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Spring 2021 Children’s Books Rights Guide
L a vier i
pi c c o l e p e s t i
Since 2004 Lavieri has been designing and publishing fresh, and of-
ten 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 me-
taphorical terms, but from reality. Irony on the
front line to have fun, learn and be blown away.
About the publishing house
Lavieri Piccole pesti is the children’s books branch
of Lavieri edizioni a print label from Ipermedium
Comunicazione e Servizi s.a.s., founded in 2004 by
Rosa Lavieri and Marcello Buonomo. The co-founders
are active in the publishing world since 1999 with the
Ipermedium libri publishing house.
Lavieri is well-known for several remarkable outstanding
translations of some of the greatest European writers of
the XXth century as Arno Schmidt, Claude Simon (Nobel
prize), Walter Kempowsky, H.H. Jahnn, Emmanuel Bove.
Lavieri
via Canala, 55
85050 - Villa D’Agri (PZ)
Tel. 347 4297327 - Fax 0823 1760173
Foreign rights
Please contact r i g h t s @ l a v i e r i . i t
Translation credits: Raffaella Rolla
www.lavieri.it ~ rights@lavieri.it
© Ipermedium Comunicazione e Servizi s.a.s.
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Francesco Sguera,
Carmen De Pinto
new
Ivan Bigarella
Matù wants to grow up
25 cm, hardcover. , 32 pages, .
Age: +4 years.
Matù wants to grow up and, as usual, go-
es to her precious grandmother for advice.
“To grow up, you have to be taller than a
giraffe, braver than a lion and bigger than
an elephant”, replies her grandmother. The
unstoppable Matù sets off in search of all
three animals and, against all odds, she will
succeed. Do you want to know how?
– Grandma, grandma, I want to go to the
party tonight.
Francesco Sguera and Carmen De Pinto are the – I’m sorry, my darling. Only grown-ups
heart and driving force behind Room to Play, a name that
can go to the party.
indicates a place, a group and a way of understanding the-
atre as a moment of interaction, sharing and exchange – Then I want to grow up.
between actors and audience: different techniques are used – Growing up takes effort, my child, and
(storytelling, music, puppets or pure actor’s theatre), the time.
only common aim is to amaze, involve and entertain. – Time? Can I make it by tonight?
Ivan Bigarella was born
in 1984 and graduated from
the Liceo artistico in Vicenza.
He attended the three-year
course at the Scuola del Fu-
metto in Milan. Since 2007 he
has collaborated with comics
magazines and in 2009 he
started illustrating children’s
books, publishing with Piem-
me (Geronimo Stilton), Edi-
zioni EL, Einaudi and many
others.
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Matt Dixon Not available in English
“Transmissions series” Titles
21x29 cm, hardcover, 48 pages.
Age: 5-99 years.
1- Robots new
(a comic + artbook) 2 - Explorations
3 - incoming...
Matt Dixon’s works instantly evoke a sense
of appreciation. Then, gradually, the slight im-
pression of naivety they convey gives way to the
observation enforced by some details. After a
while, it becomes evident that, basically, what
Dixon seems to be staging is a classic: the post-
apocalyptic scenario where human presence is
merely limited to scattered items, deserted cities
and the anthropomorphic aspect of the robots
that wander through them …
But there is a further step that finally emerges:
we are the distinct solitudes of Dixon’s robots
(as we realize) and the apocalypse has already
come.
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Mario Pennacchio,
Richolly Rosazza
new
To Make a Family
30 cm, hardcover. , 24 pages, .
Age: 5-9 years.
What does it take to make a family? The young narrator
of this story will hear many different ideas. Eventually he
will understand that a family is made up of very few – so-
metimes small – things.
This is a book to be read all together... to find out what
these things are!
“A beautiful book, that with sensitivity
and lightness, tackles the theme of the fa-
mily, which is never just one, but multiple
themes; a way to show children the beauty
of diversity”.
Michela Marzano,
University Professor, Paris Descartes
and SHS - Sorbonne Paris Cité
Mario Pennacchio (Potenza, 1973), after having
worked for several multinational companies, began
working with words. He became a translator “for love”,
and together with his wife, founded STEP Language Services, an agency working alongside prestigious international brands. His
passion for nursery rhymes led him to explore the world of children’s literature. In 2013, he published Il Quaderno delle Fila-
strocche (The Nursery Rhyme Notebook, Kellerman).
Richolly Rosazza was born in Ancash, Peru, in 1981. The object of his artistic research has always been the world of
childhood, in particular the ability of the creative mind, typical of children, which manages to transform everything into play. In
2012 he illustrated the Città del sole calendar, and in 2013 some of his plates were selected for the Illustrators’ Exhibition at
the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Among his publications are the series La famiglia coniglietti (The Bunny Family, Risfoglia edi-
tions) and Legami (Links, Kite, 2019), all with texts by Nadia Al Omari.
Chiunque prese parte a questa discussione
per quanto si sbagliasse aveva anche ragione.
Per fare una famiglia non servono ricette...
parole ed etichette a volte vanno strette.
Occorrono dei libri, un vaso con i fiori,
un comodo divano di tanti bei colori.
TM TM 5 TM TM
Erika De Pieri Sold for:
The unexpected event – French
21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 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 unexpected event is a
little penguin, that only needs Bear love? The
crucial thing is not to lose one’s head!
The unexpected event 2 - The Day After
21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 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 orgaznied! It’ll be nice to play
piggyback or defeat the dragon... Of course,
you’ll also have to cook baby food, clean, ba-
the, cradle, get rid of harmful objects, make
room for games and ... Oh, God!
