A group of farm animals dresses up for a fancy party at a neighbor's house. When dinner looks like just plain cornbread, a grumpy Rooster leaves early and misses a delicious surprise hidden inside.

This comical noodle-head tale follows the siblings as they attempt to outwit a band of robbers and restore their family fortune before their parents return home.

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1975. Strega Nona, or Grandmother Witch, is a witch doctor who helps the people in her village with her remedies. Her new apprentice, Big Anthony, doesn’t know how to stop the production of her magic pasta.