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Erika De Pieri
The unexpected event 2 - The Day After
21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.      From: 3 years.

                                                      It’s great to be together and, after all, what’s
                                                   the big deal? It will be easy – thinks Bear –,
                                                   you only need to get organized. It’ll be nice
                                                   to play piggybacks or defeat the dragon... Of
                                                   course, we’ll also have to feed, clean, bathe,
                                                   cradle, get rid of dangerous things, make ro-
                                                   om for games and... Oh, God!
                                                      Is Bear gonna make it? Of course, because
                                                   at the end of the day the brat will give him the
                                                   strength to be together again, just for one last
                                                   little kiss.

                                                           A book to pamper
                                                          yourself with a LOL!

                             Erika De Pieri made her debut in 2005 with La saponificatrice (Becco Giallo),
                           which earned her a mention as best newcomer at the 2006 Carlo Boscarato
                           award.
                             For Lavieri she published the children’s books La bambina Cioc-
                           colato (2009), Gedeone tigre in pensione (2010), Il principe az-
                           zurro ma proprio azzurro (2011, written by Gianna Marrone) and
                           the comics Il castello scomparso in mare. L’incredibile storia di
                           Ippolito Nievo (2011, Miro Missaglia Award) and Pietro Savorgnan
                           di Brazzà. Esploratore di pace (2013).
                             Since 2012 she has been working for Atlantyca dreamfarm, Edizioni Pa-
                           oline and Nuinui. For Dami she deals with several series and the “damini”
                           collection. She is the creator of the carachters of some internationally
                           successful series such as Dinoamici (De agostini) and Melowy (Fabbri).

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                                            Davide Predosin, Lucrèce
                                            Operation Cauliflower
                                            17x24 cm, hardcover, 96 pages.               From: 7 years.

                                               Casually forgotten during the umpteenth escape of the
                                            grungy circus in which he grew up, the child (or the boy)
                                            with cotton candy hair decided to travel the world in search
                                            of fortune.
                                               Soon, Bored Owl (Gufo Stufo), an owl unsatisfied with his
                                            life and with his hoot, and Minor Tiger, a puppy tiger, unable
                                            to enjoy hunting and laziness between meals, joined the
                                            child with with cotton candy hair.
                                               When they arrived in the Mega-megalopolis, they meet
                                            some street children that bring them to a scientist called
                                            Squared Head. The luminary, considering the talent of the
                                            three guys, recruits them to block the mad plan of the Doc
                                            Geoff Lindemberg Lindemberg, a MTG (Mildly Tall Giant)
                                            who wants to destroy all the cauliflower in the world and
                                            bulldoze the globe.
                                               Our new heroes will therefore extricate themselves from
                                            the kidnapping of Dr. M – who works perpetually on the
shrinking ray for mildly tall giant, unfinished due to his insane attachment to his mother – and from
the sabotage of the Mega Anti-Cauliflower Spray of the Doc Geoff Lindemberg Lindemberg and of
his gang of mildly tall giant bikers.
  A picaresque novel, absurd and partly wacky, Cauliflower Operation is the surreal and fantastic
story of the redemption of grungy but willing outcasts. A story that moves between friendship, ac-
tion, love and unexpected miraculous properties of cauliflowers.

                                                                                                   incoming
                                            Mario Bellina
                                            The true story of Jolly Roger
                                            (and of the Rotten Sardine’s Captain)
                                            17x24 cm, hardcover, 48 pages.               From: 7 years.