Is Bear gonna make it? Of course, because
at the end of the day the little rascal will give
him the strength and give him a last little kiss.
Books to pamper
yourself with a LOL!
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Sarah Khoury Sold for:
The Elephant’s Dream – French
– Serbian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. From: 3 years. – Russian
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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Ale Puro, Dario Campo
As Big As...
24x24 cm, hardcover, 24 pages. Age: 4 years.
It must be beautiful to be big. And what can
you do to actually grow up? What do you need
to be like that? The little protagonist of this bo-
ok gives it a lot of thought and finds a place
where he can search for...
Ale Puro lives and works in Italy. At a very young age he
stepped into the world of street art and began to experiment
with its possible forms. He attended the Brera Academy of Fine
Arts and travels extensively. Several exhibitions have been dedi-
cated to him since 2012. In 2015 he illustrates Il giardino in tasca
(The Tarden in the Pocket) for Espressione Editore.
Dario Campo has been curating exhibitions and workshops
for children since 1997. Among these are several editions of Sa-
nakids in Bologna, Tortonakids in Milan and Pop up Kids Stories
as part of Pitti Bimbo 2014. He has designed the first certified
eco-friendly furniture collection for kindergartens and nursery
schools and he is a childhood and licensing corporate consul-
tant.
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Lucia Tringali, Roberto Lauciello
Sold for:
A Fantastic Friend – Russian
– s. Chinese
24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.
Age: 4-7 years.
Having a friend is the most wonderful
thing of all, but what could you do when
you’re alone against the adversities of mo-
dern life?
It takes a fantastic friend, someone who
isn’t scared of anything and goes along
with you in the bad moments of the day:
when you go to school, or to the doctor, or
to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
Everyone has one, maybe two. And how
is yours?
new edition
Io ho un amico che mi viene a prendere a scuola quando
piove e conosce la strada con le pozzanghere più grosse.
4 5
Quando mi spediscono da zia Florinda,
porto con me anche il mio amico che sa
come tenere a bada mio cugino.
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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 scien-
tist 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 themsel-
ves from the kidnapping of Dr. M – who works per-
petually on the shrinking ray for mildly tall giant,
unfinished due to his insane attachment to his
mother – and from the sabotage of the Mega An-
ti-Cauliflower Spray – Tigrotto Rotto, anche tu potresti essere motivo di attacchi di
of the Doc Geoff Lin- panico collettivi, d’altronde di tigri in città non se n’è mai viste.
Dovrai imparare a camminare eretto e indosserai anche un im-
demberg Lindemberg Capitolo Secondo
permeabile ed un cappello a falde.
In cui il bambino o ragazzo dai capelli di zucchero filato
and of his gang of incontra Annabella Cavaldoro
Quanto a me, Barczf mi porterà sottobraccio e fingerò di essere
mildly tall giant bikers. impagliato. Quando avremo un po’ di soldi, magari, comprere-
mo una gabbia. Potrei volare, ma così mi sembra più divertente.
A picaresque no-
– E noi? –, chiesero gli avvoltoi.
vel, absurd and partly – Voi dovrete darvi una sistemata alle piume e pulirvi il becco
wacky, Cauliflower e
Un giorno, all’alba, mentre il bambino o ragazzo dai capelli
poi potrete muovervi come più preferite. Cercate solo di fare
di zucchero filato si riposava su una panchina, come attenzione
sempre ai pali della luce, agli autobus e ai camion che, se vo-
Operation is the sur- lanciando ai passerotti infreddoliti briciole di marshmallow,
late bassi, non perdonano.
una bambina o ragazza (anche nel suo caso non si capiva tanto
real and fantastic sto- bene quanti anni avesse) gli si sedette a fianco. Poi, dopo aver scrutato i propri compagni di viaggio che conti-
Sul momento, soprattutto a causa del folto vello zuccheroso –
ry of the redemption nuavano
che al contempo gli riduceva l’udito e il campo visivo – non se ne
a guardarsi in giro increduli, concluse:
accorse e continuò a fischiettare e a pensare confusamente agli
of grungy but willing affari suoi.
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outcasts. A story that La nuova arrivata, per attirare la sua attenzione, tossicchiò de-
licatamente. Non ottenendo alcun risultato, incominciò a tossire
moves between frien- sempre più forte, fin quasi a ragliare come un asino. A quel pun-
to lui finalmente si girò e la vide.
dship, action, love La bambina o ragazza gli sembrò avere più o meno la sua stes-
sa indefinita e misteriosa età; degli occhi profondi e verdi fissi
and unexpected mi- sullo stesso passerotto a cui dava da mangiare e una folta chio-
ma arancione, raccolta da un elastico in una lunga coda.
raculous properties of Per quanto ci fosse nel suo volto qualcosa che lo lasciava per-
plesso e impaurito, qualcosa che non riuscì subito a definire,
cauliflowers. 12
10Mario Bellina, Antoine Vannucci
The true story of Jolly Roger new
(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 Rot-
ten Sardine, the scariest and the stinking pirate ship that
has never sailed the seas. Everyone is afraid of Jolly Ro-
ger and all the military, civil and pirate ships knows his
terrible reputation.
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 because of his spitting upwind. When he is not lo-
cked in his cabin 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
smoothly until the captain finds it out. His anger 2 3
affects all seas giving the order to attack any
ship, vessel, or boat. His so-
litary strategy triggers a bo-
omerang effect because all mari. E così avevano fatto anche Barba Nera, Barba Grigia, Barba Aran-
cio, Barba Gianni e tutti gli altri pirati con le barbe colorate, tranne
the military ships and also Barba Gialla, ma solo perché a quei tempi ancora non esisteva!
