#tomie depaola

[forever70s]

Strega Nona written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (1975)

[susiestamps]

US 2023 Tomie dePaola, children's author

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Strega Nona (based on an old fairy tale) written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola • 1975 • Prentice Hall, New Jersey, publisher

[oldhagtournament]

Propaganda under the cut

Majo Rika

stingy, selfish, awfully blunt and greedy to a fault---she's the perfect hag as far as i'm concerned. her attitude is not helped by the fact that she had to transform to a frog due to a curse in the witch world that dictates all witches exposed by a human are to turn into frogs, and take on said human as an apprentice until they're powerful enough to revert their master back to her original form. as recompense she makes the girls responsible for her turning work at her magic shop on her behalf and tears them a new one if they fail to make her that 👏 Bread 👏. however, with time they gain a soft spot in her heart and she starts treating them like her own daughters which is super sweet... about time we had an old lady Mentor character who slowly builds her own found family

she also has her own fairy who keeps sassing her and it's kinda fruity ngl,,, i mean their world /is/ made up entirely of women so..

Strega Nona

Old spaghetti witch owns my heart

Unlimited spaghetti!

[yourdailyqueer]

Tomie dePaola (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 15 September 1934  

RIP: 30 March 2020

Ethnicity: White - Irish, Italian

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer, teacher

[picote]

USA, 2023 // designer: Derry Noyes; illustrator: Tomie dePaola.

[thelibratrix]

My only resolution for 2024 is to commit to my Strega Nona phase

[thatwritererinoriordan]

[maniacalmole]

From Angels, Angels, Everywhere by Tomie dePaola

[dogandcatcomics]

Attribution: Tomie dePaola (b. Meriden, Connecticut, USA, 1934-2020). Snippet from Fight the Night (Philadelphia, USA: Lippincott, 1968). Deciding to fight the night because it always comes at the wrong time, a boy spends an unusual night under the covers at the bottom of his bed. I appreciate the feline representation. Thanks to @childrensbookclub for the tip.

[kathyvincenz]

Jesus our brother kind and good,

Was humbly born in a stable rude.

The friendly beasts around him stood.

Jesus our brother kind and good.

...

“I,” Said the cow, all white and red.

“I gave Him my manger, for a bed.

I gave Him my hay to pillow His head.”

“I,” Said the cow, all white and red.

The Friendly Beasts is believed to be the first Christmas carol

[sassafrasmoonshine]

The Clown of God • Retold and illustrated by Tomie dePaola (American, 1934-2020) • 1978 • Simon & Schuster

[kt-turner]

The Color You Hate

Recently I finished reading an old interview of Tomie dePaola by Will Hillenbrand.  Both men are/were artists, writers and illustrators.  Tomie dePaola created more than 260 children’s books before he passed in 2020.  He described learning how to paint at Pratt, mentioning how lucky he was to have the instructors he did.  Many of them were refugees – modern artists, such as Richard Lindner – that…

[seekinsunshine]

the cutest freaking stamps!!! are you kidding me!!!

[roninreverie]

Loving this for her considering the US banned Tomie dePaola's books in schools for noodle-related witchcraft!

next year the usps is dropping a strega nonna stamp... Coveting

[thatwritererinoriordan]