The Legend of Old Befana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Legend of Old Befana write by Tomie dePaola. This book was released on 2017-11-07. The Legend of Old Befana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this beloved classic picture book, Tomie dePaola retells and illustrates an Italian Christmas folk tale, breathing warmth and humanity into the character of the lonely Old Befana and her endless search for the Christ Child. Every morning and every afternoon, Old Befana sweeps with her broom. “Cranky old lady,” the children say. “She is always sweeping!” Sweep, sweep, sweep. But when a brilliant star glows in the eastern sky one night, and Old Befana encounters the glorious procession of three kings on their way to Bethlehem, her world will never be the same.
The Absolutely True Story of la Befana
The Absolutely True Story of la Befana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Absolutely True Story of la Befana write by Paolo Mazzucato. This book was released on 2021-11-09. The Absolutely True Story of la Befana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Part rumor, part folklore and part magical invention, the classic origin story of the Italian Befana and her Christmas Epiphany visit to all children, naughty and nice, is presented here in a colorfully illustrated storybook. Told from an...unusual point of view, myth meets reality as we learn how things "actually" happened that fateful night when three wise guys, or...wise men, came searching for a newborn baby king and got a warm bowl of homemade minestrone instead.Unwilling at first to disrupt her evening plans, the old Befana sends her three visitors on their way, only to realize later that her chance to be part of a greater story of hope in the world is disappearing fast, like slices of freshly-baked panettone at Christmas dinner. Only her own journey that night to deliver her gifts and treats helps her realize that the hope for a better world of peace and love lives in every child. A playful reimagining of a traditional, Italian tale, told through warmth, humor and a few delicious, Italian recipes.
The Befana Is Returning
The Befana Is Returning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Befana Is Returning write by Steve Siporin. This book was released on 2022-08-16. The Befana Is Returning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On the night of January 5, in certain areas of southern Tuscany, a costumed, singing troupe of characters visits residents' homes, expecting to be fed and feted. This is the Befanata, a mumming tradition centered in Tuscany, whose main character--the Befana--is a kindly old woman or grandmotherly witch who delivers toys, candies, and gifts. The Befana Is Returning is a deeply researched, deftly insightful presentation of this living tradition that adds a large missing piece to the array of contemporary ethnographic scholarship on mumming.
The Story of La Befana
The Story of La Befana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of La Befana write by Nadia Cavallo. This book was released on 2012. The Story of La Befana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Legend of La Befana. the dear old lady who brings gifts to all Italian children on the 6th January is centuries old. Yet even though she is portrayed as ugly, children see her as giving. Naughty children fear her, yet good children love her. La Befana is greatly celebrated in Italy and all over Europe. There are many versions of her story...this is mine.
La Befana
La Befana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook La Befana write by Sunday Frey-Blanchard. This book was released on 2007-12. La Befana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A poetic adaptation of the tradition of La Befana, and the Italian Epiphany celebration. La Befana is an old woman who hears of the birth of Christ from several visitors who knock on her door late at night looking for supplies and directions to the new "child king". She sends them away, preferring to be left to her cleaning, but then she sees the star in the heavens and has a change of heart. It starts her on a quest and she begins delivering gifts to the children she passes as she searches for the Christ child.
