DePaola, Tomie

A rival puts Strega Nona out of the healing business until Big Anthony's assistance inadvertently sabotages the newcomer in his usual well-meaning way.

HAVING LEARNED TO BE CRATIVE IN DRAWING PICTURES AT HOME, YOUNG TOMMY IS DISMAYED WHEN HE GOES TO SCHOOL AND FINDS THE ART LESSON THERE MUCH MORE REGIMENTED.

The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can force a man to remove his cape.

Tomie DePaola selects and illustrates Old Testament stories such as Noah and the Ark and David and Goliath, using text from the New International version of the Bible.

The Hopkins bunnies learn they can do a much better job of planting the radish garden when they take turns and cooperate.

Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday.

Big Anthony, well-meaning but inattentive, journeys around Italy causing one problem after another, before meeting Strega Nona.

Children's author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school when he was a boy.

As Reprobus carries a child across a river one stormy night, the boy gets heavier and heavier until Reprobus feels he is carrying the world on his shoulders--thus goes the legend of the name Christ-bearer, or Christopher.