E già! Che possa finire i miei giorni a scrostare cozze dalla chiglia
pirate’s ones start the Rot- della nave, se sto esagerando! Jolly Roger era davvero la Bandiera più
temibile dei sette mari. ARGH! L’orgoglio di Capitan Sputo in un Oc-
ten Sardine pursuit. chio e della ciurma della Sardina Marcia.
Ma non sempre essere temuti è un vantaggio. Nemmeno nel crudele
Once again, Jolly Roger mondo dei pirati dove più sei temuto, più le altre navi ti stanno lontano.
Continuando a far paura a questo e far paura a quello, infatti, si ri-
will find a solution to save schia di rimanere da soli. Così accadde a Jolly Roger!
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 Per mille trichechi con le pulci di mare! Che tempi da corsari! Quan-
because of the colour of his do la vedetta di una nave avvistava Jolly Roger con il suo cannocchiale,
sveniva, e al suo comandante non restava che issare bandiera bianca e
beard that is phlegmy yel- arrendersi. Persino i pesci che nuotavano attorno alla Sardina Marcia
rimanevano raggelati dallo sguardo di Roger e morivano di paura, per
lowish. la gioia della ciurma che li pescava senza sforzo e ne faceva scorpacciate.
Jolly Roger a quei tempi era una vera leggenda.
Con un solo sguardo aveva fatto scappare dieci golette della Marina
che cercavano di catturare Capitan Sputo in un Occhio.
E persino le altre navi pirata si tenevano a distanza dalla Sardina Mar-
cia. Anche quelle di pirati famosi come Long John Silver, che sulla ban-
diera aveva una stampella di legno al posto di una delle tibie.
Ebbene dopo che Jolly Roger aveva usato quella stampella come stuz-
zicadenti, anche Long John Silver aveva preferito far rotta verso altri
8 9
11Daniela Pareschi
Ugly Ducklyng
21x29 cm, hardcover, 44 pages. Age: 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.
12Ilaria Cairoli,
Alberto Casagrande
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.
13Sarah 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: French, English / India, Korean, Rus-
sian
Optioned for: 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!
14Sarah Khoury Ciacio and the Sea 15x21 cm, softcover, 28 pages. Here begin the tiny wonderful adventures of Ciacio, a curious bunny explorer who, in this little book, meets the sea dwellers and finds in each of them a part of himself and… some help. In the end, he comes back to the beach, to his beloved ones… what a day! Sold for: French, Spanish, s. Chinese, Korean, Russian. “Ciacio Series” by Sarah Khoury 15
Ciacio at the Pole
15x21 cm, softcover, 28 pages.
The wonderful adventures of Ciacio, cu-
rious bunny explorer, keep on going. This
time Ciacio finds himself at the Pole, looking
for the animals that live there. For some re-
ason he doesn’t meet any and – this time
too – he comes back home to find some
cuddles.
Sold for:
– Spanish / Catalan
– s. Chinese
– English (India)
– Korean
“Ciacio Series” by Sarah Khoury
16Ciacio in the
Amazon Rainforest
21 cm, softcover, 28 pages.
Another unexpected travel for Ciacio, the fe-
arless bearbit*! This time a mysterious feather
takes him among the curious animals of the
Amazon forest.
Sold for:
– s. Chinese
– English (India)
– Korean
“Ciacio Series” by Sarah Khoury
17Ciacio in the Countryside
15x21 cm, softcover, 28 pages.
The curious bearbit – half bear and half
rabbit – adventurer takes us, now, to the
countryside. For, after all, it doesn’t take a
long trip to discover new things and make
new friends!
Sold for:
– Korean
– Russian
“Ciacio Series” by Sarah Khoury
18Laura Carusino,
Erika De pieri
Eglefino Cha Cha Cha
24 cm, hardcover, 32 pages, .
Age: 3-5 years.
Sold for:
– Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galcian
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.
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.
19Massimiliano Frezzato Sold for:
– French
The Unlucky Kitten
24x21 cm, hardcover, 56 pages. Age: 4-99 years.
Who said that black cats bring bad
luck? And if it was the opposite? 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 bot-
tles of milk poured under teetering lad-
ders, reckless road crossings and im-
probable falls. He will understand that
he is not unlicky, he has only to start his
journey in the world with no fears.
Warning: this book is published in
two surprising versions which differ in
their end.
Browse through it and choose the one
you prefer!
Massimiliano Frezzato is one of the most
appreciated Italian cartoonists. In 1996 he published the first volume of the saga I custodi del Maser (The
Keepers of the Maser), to which he has been totally committed until April 2005. The saga is published in several
countries, including France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, and the United States of America. For Lavieri
he has published Cappuccetto Rosso (Little Red Riding Hood, 2014), Peter Pan (2015), Frabalu (2015),
Pinocchio (2016) L’Uomo Albero (The tree, 2016), La barca volante (The Flying Boat, 2017) and Sha. La
città delle cose dimenticate (Sha, the City of forgotten things, 2017).
(w.i.p.)
ISBN final 1: 978-88-96971-88-8 ISBN final 2: 978-88-96971-89-5
20Paolo Cossi, Massimiliano Frezzato Optioned for: Sold for:
– Ukranian – Russian
The Bewitched Cat – 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 se-
cret of a true love potion ...
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.
