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When you are a child there are few things alluring as magic. It is a thing that you cannot see, but you are very confident exists. Because how could so much of what enters your field of view when you are very young function without the help of supernatural forces? When you don’t have the language to describe what happens when your teeth fall out of your mouth there has to be another explanation. Strega Nona, perhaps the most recognizable book in the oeuvre of the recently deceased author-cum-illustrator, Tomie dePaola, explores these early childhood parables of magic and wisdom...