                                               Argh! Blistering Jellyfish! This is the story of Jolly Roger,
                                             the most terrifying pirate flag that has never waved in the
                                             gale-force winds of Caribbean.
                                               Jolly Roger lives on the top of the mainmast of the Rotten
                                             Sardine, the scariest and the stinking pirate ship that has
                                             never sailed the seas. Everyone is afraid of Jolly Roger and
                                             all the military, civil and pirate ships knows his terrible reputa-
                                             tion.
                                               Although none can talk about it, on the Rotten Sardine Jolly
                                             Roger is not the most frightening one: the true terror of the
                                             seas is the tormented Captain Spit-in-the-eye, so called be-
                                             cause of his spitting upwind. When he is not locked in his ca-
                                             bin with his eternal headache, he is always hungry for spoils
                                             and boarding. For this reason, also all the other pirates avoid
                                             him. Jolly Roger is clearly proud of his reputation but, like his
                                             crew, he would like to go on a bender with new friends.
  Finally, he finds a way to disguise himself and approach other pirate flags and everything goes smo-
othly until the captain finds it out. His anger affects all seas giving the order to attack any ship, vessel,
or boat. His solitary strategy triggers a boomerang effect because all the military ships and also pira-
te’s ones start the Rotten Sardine pursuit.
  Once again, Jolly Roger will find a solution to save the ship and the crew too: when enemies arrive
will not find the Captain Spit-in-the-eye ship, but the Captain Yellow Beard one, so called because of
the colour of his beard that is phlegmy yellowish.

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Erika De Pieri
The unexpected event                                                                                       new
21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.                                 From: 3 years.

                                                                            Bear likes to do the same thing all the
                                                                            time: sleeping, fishing, eating...
                                                                            having a pee and a poo.
                                                                            That was all he needed... nothing more!
                                                                            But an unexpected event can always
                                                                            happen in life, and what if the unex-
                                                                            pected event is a little penguin, that only
                                                                            needs Bear love?
                                                                            The crucial thing is not to lose one’s
                                                                            head!

                    Aprì l’ombrello e iniziò a cullare,
                    non fu più solo, nel freddo polare.

                    La vita dell’orso prese un altro sapore,
                    dall’imprevisto si era schiuso un amore.

            A book to
         pamper yourself
                    a little bit!

 Erika De Pieri made her debut in 2005 with La saponificatrice (Becco
Giallo), which earned her a mention as best newcomer at the 2006 Carlo
Boscarato award.
  For Lavieri she published the children’s books La bambina
Cioccolato (2009), Gedeone tigre in pensione (2010), Il
principe azzurro ma proprio azzurro (2011, written by Gian-
na Marrone) and the comics Il castello scomparso in mare.
L’incredibile storia di Ippolito Nievo (2011, Miro Missaglia
Award) and Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà. Esploratore di pa-
ce (2013).
  Since 2012 she has been working for Atlantyca dreamfarm, Edi-
zioni Paoline and Nuinui. For Dami she deals with several series and the “damini” collection. She is the
creator of the carachters of some internationally successful series such as Dinoamici (De agostini) and
Melowy (Fabbri).

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Sarah Khoury
The Elephant’s Dream                                             new               Sold for:
                                                                                    – French

24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.            From: 3 years.

                                                             I dreamed of an elephant.
                                                             He didn’t look like anything special.
                                                             He was big, clumsy and heavy...
                                                           just like an elephant...

                                                             A little girl dreams of an elephant. And
                                                           her elephant has a dream. A dream with
                                                           a fresh breeze scent and sparkling with
                                                           stars.
                                                             A dream that becomes more vivid
                                                           than reality, in which an elephant could
                                                           choose the wings that most fit him and
                                                           finally fly. The author of Ciacio presents
                                                           us an unexpected and engaging good
                                                           night book.

                                                            A book for the sweetest
                                                                 good night.
   Sarah Khoury (1984) graduated in
Painting from Accademia di Belle Arti
(the Academy of Fine Arts) in Venice
in 2008. She currently lives and works
in France. The “orsiglio” (bunny-bear)
Ciacio, a character inspired by her
childhood puppet, is the protagonist of
her works published in Italy: Ciacio e
il mare, Je t’aime, Ciacio al Polo,
Ciacio in Amazzonia, Ciacio in
Campagna, and Ciacio nel bosco, all
published for Lavieri.