An amazing rhymed story, enri-
ched by the illustrations of Massi-
miliano Frezzato.
The several publications of Paolo Cossi include: Medz Yetghern, Il grande
Male (The Great Evil) (Hazard, 2007); Anarchia per erbe bollite (Anarchy for O ve r 12.000
boiled herbs) (Lavieri, 2008); Un gentiluomo di fortuna (A gentleman of for- co pi es so ld
tune, a Hugo Pratt’s comic book biography) (Hazard, 2009). in ita ly
In 2009 he was awarded by the Parliament of the French
community in Belgium the Condorcet-Aron Prize for
democracy for Le Grand Mal (Dargaud, 2009).
21Biagio Russo, Daniela Pareschi Sold for:
Aiaccio – Russian
21x28 cm, hardcover, 64 pages. Age: 5-99 years.
The story of Aiaccio handed down among
circus families like a legend and starts with a
clown falling in the fleck of elephant dung. He
was called Angel because of his talent as trape-
ze artist in the Aladin Circus. One day another
trapeze artist join the circus. She was the beau-
tiful Gypsy that made fall in love Angel like never
before.
The life flows sweet untill Gypsy falling down
from the highest trapeze. Angel saw the scene,
faint and, when he awakes, Gipsy was already
carried away by her people from Saintes Mari-
es de la Mer.
He never back on the trapeze and become
Aiaccio the Pagliaccio, the clown. But, in the lo-
wer moment of his life, in the fleck of elephant
dung, he fell a kindly hand that ... she was Gypsy
that come back...
A poetic and poignant tale by Biagio
Russo, illustrated by Daniela Pareschi.
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 displayed at the Illustrators’
Exhibitions of the Children’s Book Fair of Bologna, gaining
her the special mention “Pitti Bimbo”.
Biagio Russo has been a editor, and a journalist. He’s
the author of essays,
and organizer of cultu-
ral events. He publishes
poems and short sto-
ries.
22Massimiliano Frezzato
Ove r 6.000 cop ies
Little Red Riding Hood sold in italy
24x18 cm, hardcover, 24 pages.
The versions of Little Red
Riding Hood – underlines
Frezzato in his brief introduc-
tion – “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 revisita-
tions, as well as in its oral nar-
rative game, Little Red Riding
Hood, stands out more than
any other modern tales revea-
ling 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 ad-
ditions, highlighted in the text
by a different color, which
can be skipped if you want to
have a more traditional ver-
sion and read them and to
read them as a game, giving
a new level of interpretation.
Massimiliano Frezzato is one of
the most appreciated Italian cartoo-
nists. In 1996 he published the first vo-
lume of the saga I custodi del Maser
(The Keepers of the Maser), to which
he has been totally committed until
April 2005. The saga is published in se-
veral countries, including France, Italy,
Spain, Portugal, Germany, Belgium, and
the United States of America.
23Massimiliano Frezzato Sold for:
– s. Chinese
Sha, the Town – Korean
of the Forgotten Things
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.
In the middle of the desert of time lies
Sha, the city of forgotten things.
It is ruled by an old blackbird that takes
care of anything coming in: keys, toys, old
photographs but also words, ghosts, fe-
ars, old records and songs: everything is
ordered by the Lord of Sha.
Words are evoked; fears and ghosts
pampered and nourished as well as dre-
ams. Wars also pass through Sha, becau-
se even wars are forgotten.
But Sha is renewed every night: the de-
sert becomes a sea and all houses chan-
ge their arrangement until the moon dives
into the horizon.
112 boards held together by a single 39m long illustration.
A cyclical story in which the last board and the first one are even more entwined to
form a unique ring-shaped narrative pattern.
24Massimiliano Frezzato Sold for:
– Russian
The Flying Boat
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 instant, were
again as one.
The Flying Boat is a fairy-tale in which “on-
ce upon a time” become a sort of refrain re-
vealing the magic of the story.
An original story,
imbued with great poetry
and sweet melancholy.
25Massimiliano Frezzato Sold for:
– s. Chinese
The Tree – Spanish
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years. – 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 patience, war, peace
and, above all, on the meaning of freedom.
26James Matthew Barrie - Massimiliano Frezzato Sold for:
– Russian
Peter and Wendy
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 tradi-
tion at the same time.
For every child, once adult, who feels the need
to meet him again.
27Collodi’s Pinocchio Sold for:
– Russian
Illustrated by Massimiliano Frezzato
24x21 cm, hardcover, 228 pages.
Edition with full text and rich
appendix including all drawings
and works by Frezzato about Pi-
nocchio (cards, calendar, games,
portfolio and more).
28Gianluca Caporaso, Sergio Olivotti Sold for:
– Russian
The travels of the baron of Münchhausen
19x25 cm, hardcover, 96 pages.
Age: 6-99 years.
So the day came
in which he set off,
looked at the space around,
looked for a ray in the sky ...
Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von
Münchhausen (1720-1797), a former
cavalry captain and serious businessman,
became famous for being an incredible sto-
ryteller. His improbable, hyperbolic, bizarre ad-
ventures, thanks to Rudolf Erich Raspe,
who collected his stories, have become
one of the most translated and quoted
books of fantastic literature.
Enriched with further journeys nev-
er traveled, this version in rhymes and
images of the Baron, celebrates its ex-
traordinary vitality and daring inventions
in the name of that generative literature
capable of transforming each narration
into a game that is both reproducible and
creative.
Sergio Olivotti
Optioned for:
The Second Ark – Spanish / Catalan
19x25 cm, hardcover, 72 pages. Age: 6-99 years.
