Strega Nona Meets Her Match
Tomie De Paola, Tomie DePaola; Putnam 1993
Strega Nona uses old-fashioned potions and magic to help the villagers in Clabria. Her friend Strega Amelia comes for a visit and becomes competition as she sets up her shop, using the latest gadgets, offering sweets and cappuccino as incentives to attract Strega Nona’s regular consumers.
Economic Concepts
- Services
- Product Differentiation
- Price
- Competition
Grade Levels
- Primary (K-3)
In this lesson, students participate in activities to learn about product differentiation and incentives. (Print publication – lesson not available online)
Flowers, B., Meszaros, B., & Suiter, M. C. (1994). Economics and
Children’s Literature 1994 Supplement. Coulson E. C. & McCorkle S.
(Eds.). SPEC Publishers, Inc. St. Louis, Missouri.