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Sarah Khoury
                                                          Ciacio in the Wood
                                                          15x21 cm, softcover, 28 pages.

                                                            Ciacio is a bearbit, half-rabbit and half-bear,
                                                          that comes from the memories of the author’s
                                                          childhood. What’s Ciacio doing in the wood?
                                                          He wants to chase a strange butterfly, but how
                                                          many obstacles he encounters along the way!
                                                          He should spend the night outside, but, luckily,
                                                          new friends show up.

                                                          Titles in “Ciacio Series” are already sold
                                                          for Spanish, Chinese, French, English/India

                                                                 Sold for:            Optioned for:
                                                                  – English / India    – French
                                                                                       – Spanish, Catalan

                                                                                       Ma poi rimango impigliato
                                                                                        tra i rami

                                  La seguo in silenzio,

e trovo un riparo per la notte.

                                                                                                 e altri morbidi, per fortuna!

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Laura Carusino,
                                                                             Erika De pieri
                                                                                                                                   new
                                                                             Eglefino                       Cha Cha Cha
                                                                             24 cm, hardcover, 32 pages, .
                                                                             Age: 3-5 years.
                                                                               Eglefino is really funny! He has big protru-
                                                                             ding eyes and an unusual crest. He is all co-
                                                                             lored as if buckets of paint had been thrown
                                                                             on him, and his two big pink and green feet
                                                                             make him look even more bizarre!
                                                                               His greatest desire is to be the character of
                                                                             a story, hopefully a famous one! But, first he
                                                                             should discover his talent. This is the only
                                                                             way to understand his place in the world.

                                                                               A book to boost self-esteem in
                                                                             the youngest readers.
                                                                                    Sold for:
                                                                                     – Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galcian

                                                                  ch a
                                                             ch a h a
                                                                c

Si aggiunse l’allocco e poi la civetta.
Eglefino si ritrovò, senza pensarci, a
fare quello che faceva di solito: contare i
passi al ritmo di quei suoni.

                                              – Uno, due...
                                              Sussurrava Eglefino.
                                                                                     – Uno, due –, ribatteva Eglefino.
                                              – Uh Uh Uh!
                                                                                     – Fiu fiu fiu! –, rispondevano all’unisono.
                                              Rispondevano loro.
                                                                                     Sembrava un musica, una canzone al ritmo di un cha cha cha.
                                                                                     Eglefino iniziò a muovere un piede, poi l’altro.
                                                                                     Ora il bacino e poi il sederino.

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Ilaria Cairoli,
Alberto Casagrande
                                      new
Tram!
29 cm, hardcover (With Folded pgs). , 48 pages, .
Age: 5-9 years.

  Wheels slide on tracks, a long arm hooks it to
the sky: so the cable car zips through the streets.
It hangs downtown, high-end shops, decorated
streets, but it also roams around the park, in the
market area, in the most colourful squares.
  But what do cable cars dream?

  The cable car goes through the city. It is its he-
art, its soul, its movement. Its passing by never go-
es unnoticed, with its rowdy and gentle clank on the
streets. It welcomes and carries the most different
people, weaving a close network of relations.

          A book to shed a new light on the ur-
        ban geography and people, creating an
        unusual and surprising point of view,
        observing the city through and around
        a cable car.

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Daniela Pareschi
Ugly Ducklyng                                                                                                                                                                                  new
21x29 cm, hardcover, 44 pages.                                                                          From: 5 years.
                                                                                                                                                  The fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen
                                                                                                                                                still has a lot to say and Daniela Pareschi, with
                                                                                                                                                her perfect merge of classic taste, personality
                                                                                                                                                and irony, deliver us her take on this tale.
                                                                                                                                                  Each illustration takes us a step further in the
                                                                                                                                                world of self-acknowledgment, letting us disco-
                                                                                                                                                ver the bravery of the little egg-armoured ex-
                                                                                                                                                plorer, as delicate as the colours used to depict
                                                                                                                                                him, yet persistent and determined.
                                                                                                                                                  The tail remains faithful to the original, but
                                                                                                                                                this version helps to meditate on the self-ac-
                                                                                                                                                ceptance, even when we feel different from the
                                                                                                                                                others. Inner beauty is what makes us unique
                                                                                                                                                from the rest.