Everyone knows quite a lot about Noah’s ark and its astoni-
shing events however, less known and rather mysterious are
the information about the “Second Ark”, the one built by his
cousin Bartolomeo.
This book wants to bring order to the countless legends re-
lated to it. This is the result of years of study engrossed in ar-
chaeological finds, historical documents and myths that seem
to be more and more plausible nowadays.
After “Lo Zoablatore” (The Zooablator), Sergio Olivotti provi-
des us with another gift: an outrageous investigative book that
digs into the most hidden secrets of human history... ermm...
ok, not so human.Sergio Olivotti Sold for:
– Polish – Spanish
The Zooablator – Arabian (UAE) – Catalan
13x21 cm, softcover, 80 pages.
Age: 6-99 years.
“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 throughout
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.
Sergio Olivotti (Loano, 1970), designer and illustrator,
taught Visual Communication at Politecnico di Milano.
Inventor of the Italian Poster Biennial, he organized exhi-
bitions and workshops that were appreciated both in Italy
and abroad. His awards include a Graphis Competition
Gold Award and the A.D.C.I. Award of the Association
for Chinese and Italian Design.
30Luana Vergari, Francesco Filippini Sold for:
– French
A Love On The Head – Spanish
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 5-99 years. – 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 on-
ly knows that one morning he woke up, he
looked in the mirror and saw it…
A story on the purest love.
Luana Vergari is a scriptwriter of books, comics
and animations for children.
Born in Rome, she lives in Lille, France, where in 2014
she was awarded “Le Label européen des langues” with
her children’s book Les Langues de Chat. In 2017 she
founded the Associazione Radiolem, a place for rese-
arch, creation and play focused on children’s books and
on the use of new technologies. With the Taiwanese
company Keitai she worked on the creation of the Su-
per Minou webtoon series dedicated to children.
Francesco Filippini (born in Naples in 1993)
directed his first ani-
mated short film, Orkiestra, in 2009 with which he gained a nomination at the David
di Donatello award. In 2015 he moved to New York working at Bill Plympton’s
animation studio as Art Director for two feature films and a short film, The Loneliest
Stoplight, which won him the Society of Illustrator Gold Medal.
In 2016 he returned to collaborate with the studio MAD Entertainment in Naples
where he wrote, drew and directed the animated short film Simposio Suino in re mi-
nore, which was also nominated for the David di Donatello award.
By the same
author
Mummy’s has a Baby in
her Tummy
The Kid Without TV
A Perfect Family Sold for: Chinese, Sold for Chinese.
Spanish, Slovenian
31Luana Vergari, Simona Ciraolo Sold for:
Mummy Has a Baby in Her Tummy – Spanish
– Catalan
24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. – s. Chinese
16 cm, boardbook, 24 pages. – Slovenian
Age: 3-6 years.
3 rd E dition
13 years
in catalogue
Mummy has a baby in her tummy.
She says it’s a girl and her name’s
Amelia. At first she won’t be able to
walk while I can already go wherever
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, that does not sound too good…
32Paola Savinelli, Andrea Scoppetta Sold for:
– Russian
There’s a Monster in the Woods – Spanish
21x24 cm, hardcover, 32 pages. – Catalan
How do you chase a monster away?
Nina’s grandmother, narrative voice of the sto-
ry, tells her about a monster that was terrorizing
a faraway kingdom and that no-one was able to
chase away. And right when the King had no hope
left to solve the problem, here comes the little girl
of the village equipped with just one weapon: her
curiosity.
La bambina era giunta dal villaggio e con sguardo severo girava – Hai le corna! E non sei un dinosauro! E dove sono le ali di pipistrello?
intorno al mostro, sotto gli occhi increduli dei presenti. Mostro Alla domanda della bambina il mostro fece un passo indietro...
compreso. – E queste sarebbero le unghie lunghe lunghe?
Altro passo indietro...
– E questi sarebbero gli occhi rossi come il fuoco? Quei tre ciarlatani hanno rac-
contato un sacco di bugie!
E così, indietreggiando indietreggiando, il mostro scappò via!
Da allora nel regno non si videro altri mostri ma, per sicurezza, il re volle
tenere a corte la bambina curiosa.
Andrea Scoppetta
The Pied Piper
24x18 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.
Age: 4-99 years.
The piper of Hamelin is not really a fairy tale or
a bedtime story. It rather lies within the category
of legends because, if you think of it, fantastic
elements are few and have a secondary role in
the plot. Perhaps it is this detail that discloses
that irresistible charm capable of attracting
generations of readers and scholars.
Discovering its versions is a fascinating journey:
first in the events that generated the legend, then in the motives that made it one of the most
engaging stories ever, able to address essential topics and sometimes, as in this version of
Andrea Scoppetta, surprisingly modern.
Sold for:
– Spanish / Catalan
33Gianluca Caporaso, Sergio Olivotti
1 st printrun
3.000 copies sold
Notes on Geofantasy in 6 months .
15x21 cm, softcover, 80 pages. Age: 7-99 year.
The cities visited by the author in this book are real
(as they’re imaginary) and their names are just as
real: Ischia, Casalbordino, Terralba, Corleone… A
travel diary - noted and sketched like the notebooks
of habitual travelers
- interpreted by an
eclectic and inspi-
red illustrator, na-
mely Olivotti.
An homage to
the crazy and
necessary art of
inventing stori-
es and chasing
after wonders.
