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bologna children's books rights list 2020
MIDDLE GRADE / YOUNG ADULT 24 Miriam Dubini T HE NAPPY T HIEF
25 Letizia Iannaccone, Ste Tirasso DRAGON SOUP
2 Daria Bertoni F REE
25 Silvia Sommariva BUT, WHERE DID GRANDPA GO ?
3 Lodovica Cima T HE PAPER VOICE
26 Roberto Piumini FAIRY TALES FOR BRE AK T IME
4 Claudio Rossi Marcelli A WHOLE OT HER PLANET
27 Silvia Serreli MY E MOT IONS
5 Fabio Geda, Marco Magnone T HE DARK SIDE OF T HE MOON
28 Silvia Vecchini SPARKS
6 Viviana Mazza T HE GIRL WHO LE ARNED TO FLY
28 Dino Ticli A GIF T F ROM T HE NE ANDERT HALS
7 Viviana Mazza GRETA
8 Bianca Chiabrando MY NAME IS ALICE NON FICTION
9 Fabio Genovesi ROLANDO F ROM T HE GRAVEYARD
30 Linda Raimondo BEYOND T HE STARS AND A LIT T LE...
10 Giovanni De Feo T HE ROOM WIT HOUT END
31 Giuseppe Lavenia GET T ING A MOBILE PHONE!
11 Beatrice Masini STORY OF MAY, LIT T LE WOMAN
32 AA.VV. OPEN YOUR EY ES TO T HE SK Y
12 Sara Allegrini T HE NET
33 Federico Taddia, Telmo Pievani LAND AHOY!
13 Davide Morosinotto THE LOST FLOWER OF THE SHAMAN OF K
34 Alba Marcoli FOREST TALES
14 Bianca Pitzorno
34 Alba Marcoli TALES OF PRINCES AND PRINCESSES
SERIES 35 Lorenzo Baglioni SCARY MAT H
35 Lorenzo Baglioni GEOMET RY MONSTER
17 Vanna Vinci JURASSIC GIRL AND T HE MY STERIOUS F RIEND
36 Federco Taddia YOU’RE COOL, DADDY!
18 Licia Troisi T HE IMPOSSIBLE CASES OF ZOE & LU
37 Caroline Pellissier, Virginie Aladjidi MY FIRST WORDS
19 Claire Martini PRIMA BALLERINAS 3
20 Barbara Cantini MORT INA
21 Manlio Castagna PET RADE MONE 3
EARLY READERS
23 Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini CUDDLES WIT H MUMMY
23 Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini CUDDLES WIT H DADDY
24 Silvia Serreli WHAT ARE BIG BROT HERS FOR
MIDDLE GRADE / YOUNG ADULT
Daria Bertoni
Free. A friend in the waves NEW A coming-of-age story that tells of
The actions of the environmental courage and the fight to save the ocean.
protection associations interwine with When Alice learns that her parents are going to
separate, she immediately blames her father who is
the emotion of a deep bond between a a passionate whale researcher who spends too much
time as sea, leaving Alice and her mum alone. When
young girl and a whale. forced to spend the holidays with him out in the
Atlantic Ocean, Alice also brings aboard the Calypso
her anger about what’s happening to her family and
her long-standing fear of water. What she doesn’t
know, however, is that accompanying her on her sea
DAR I A BE RT O NI adventure is a crew ready to make her feel at home
was born in Milan and has worked for many years as a and, even more importantly, Free, a blue whale who
children’s bookseller and publisher’s agent. Her favourite survived a terrible accident caused by man. Free is
things are books, gymnastics, travelling and dogs, but the greatest gift she receives, an anchor to cling
what she cares the absolute most about is encouraging unashamedly to, until something happens, that is,
young people of all ages to get into books. She wrote his to put the whale and it’s little one in danger: it’s up
debut novel “Balancing stars” for Mondadori.
to Alice and her dad to work together to save them
before it’s too late.
«I’m eleven years old, I don’t know anything about love,
I don’t know what it means to love someone or what it means
to stop loving them. All I know is that last week I had a mum
and dad, and a family, now all I have is an endless ocean around
me, somewhere in the middle of which there’s a whale fighting
14x21.5 | 175 pages to save its little one. Hang in there, Free, we’re on our way.»
hardcover w/jacket
9+ ill. Daniele Gaspari
March 2020
2 middle grade / young adult
Lodovica Cima
The Paper Voice. Listen to who you are
Her voice, now strong and clear, has found
the words to tell her story. This is the story of how Marianna
One October evening in the late 1800s, an
announcement was made to Marianna, advising her grows up and learns the words that
in a few, sparse words that she would be leaving the
harsh country life to work in a paper mill in Lecco. take her to the route of freedom.
