trying to tell Strega Nona that she needs a vacation. So she leaves Bambolona to take care of her clients general needs and Big Anthony to attend to the animals

and property. After some days at the seashore, Strega Nona sends gifts to her friends - bubble bath for Bambolona and candy for Big Anthony. However, Bambolona wants the candy so she switches the tags. Of course, Big Anthony, unaccustomed to bubble bath, uses the entire bottle and floats through the village.

What fun for the reader as well as Strega Nona!

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LibraryThing member quondame

Cute and mildly charming.

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