Brava, Strega Nona! is a heartwarming pop-up book by Tomie dePaola, with help from Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart. I've been looking for this book for almost 3 years. I found and bought this yesterday :)
Tomie dePaola is one of my fave author and illustrator for children's book of all time...and of course his artwork too.
As for Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart, they worked together as children's book authors, illustrators and pop-up book makers.
The three of them worked together for this book..., take a sneak peek to see the process...(here are some of the pics from the sneak peek)
And voila! Let's take a look of some of the pages..
This book is very very very pretty I might say. It has good story too. It's about six ingredients that make life magical. And the illustration itself, with all the pretty colors and the pop-up too...really makes it magical.
Here are some of the points from the ingredients:
Here are some of the points from the ingredients:
- Famiglia/Family : A magical life begins with family.
- Mangia/Eat : Eating together brings joy.
- Amici/Friends : Remember your friends and they will remember you.
- Pazienza/Patience : Patience is not always easy.
- Celebrazione/Celebration : The most important celebration is life itself.
- Amore/Love : Always share your love and it will bring you a magical life.
Since I love to collect children's book and I love to do paper art work....and I always love pop-up book...I can say, this is one of my favorite book of all time! I wish and hope someday I can make books like this.
Go find it, it's a very nice book for your children....and of course you too :)
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