Hers wasn’t the first family to break the rhythm
of days spent in the fields: Aunt Ada had already
ventured into the world although not on the orders
of her father; on the contrary, she had left of her LO D O V I C A CI M A
own will to follow dreams and ideals that were Lodovica Cima was born in Lecco, Italy, and now lives and
incomprehensible to a world bound to tradition. With works in Milan. She has written more than two hundred
the example of her courageous, combative aunt in books for young readers and worked in children’s publishing
for more than twenty years. Lodovica collaborates with
mind, Marianna embraced her new life, facing her
trade journals and is part of the teaching staff on the
own fears and the prejudice of others. publishing master’s course at Milan University and at the
She is sustained by the solidarity of the generous Alberto and Arnoldo Mondadori Foundation. In 2017, she
woman around her and encouraged by their example; set up a specialist children’s press, Pelledoca, focusing on
sensing Marianna’s willingness to learn, they share thrillers, noir and mystery fiction.
their experience with her and the young girl masters
the only real tool that can earn her her freedom:
words. With dogged resolve, she learns to read and
write, and becomes empowered to share this route
to freedom with others, setting her sights higher
NEW
and higher to become the person she would like to
be. Her voice, now strong and clear, has found the
words to tell her story.
«Dare to dare Marianna, seize the moment, don’t let opportunities
14 x 21,5 cm | 192 pages
pass you by, no matter how big or small. Think of them as pearls that hardcover w/jacket
will one day join together to make a precious necklace.» ill. Irene Zanellato 10+
March 2020
middle grade / young adult 3
Claudio Rossi Marcelli
A whole other planet. An alien seeking the perfect family
Is there such a thing as a typical Earth
A story about kaleidoscopic families, family?
Dad, mum, son, daughter, dog and cat. All bound
respect and overcoming prejudice. together by an invisible glue. This is how the
inhabitants of the florescent planet Ottta see the
typical earthly family, their own lives filled with
sadness and destined to a life forever alone. But...the
CL AU DI O R O S S I M ARC E L L I Otttians take the decision to save their civilisation
is a journalist and writer, with a longstanding focus on from decline and send young Lotsi to planet Earth, on
families and civil rights. He curates the Dear Daddy the night of Halloween, so his alien appearance will
column for “Internazionale”, replying to questions from not stand out. Lotsi teams up with two sisters, Luna
children and parents (same sex and other combinations) and Clio, and together they go from house to house,
and has become one of most popular gay fathers in asking, “Trick or treat?” Each time a door opens, the
Italy. Writing the Strade Blu series for Mondadori, he
extrasensory vision of the extra-terrestrial sees into
published Hello Daddy! and “My heart skipped a beat”,
both autobiographical novels, one featuring same-sex microcosms of life and sentiment to read the family’s
parents, the other a love story between two boys. He lives history. But this discombobulates everything and
in Rome with his three children. upsets the notions the alien had on what human
families are like. Will Lotsi eventually learn the secret
ingredient that keeps such diverse families together,
NEW
making them happy, each in their own unique way?
«Lotsi here. I am near my destination:
planet Earth is within sight, I am ready
to begin the mission. Objective: learn
14 x 21,5 cm | 140 pages how to be a family, over and out.»
hardcover w/jacket
10+ ill. Margherita Morellini
February 2019
4 middle grade / young adult
Fabio Geda, Marco Magnone
NEW The dark side of the moon
A noir-tinged love story that will never leave
you, set against the backdrop of the Berlin
wall. A mystery novel set in an
Berlin 1974. Sven is 15, Chloe is 14. Sven is kind,
laidback and has a huge heart. Chloe is the opposite,
important period of world history.
she’s wild and impenetrable, politically-active and in
thrall of Berlin’s cultural scene. The only thing Sven
can do to get Chloe’s attention is to talk to her about
his twenty-six year old friend Kurt who smuggles
contraband LPs, clothes, alcohol and other items FA BI O G E DA
from West to East Berlin. What Sven doesn’t know, was born and lives in Turin. He’s a prolific and talented
however, is that Kurt is in love with a girl who lives authors published by among others Mondadori, Feltrinelli,
in East Berlin and he and Chloe get wound up in his Einaudi… With “In the sea there are crocodiles”, his third
novel, he achieved notoriety in Italy and in 30 countries
plan to get her out...
around the world. He teaches at the Holden School and
has been dealing with child discomfort for a long time.
M A R CO M AG N O NE
was born in 1981 in Asti and lives in Turin. He’s the author
of the coming of age story “My Indigo Summer” (2019)
and he’s co-author with Fabio Geda of the successful
“Berlin” series. He has written travel guides and diaries.
He teaches at the Holden School and collaborates with
«I didn’t sleep that night. I was thinking about Chloe. I was
various realities engaged in promoting reading among
jealous of Kurt who was en-route to save the girl he loved. young readers.