                                                                                                                                                  Daniela Pareschi​​ is an illustrator, art director and set
                                                                                                                                                designer. Among her published works, the 2016 calendar
                                                                                                                                                of “La città del sole”. In 2018 her works have been di-
                                                                                                                                                splayed at the Illustrators’ Exhibitions of the Children’s
                                                                                                                                                Book Fair of Bologna, gaining her the special mention
                                                                                                                                                “Pitti Bimbo”. For Lavieri
                                                                                                                                                she has already illustra-
                                                                                                                                                ted Aiaccio (2018).

                                                                                            Stava al riparo tra le canne della palude quando sentì per la prima volta
                                                                                         il dolce calore del sole sulle piume, le allodole trillavano. Era giunta la pri-
                                                                                         mavera. Allora aprì le ali, che sentì vigorose. Quasi per incanto si ritrovò
                                                                                         tra meli in fiore e profumati arbusti di lillà che protendevano i verdi rami
                                                                                         sull’acqua serpeggiante dei canali.
                                                                                            Che paradiso! E che fresca l’aria della primavera!

      «Grazie al cielo. Sono così brutto che neanche i cani mi vogliono». La bat-
   tuta di caccia continuava, i pallini sibilavano nell’aria. Il brutto anatroccolo si
   acquattò e attese che il silenzio calasse sulla palude. Era pomeriggio inoltrato,
   quando si mosse. Corse a più non posso per campi e prati, nonostante il vento
   contrario. Sul far della sera intravide una stamberga, che sembrava diroccare
   da un momento all’altro. Ma la capanna non sapendo da che parte cadere, pa-
   radossalmente restava in piedi.
      La furia del vento lo incalzava sempre di più, tanto da doversi accoccolare.
   Notò che la porta, tutta sgangherata, era scardinata su un lato. Aveva una
   fenditura abbastanza larga. Non avendo scelta si infilò.                                                         «Buongiorno, come va?», le chiese una vecchia anatra, giunta in quell’i-
                                                                                                                 stante a farle visita.
                                                                                                                    «Ho bisogno di più tempo per quest’uovo, che tarda a schiudersi. Ne-
                                                                                                                 anche una crepa sul guscio. Ma i nati sono stupendi. Vieni a vedere. Somi-
                                                                                                                 gliano al padre, quel farabutto, che non è mai venuto a trovarmi».
                                                                                                                    «Lasciami vedere – disse la vecchia – potrebbe essere un uovo di tac-
                                                                                                                 china. Una volta accadde anche a me di covarne uno. E per colpa sua i
                                                                                                                 miei anatroccoli tardarono a entrare in acqua. Che fatica dovetti fare per
                                                                                                                 convincerli a superare la paura. È proprio un uovo di tacchina. Lascialo
                                                                                                                 stare, dedicati agli altri che devono imparare a nuotare».
                                                                                                                    «Farò un altro piccolo sforzo», rispose mamma Anatra.

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best sellers

Paolo Cossi, Massimiliano Frezzato                  Optioned for:         Sold for:
The Bewitched Cat                                    – Ukranian            – Russian
                                                                           – Spanish, Catalan
24x21 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.

