Strega Nona and her tomatoes
(Book)

SAMPLE TEXT: Let me see if any of my vegetables are ripe, said Strega Nona. Tomatoes she shouted. My basket is full, said Strega Nona. I promised to give two dozen ripe tomatoes to the sisters of the convent. I will count how many I have, she said. One, two, three...ten, eleven, twelve...twenty-four.Strega Nona, Signora Goat is eating the laundry! said Bambolona. Quick! Oh, said Big Anthony. Strega Nona did not finish counting her tomatoes. I will help her. One, two, three...Now I can finish with my tomatoes, said Strega Nona.

Strega Nona fills her basket with two dozen tomatoes from her garden that she intends to donate to the convent, but her effort is challenged by her mischievous goat and her haphazard assistant, Big Anthony.