'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola is dead at age 85

3:58pm PDT - March 30th, 2020    tomie depaola - Associated Press

CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful old witch in Italy, died Monday at age 85.