The book has sold more than 250 million copies and was named one of the “Top 100 Picture Books” by the School Library Journal. His best known book, of course, is the 1975 bestseller Strega Nona, the story of a wise, witchy grandmother in a small village of Calabria who uses her magical pasta pot to help her fellow villagers with their ailments. In his lifetime, he wrote 260 children’s books. We’ll take anything that pays homage to the greatest magical pasta maker of all time and the man who introduced her to the world.Ĭhildren’s author and illustrator Tomie dePaola died at the age of 85 years old in 2020 after a truly incredible career. Postal Service dedicated to Strega Nona author Tomie dePaola, for instance. We don’t really need to buy stamps too often anymore, unless of course they have a special emotional quotient to them.
Stamps are one of those items that need a little glow up since the dawn of the internet, when so many of us have stopped mailing stuff.
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