Tomie dePaola 'Strega Nona' Forever stamp officially released by USPS
MANCHESTER, N.H. - The U.S. Postal Service released a Forever stamp dedicated to beloved "Strega Nona" author Tomie dePaola on Friday with a special ceremony in New Hampshire.
The prolific children's writer and illustrator sold nearly 25 million copies of his books. He was a longtime New Hampshire resident who died in 2020 at 85 years old.
The Forever stamp depicts the "Grandma witch" with her magic pasta pot. Published in 1975, "Strega Nona" is a Caldecott Honor book and was voted one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" by the School Library Journal.
There was a "first-day-of-issue event" celebrating dePaola at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester. The stamps are on sale now for 63 cents each at the USPS website.