                                              A cat, a normal cat, actually pretty banged
                                            up and mangy, got bewitched one day.
                                            However he does not complain about this
                                            spell, perhaps he’s in love, he is certainly
                                            captivated by a lovely kitten. Torn by this,
                                            he decides to ask his owner, his little witch,
                                            to become a wizard to be able to learn the
                                            craft, or at least the secret of a true love po-
                                            tion ...
                                              But the little witch, who heals everyone
                                            with her herbs, reveals him there are no love
                                            potions, all it takes is      some courage in
                                            declaring himself to
                                            his beloved.                 Ov er 12.000
                                                                           co pie s so ld
                                           An amazing story,                 in ita ly
enriched by the illustrations of Massimiliano Frezzato.

Massimiliano Frezzato
Little Red Riding Hood
24x18 cm, hardcover, 24 pages.
                                                            Ove r 6.000 copi es
                                                              sold in italy

                                                    The versions of Little Red Riding Hood
                                                  – underlines Frezzato in his brief intro-
                                                  duction – “are over a million, one for each
                                                  mother, and in most cases the moms’
                                                  versions are far less cruel than the bo-
                                                  ok’s one”.
                                                    And in the game of revisitations, as well
                                                  as in its oral narrative game, Little Red Ri-
                                                  ding Hood, stands out more than any other
                                                  modern tales revealing its strength: to be a
                                                  “myth” which constantly renews itself over
                                                  time.
                                                    In this case the author has regenerated
                                                    it – as well as in the pictures – with small
                                                      additions, highlighted in the text by a
                                                       different color, which can be skipped
                                                        if you want to have a more traditional
                                                         version and read them and to read
                                                          them as a game, giving a new level
                                                           of interpretation.

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best sellers

Massimiliano Frezzato                                                        Sold for:
The Unlucky Kitten                                                            – French
24x21 cm, hardcover, 56 pages.       Age: 4-99 years.

                                               Who said that black cats bring
                                             bad luck? And if it was the oppo-
                                             site? But what if the butterflies
                                             were jinxing it?
                                               The young protagonist of this
                                             book may not be able to give us
                                             an answer, but he might have an
                                             idea on how things are.
                                             Let’s follow him then,
                                             through bottles of milk
                                             poured under teetering
                                             ladders, reckless road
                                             crossings and impro-
                                             bable falls. He will un-
                                             derstand that he is not
unlicky, he has only to start his journey in the world with no fears.

Sergio Olivotti                                              Sold for:
The Zooablator                                                – Polish              – Spanish
13x21 cm, softcover, 80 pages. Age: 6-99 years.               – Arabian (UAE)       – Catalan

“Zoablator is the name for any device capable of bidirectional translation from a
human language into an animal one and vice-versa”.

                                           Finally a book about the long history
                                         of instruments that enabled men throu-
                                         ghout centuries to talk with animals, or,
                                         at least, with the most talkative ones.
                                         Now it is so easy to communicate with
                                         our animals! But, maybe, the most important thing is
                                         having the desire to meet each others.

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best sellers

James Matthew Barrie - Massimiliano Frezzato                                      Sold for:
Peter and Wendy                                                                    – Russian
24x21 cm, hardcover, 168 pages.
                                         Peter Pan does not need to be introduced; not just because,
                                       sooner or later, he passes in front of every child’s windows, but
                                       also for his countless remakes. Yet, like many classics, it is rarely
                                       reread in its original version.
                                         Who does remember what happens to Wendy and the lost
                                       boys after the young Darlings return to London?
                                         Once again Massimiliano Frezzato decided to travel on the
                                       original track, giving a chance to look at James Matthew Barrie’s
                                       genius under a new light, as well as an opportunity for a new
                                       translation, faithful to the text and to the tradition at the same
                                       time.
                                         For every child, once adult, who feels the need to meet him
                                       again.

Collodi’s Pinocchio
Illustrated by Massimiliano Frezzato
24x21 cm, hardcover, 228 pages.

                                       Edition with full text and rich appendix includ-
                                       ing all drawings and works by Frezzato about
                                       Pinocchio (cards, calendar, games, portfolio
                                       and more).