Saluti da CaSalbordino
Gianluca Caporaso, Rita Petruccioli
Tales from Punteville O ver
c o p ie s6s.000
in ita loyl d
15x21 cm, softcover, 76 pages. Age: >6 year.
There have been imaginative explorers who mana-
ged to visit, know, and tell about the Cities of pun-
ctuation and this book contains their absurd, poetic
and truly human chronicles. How do they fall in love,
how do they play, in which houses do they live in, the
people of a City called Question? And those of Excla-
mation, Comma, Ellipsis, Semicolon, and Full Stop?
Even if different from one another, all cities end
up being similar, for they
grow and transform just
in order to allow people
to be together, fall in love,
dream, work, tell. These
cities, once known, give
readers an urge to play,
invent themselves and
explore new cities and
experience in a brand
new way the cities they’ve
already seen.
38
34Simona Ciraolo
The Day of the
Idle Little Girl
21 cm, soft/hardcover, 32 BW pages.
Age: 4-7 years.
Five nursery rhymes illustrated by a young au-
thor who with a gentle touch and a delicate and
introspective writing manages to enter into the
thoughts and feelings of children, during one of
the most critical phases of their growth.
This book includes: The day of the idle little girl,
The carbon paper boy, The man who made hats, The
baby girl who wanted everything she saw, That little
girl to whom I never spoke.
Angela Freno, Simona Ciraolo
How Beautiful It Is
When…
18 cm, sponge hardcover, 24 pages.
Age: >5
How beautiful it is when you make breakfast for me…
But it’s even more beautiful when you have it with me!
How beautiful it is when you take me to school…
But it’s even more beautiful when you pick me up!
Mother and
daughter
rediscover
their routine
through the beautiful
things to do and…
even more beautiful
ones!
“Fai presto, è tardi!”
“Ciao, ci vediamo stasera!”
35Manuela Monari, Sold for:
Roberto Lauciello – s. Chinese
Don’t Do This!
21 cm, hardcover 28 pages.
16 cm, boardbook, 24 pages.
Age: 3-5 year.
Adults are really strange. They get confused!
When I was a kid I was examining a stone in
an inquisitive manner. Here comes my mom
crying, “it’s POO! it’s POO “
Well, I know what poo is! That was only
a stone: round, hard, unappetising, with no
SMELL and it certainly didn’t look like anything
I so proudly dump in my diaper!
The authors finally give voice to the kids’s unspo-
ken perplexity in front of the thousand inconsisten-
cies of their parents and grown-ups in the difficult
phase of addressing early childhood behaviour.
36Luana Vergari, arts by Galvão Sold for:
– s. Chinese
The Kid Without Tv
21 cm, hardcover,28 pages.
Age: 4-7 years.
My name is Philip and I’m one metre and
12 cm tall, I’m pretty much tall for my age
considering I’m five and a half, almost six.
Something very bad happened yesterday
when I got back from school, our TV set bro-
ke down!
It doesn’t work anymore, you can’t see
anything even when I press the red button on
the remote control and also the green one just
to make sure ...
sso dev e finir e
non sa che fare ... ade
Pap à ha dett o che le tras loca zion i
tras loca zion e perc hé lui di mes tier e fa
una
nos tra. Qua ndo fa i tras loch i
e nell a
dell e ling ue stra nier are con papà , non sta a
può prop rio parl
dell e ling ue non si o la mam ma!
ness uno , nem men
sent ire prat icam ente
ico e og gi, che no n
più mi gli or iss im o am
Fra nc esc o è il mi o fuo ri a cer car e il
am o tut to il gio rno
and iam o a sc uo la, sti lie che si chi am a ti
tto l'al be ro de lle teg
tes or o de i pir ati so ino , die tro la cas a.
sta in fon do al gia rd
ed è tut to ver de e ibi li,
de l tig lio ci cre sc on o deOlle co se inc red
Ne lle teg lie mi ha dett o DOP
lla or i.
la mam ma, ma
Ho chia mat o subi to
e are quel laci
i pes roa ssi
di mia i tes
e sore
tip o
FILIP percoc
PO.i.. br co liport
hé deve
scem
ro i dent i
dent
Le sono venu te le carie
Mart ina dal dent ista! e che ci sono in casa
pre tutt e le cara mell
perc hé lei si ruba sem
e anch e le mie.
Cos ì impa ra! 8
9
essa una cosa
ato da scuo la è succ
Ieri quan do sono torn
si è rott a la tele visio ne!
brut tiss ima, anch e se pigia vo sul
non si vede va nien te
Non funz iona va più, e su quel lo verd e, per
tone ross o del tele com ando e anch
bot
esse re sicu ro.
25
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37Paolo Cossi, Sara Colautti
And Who Are You?
21 cm, hardcover 24 pages.
Age: 4-7 years.
Dado was a tiny and frail kitten. He looked
more like a chick than like a cat. One day, whi-
le he was wandering through the kitchen, so-
mething very nice fell from the table. It rolled
on the floor for a little while and stopped just
off the kitten...
And who are you? The kitten asked that myste-
rious newcomer. You’re really beautiful with those
round flanks… but why don’t you answer back?
A kitten falls in love with a strange thing fallen
from the table. He scratches it and a few tears fall
from his eyes. It’s the proof of his love! But children
find out it’s just an onion…
Da
do
era un gattino color turchese,
era gracile, bellino e assai cortese,
piccolino, più che un gatto sembrava un pulcino.
