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Strega Nona

Strega Nona is a children's book written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola. If considered as a folktale, the story is Aarne-Thompson type 565, the Magic Mill. It concerns Strega Nona ("Grandma Witch" in Italian, though it is actually spelled as nonna) and her helper, Big Anthony. Big Anthony causes the title character's magic pasta pot to create so much pasta that it nearly floods and buries a town. The book, which is likely dePaola's best-known work, was published in 1975 and won a Caldecott Honor in 1976. It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. more »

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We stand at the door
Of all that we died for
Heaven is here
Why do we feel fear

Must be a mistake
Glory past those bloody gates
Must be a mistake
A new life, ablaze

An evil deed unpunished
We don't belong here
We are complacent in the torture of others
With whom we share flesh and water
And who's unyielding spirit
Guarantees solace in the next life
We are promised forgiveness
We are consecrated for inhumanity
And those who died by our negligence
For those who suffer at the hands of our fear
Our afterlife shall not be a punishment
But a sacrifice
Service to whom we have slaughtered
And reparation to their ancestors
To who have defied the odds
And survived

All you've done
Evil deeds unpunished
In the end
We don't belong here
We are complacent
In the torture of others
With whom we share 
Blood, flesh, and water

Our victim
Their unyielding spirit, earns heaven
We are promised forgiveness

The lesson we learned
There's no me
There's no you

We are one
We are one

My skin is your skin
My heart is your heart
My life is your life

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