Sold for:
 – Russian

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Massimiliano Frezzato                                     Sold for:           Optioned for:
Sha, the Town                                              – s. Chinese        – Spanish
                                                                               – Catalan
of the Forgotten Things                                                        – Ukranian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.

                                  In the middle of the desert of time lies Sha, the city of for-
                                gotten things.
                                  It is ruled by an old blackbird that takes care of anything co-
                                ming in: keys, toys, old photographs but also words, ghosts,
                                fears, old records and songs: everything is ordered by the
                                Lord of Sha.
                                  Words are evoked; fears and ghosts pampered and nou-
                                rished as well as dreams. Wars also pass through Sha, be-
                                cause even wars are forgotten.
                                  But Sha is renewed every night: the desert becomes a sea
                                and all houses change their arrangement until the moon di-
                                ves into the horizon.

Massimiliano Frezzato                                                         Sold for:
The Flying Boat                                                                – Russian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 52 pages. age: 4-99 years.
                                   Once upon a time there was an
                                 old man tired of remembering. And
                                 a flying boat tired of sailing
                                   Once upon a time there was the
                                 sea tired of dominating.
                                   Once upon a time there was a
                                 child tired of playing.
                                   Once there was a moment when
                                 the old man and the child, for an in-
                                 stant, were again as one.
                                  The Flying Boat is a fairy-tale in which “once upon a time”
                                 become a sort of refrain revealing the magic of the story.

Massimiliano Frezzato The Tree                                            Sold for:
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.                            – s. Chinese
                                                                           – Spanish, Catalan
                                  The tree man lives alone and
                                peacefully on a hill. He sees time
                                flowing by at his feet and
                                along with it the endless
                                trivial claims of the kings of
                                mice ...
                                  A short story about pa-
                                tience, war, peace and,
                                above all, on the meaning
                                of freedom.

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Biagio Russo, Daniela Pareschi                                                 Sold for:
Aiaccio                                                                         – Russian
21x28 cm, hardcover, 64 pages.        Age: 5-99 years.
                                Some people say that Gipsy and Angel never existed. That the
                              story of Aiaccio, the clown of Aladdin Circus, is a legend, passed
                              down over circus generations. We don’t care if it’s true or not,
                              what matters to us is to
                              tell this tale.

                              A poetic and poi-
                              gnant tale by Biagio
                              Russo, illustrated by
                              Daniela Pareschi.

Luana Vergari, Simona Ciraolo                                               Sold for:
Mummy Has a Baby in Her Tummy                                                – Spanish, Catalan
24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.       Age: 3-6 years.                            – s. Chinese
                                                                             – Slovenian
                                  Mummy has a baby in her tum-
                                 my...
                                   She says it’s a girl and her na-
                                 me’s Amelia. At first she won’t be able
                                 to walk while I can already go where-
                                 ver I want. Let’s hope Amelia is as nice
                                 as my dog Ugo, who’s really a funny
                                 chap… However, when I think about it,          3 rd E dition
                                                                                 13 years
                                 that does not sound too good…                 in catalogue

Luana Vergari, Francesco Filippini                                          Sold for:
Love On The Head                                                             – French
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.        Age: 5-99 years.                       – Spanish, Catalan

                                   Pietro has had Love on his head for some time now. He
                                 doesn’t know where it came from and what it’s doing in his
                                 hair, he only knows that one morning he woke up, he looked in
                                 the mirror and saw it…

                                  A story on the pur-
                                 est love!

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L avieri
   pi c c o l e p e s t i
                                  Since 2004 Lavieri has been designing and pub-
                               lishing fresh, and often funny, picture books with
                               original illustrators.

   Lavieri “Piccole Pesti” is a publishing project for children and
   “grown-ups”, a little help to face the adventures of everyday
   life regardless of wizards and witches and of any escape,
   not just in metaphorical terms, but from reality. Irony on
   the front line to have fun, learn and be blown away.

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