Big Anthony: His Story
Paperback – Picture Book, June 25, 2001
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · June 25, 2001
Whenever Big Anthony is around, be ready for BIG laughs!
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- Who it’s for
- Big Anthony’s early misadventures pair gentle humor with the pleasure of watching small mistakes grow.
- Themes
- Humor, Clumsiness, Accidental mishaps
- Genres
- Funny Stories, Stories Set in Europe, Folktale Retellings
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Whenever Big Anthony is around, be ready for BIG laughs! Fans of Tomie dePaola’s kindly Strega Nona will love this charming look at the early days of her good-hearted but clumsy helper Big Anthony. From the day he is born, Big Anthony never pays attention. As a boy, he leaves the gates of the farm open and all the animals escape. As a young man off to make his fortune in the world, he accidentally “fixes” the leaning Tower of Pisa.
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Will Italy survive the hilarious mishaps of Big Anthony? “Readers of all ages can be grateful that dePaola continues to practice his magic so well.” —The New York Times Book Review “Big Anthony and Strega Nona certainly qualify as celebrities in the realm of picture books, and this latest installment will bring smiles to the faces of their young fans.” —School Library Journal
Good-Hearted Mayhem
Big Anthony’s early misadventures pair gentle humor with the pleasure of watching small mistakes grow.
Come here for
- Laughs from an endearingly inattentive helper
- A picture-book return to Strega Nona’s world
Expect
- Farmyard mishaps and a famously leaning tower
- A light, accessible read with comic turns
Where it sits
| Funny Stories | 91% |
|---|---|
| Stories Set in Europe | 68% |
| Folktale Retellings | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Boys & Men
- Funny Stories
- Stories Set in Europe
- Authors
- Tomie dePaola
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- June 25, 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Humor · Clumsiness · Accidental mishaps
- Reading lane
- Boys & Men