Aveva una l u u u a
u u u u u u u n g coda
che sembrava una liana; a
nt
e un pelo liscio e morbido pu
come lo scialle di nonna Diana. ea
c hi
ec di
or ton
di di e
an ran
r ni g
eg chi O
rl c
Pe gli O che gufo
e va a qual
somiglia
mondi. Dado rimase poi veramente deluso
o civetta d’altri
quando all’amata comparvero dei baffi sul muso.
La sua indole curiosa
lo portava a sbirciare ogni cosa,
ma mia, qu proprio tu
La misteriosa,
ovunque però,anche
andasse, alla felicità del gatto
per caso,
am est atte tt
non rispondeva
lui doveva e ferma
sempre immobile
metterci il naso.taceva. M eb
a
e
l
Dado la guardava con incertezza:
A guardare, toccare, sbirciare, passava delle ore, nessuno ha mai
Vuoi
avevache sia solo un l’anima
decisamente problema di timidezza?
dell’esploratore. avuto fidanzate
Questo restava un dubbio irrisolto così brutte!
A volte combinava un po’ di guai
ma al gattino non interessava poi molto Però ogni volta
ma almeno non si annoiava mai.
tanto che l’accompagnava giorno e sera, che ti vedo continuo
e rimase con lei tutta la primavera. a lacrimare, questo
Ma con l’arrivo dell’estate afosa, vuol dire che
iniziò lentamente a cambiare qualcosa... il mio cuore
Sulla testa spuntò inaspettata una verde cresta. non ha smesso
Quella strana capigliatura d’amare.
ogni giorno aumentava di statura.
E mentre spaventato la guardava,
il gattino, un poco afflitto, pensava:
Son fritto, il soffitto
tra un po’ !
raggiungerà
ti.
o, ar
N
no m
n po
ss re a da
o lascia r t i
, d e v o c ont i nu a
Detto fatto, con un colpo di zampina,
la fece rotolar per la cucina.
Forse ho esagerato, dovrò chieder scusa,
anzi meglio: le faccio le fusa!
Ma quando raggiunse la bella riservata,
si accorse d’averla tutta graffiata.
Subito pensò a come rimediare
e per scusarsi la iniziò a leccare.
a,
Tutti quei graffi però andavano a v a p er l a c u c i n
Un g aggir
emanando un odore particolare iorno però, mentre si
e il micio iniziò a piagnucolare. a rr i oo..
vò da . ttttiinn
Il gatto pensò d’un tratto l tavolo una cosa assai carina ggaa
di essere diventato matto: e n to u n p o c h ino d
daall
av im oo
lò sul p aann
lloonntt
non s’era fatto male Roto ppooccoo mòò
ee ssii ffeerrm
e di nulla si dispiaceva
ma senza sosta piangeva,
piangeva e Chiese il gatto curioso
di quell’arrivo misterioso.
Sei proprio bella con quei fianchi tondi…
Non riusciva in nessun modo a fermarsi, ma perché non mi rispondi?
{
e tutti i suoi baffi di lacrime erano cosparsi. Un animale,
Ma perché piango e piango a non finire? Cosa sei? un angelo
Non capisco… mi sembra di morire! o una fata?
Rispondi, maleducata!!!
Ma la cosa non si muoveva
e nemmeno rispondeva.
Il gattino si arrabbiò
e arrabbiandosi sbottò:
Hai il colore della madreperla,
ma se non parli ti do una sberla!
38Mauro Talarico
What does a Bad Wolf Look Like?
21x24 cm, hardcover, 64 pages. Age: 5-99 years.
What does a wolf look like? Since the tea-
cher talked about it in class, terrifying all the
piglets, Omero keeps asking the same que-
stion. It’s huge, it’s mean, it’s got sharp te-
eth and eats piglets, answers the teacher.
It’s fierce, and it’s got long teeth, says mum.
It’s terrible, and it’s got long fangs, confirms
po’ era stato rimproverato, perché aveva messo in Omero ha imparato tanto dalla sua avventura. Sapeva già che ci sono c
li, ma poi era stato premiato per il suo importante grandpa…
che fanno paura, ma ora sa anche che non solo i maialini hanno paura; ch
ientifico e la maestra in persona gli aveva appuntato paura si But, in the end,
può controllare... what
entro certidoes
limiti;ae bad wolf
che per reallycose nuove
conoscere
norificenza che veniva assegnata solo alle persona- sogna look like?
provarci Little Omero
e avventurarsi un po’.must take
E, infine, ha heart,
imparatolea-
che ogni anim
io. ha i suoi lupi... anche il terribile lupo! Sì, anche lui ha paura...
ve the village, and, all geared up (for lunch,
Insomma, a molte domande era stata data una risposta, ma c’era una
mandasnack, and tea)
a cui nessuno avevafind outsaputo
ancora for himself!
rispondere... chi era quello str
E Omero? Be'... lui un po’ era stato rimproverato, perché aveva messo in
animale ossutoOmero ha imparato tanto dalla sua avventura. Sapeva già che ci sono cose
e spelacchiato che faceva paura a tutti?
serio pericolo tutti i maiali, ma poi era stato premiato per il suo importante
contributo al progresso scientifico e la maestra in persona gli aveva appuntato
Mauro Talarico (Rome, 1953) graduates at Accade-
che fanno paura, ma ora sa anche che non solo i maialini hanno paura; che la
paura si può controllare... entro certi limiti; e che per conoscere cose nuove bi-
sul petto il codino d’oro, onorificenza che veniva assegnata solo alle persona- mia di Belle Arti eofavventurarsi
sogna provarci Via Ripetta.un po’. E,Since 1997,
infine, ha hecheteaches
imparato ogni animale
lità importanti del villaggio.
comics haatInsomma,
the International Comics School. In
i suoi lupi... anche il terribile lupo! Sì, anche lui ha paura...
