Welcome to Litsy!

Penne for your thoughts?
Give me oodles of noodles —
comfort for your soul.

I LOVE pasta, could eat it every day. It‘s the best kind of comfort food. Carbonara is my fave but I also make a mean Alfredo. Nothing like curling up with a warm bowl of pasta and a good book! 🧈🧀🍜😋

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Jace & I read these for #foodandlit this month. Strega Nona is set in Italy for #Jubilee - and the others are all set in The Netherlands. Strega Nona was very cute, and I also really liked The Hero of Little Street, which has no words but is quite the adventure when a little boy gets sucked into a 17th century painting in Holland. 🇮🇹🇳🇱

#Netherlands
#Italy
#childrensbooks

“All right, Anthony, you wanted pasta from my magic pasta pot,” Strega Nona said, “and I want to sleep in my little bed tonight. So start eat.”

This is a cute story for all ages. Has strong theme of punishment, authority and trust.

A folktale written by Tomie DePaola, published in 1975. Strega Nona is the source for potions, cure, magic and comfort in her town. Her magical ever-full pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. Big Anthony is supposed to look after her house and tend to garden, but one day, he recites the magic verse over the pasta pot, with disastrous results.

“Strega Nona, Strega Nona, what‘s your secret?”

this book is a great book to read to your class to learn the importance of listening and also respecting boundaries. And the story big anthony learns how actions have consequences and I think that that is a great lesson for children to learn as well.

this book shares the story of a kind witch, Strega Nona, and her magical pasta pot. She is known for her belly to heal and help her village and is hired by big anthony, and he uses her pot to cook without permission.