1992,
a molte domande era stata data una risposta, ma c’era una do-
he
createsmanda
the comic series
a cui nessuno Cuorisaputo
aveva ancora Grassi, published
rispondere... chi era on
quellothe
strano
monthlyanimale
magazine Lupo Alberto, until 2010.
ossuto e spelacchiato che faceva paura a tutti?
Preparò un sacchetto con tutto quello che poteva essere utile. Ma cosa po-
teva servire in un’impresa così? Beh! Sicuramente qualcosa da mangiare, poi
qualcosa per il pranzo... per la merenda... Al maialino venivano in mente solo
cose da mangiare.
Ah ecco! Forse ci voleva qualcosa per difendersi! Ma nel villaggio non c’era
niente da cui difendersi, e poi non sapeva di preciso da cosa si sarebbe do-
vuto difendere, a parte le famigerate e terribili zanne. Si guardò intorno, ma
l’unica cosa che forse poteva essere utile era un vecchio pentolino di ferro
arrugginito. Lo mise in testa e si sentì subito più protetto. Ora era pronto per
l’impresa...
C’era un solo modo per trovare una risposta a questa domanda... andare a
cercare notizie più affidabili. 66 67
Il maialino si confidò con i suoi amici per vedere se qualcuno di loro voles-
se partire con lui per questa impresa, ma al solo sentire che bisognava uscire
dal villaggio per andare alla ricerca di un lupo vero con tanto di zanne vere, ai
maialini venne la pelle d’oca e tutti si rifiutarono di accompagnarlo. Insomma
E Omero? Be'... lui un po’ era stato rimproverato, perché aveva messo in
Omero era solo:
Omero ha imparato tanto dalla sua avventura. Sapeva già che ci sono cose
serio pericolo tutti i maiali, ma poi era stato premiato per il suo importante
– Siete dei gran paurosi! Va bene! Vado da solo! che fanno paura, ma ora sa anche che non solo i maialini hanno paura; che la
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contributo al progresso scientifico e la maestra in persona gli aveva appuntato paura si può controllare... entro certi limiti; e che per conoscere cose nuove bi-
sul petto il codino d’oro, onorificenza che veniva assegnata solo alle persona- sogna provarci e avventurarsi un po’. E, infine, ha imparato che ogni animale
lità importanti del villaggio. ha i suoi lupi... anche il terribile lupo! Sì, anche lui ha paura...
66 Insomma, a molte domande era stata data una risposta, ma c’era 67una do-
manda a cui nessuno aveva ancora saputo rispondere... chi era quello strano
animale ossuto e spelacchiato che faceva paura a tutti?
– Bell’aiuto! Io cerco un lupo e tu mi porti da un castoro che quasi ci fa a
pezzi!
– Tu mi hai detto che cercavi uno cattivissimo con i denti lunghi, vuoi nega-
re che il castoro avesse i denti lunghi e che fosse cattivissimo?
Il castoro diventò rosso di rabbia:
– Io devo lavorare! Andate a discutere delle vostre ridicole pelli
da un’altra parte!
Il maialino e la rana saltarono in aria dallo spavento e scapparono via. Cor-
sero a perdifiato fino a quando non videro più né il castoro, né l’ammasso di
tronchi, né il ruscello...
Ruzzolarono giù per la discesa, fino a fermarsi su un cespuglio. Si alzarono
tutti ammaccati:
– Ohiohiohi... che dolore! –, si lamentò la rana – Ecco che succede ad aiutare
uno stupido maialino!
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39 67Massimiliano Feroldi
Story of a Little King
24x24 cm, hardcover, 44 pages.
This is the story of a King. A King who didn’t
need anything but one day, between his heart and
his stomach, he felt something close to a languor.
A sort of lack, a lump in his throat.
So he decided to leave and brought with him all
his kingdom: a goldfish, an umbrella and a stuf-
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Under a magnificent chestnut tree, he bumped
into a curious cat: “who are you?” he asked.
“A King”, was his reply along with a bow.
“And where is your Kingdom?”, persisted the
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Massimiliano Feroldi
Little King Learns to Fly
24x24 cm, hardcover, 44 pages.
The little king, reached by a feather, finds the
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The most beloved and intimate cha-
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stands out in this “artbook” with a story
in which the author manages to conceal,
rather than reveal, his inner world.
The one populated by his little King.
40Massimiliano Feroldi
How to Make a Cat Fly
20x15 cm, hardcover, 36 pages.
Age: 6-99 years.
There is sci-
entific evidence that cats always
fall on their feet, this is called ver-
tical reflection.
By watching them closely, you
could also realize they are noctur-
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by the moon.
Can fantasy and laws of physics be
combined? Of course, it is indeed a
duty. However, the result may be var-
iable and, as it is by far demonstrated
by the two protagonists of this book,
it depends on the perseverance of
the young investigator and....
on the patience of cats.
New edition
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Simona Ciraolo
A Unique Baby-Girl
12 cm, board book, 16 pages.
Age: 4-7 year.
One of the best “street” tales by Simona Ciraolo.
There’s a new girl in the class:
she creates strange games and
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she’s too weird.
But one day that child goes
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Simona Ciraolo
The Carbon-Paper Kid
12 cm, board book, 16 pages.
The carbon paper kid used to copy all his ho-
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Why does he copy everything and he never does
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Just a little confession and the carbon-paper kid
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