Lying in my bed, I dreamt that Chloe was in the East and I
was organising her escape: I got her across the check point
hidden in a truck, and when we were safely on the other
side, in the west, I freed her and she threw her arms around
14 x 21,5 | pages 250
my neck, kissed me and told me what a hero I’d been...»
hardcover w/jacket 12+
June 2020
middle grade / young adult 5
Viviana Mazza
The girl who learned to fly
Simone Biles’ is an epic story of sport that
The true story of Simone Biles, shows that the courage to believe in yourself
and overcome prejudice wins every time.
the greatest gymnast ever! Simone is 143 cm small, yet as a gymnast she’s a
giant! She has broken every world record there is to
break, won 23 world medals, had two jumps named
after her, jumps that only she can do, and will be
V IV I A NA MA Z Z A competing in her last ever Olympics in July. Simone’s
is born in Catania in 1978. A journalist for the newspaper life—and her difficult past, her ability to fight back,
Corriere della Sera, she writes for the foreign news desk the gymnasium she founded—are described through
about the stories of men and women from Alaska to the eyes of a young African American girl who dreams
Pakistan. She’s been one of the first reporters telling
of becoming a gymnast even though everyone says
the story of Malala, more than 90.000 copies in Italy
she doesn’t have the right body for it. Simone and
and rights sold to Brazil > Ediouro Publicaçoes; France
> Gallimard; Germany > Dtv; Japan > Kin-No-Hoshi. her story are proof that dreams.
Mondadori has also published “Nelson Mandela as a Boy”
(Brazil), “Stolen Girls”, and “Dream Warriors” (Germany).
NEW The Times has ranked Simone as one
of the 10 most influential Millennials in the world,
she was twice named the Laureus World Sport
Awards athlete of the year.
14 x 21.5 | pages 160 She is due to compete
harcover w/jacket
8+ ill. Elisa Macellari
in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
June 2020
6 middle grade / young adult
Viviana Mazza
greta. THE GIRLS WHO 'S CHANGING THE WORLD
How Greta from invisible and silent teen-
ager, too small to do the difference, has be- Grown ups desperately need
come the leader of a worldwide movement.
She doesn’t know what she will be when she good examples.
grows up, but one thing is certain: she will
continue to fight to have a future.
Greta Thunberg is Swedish, she loves dogs and horses. n
With a ssier V IV I A NA M A Z Z A
She likes school but on Friday, every Friday, she skips at o
e d
lessons to go on strike against the climate change. accur e climate is born in Catania in 1978. A journalist
on th by the for the newspaper Corriere della Sera,
She sits in front of the Swedish Parliament with a crisis tist she writes for the foreign news desk
sign and protest. She knows that the environmental scien tti.
Ga about the stories of men and women
situation of our planet is on the brink of the abyss and Elena
from Alaska to Pakistan. She’s been one
that if we don’t immediately begin doing something of the first reporters telling the story of
concrete, in just a few years the problem will reach Malala, more than 90.000 copies in Italy and rights
the point of no return. Therefore she decided that sold to Brazil > Ediouro Publicaçoes; France > Gallimard;
if adults do nothing to solve the problem it is up to Germany > Dtv; Japan > Kin-No-Hoshi. Mondadori has
the girls and boys to force them not to destroy their also published “Nelson Mandela as a Boy” (Brazil), “Stolen
Girls”, and “Dream Warriors” (Germany).
future. First Greta has changed her way of living and
eating, then she convinced her family to do the same.
And with the “strike for the climate” she succeeded
to involve millions of peers throughout the world to
A narrative non fiction book told by a passionate voice
make their voice heard everywhere.
and with journalistic accuracy and ethics.
RIGHTS SOLD TO: Greta shows the world
Brazil l Melhoramentos Germany l dtv that all together, 14 x 21,5 cm | 96 pages
Canada l Les Editions Japan l Kin-No-Hoshi we can do the difference. hardcover w/jacket 10+
8+
Petit Homme Korea l Woori School ill. Elisa Macellari
France l Rageot Romania l Aramis May 2019
middle grade / young adult 7
Bianca Chiabrando
My name is Alice. Adventures and misadventures in the world of talking books
A refreshingly ironic adventure story in a
What if books came to life, could (delicate) balance between fact and fiction.
What happens when the doors of the Ariosto library
speak, laugh and argue just like us? are shut, the lights go off and silence falls on the
reading room? Well, it’s obvious: the books stop
pretending they’re not alive, they flap their pages
and get together as a group. Yes, you’ve got it, books
BI A N C A C HI A B R A ND O can talk, they’re alive and... you’ll be surprised to
is born in Milan in 1999 where she still lives and attends hear, while we read them, they’re reading us. This
university. She made her children’s literature debut at age happens to Alice (in Wonderland) when she ends up
15 when she published “The 3D Case. Tales of a Class in the hands of avid reader and aspiring young writer
that Was Beyond Repair”. Michele Pepe, then Nina Specchi who is grappling
with her first novel to illustrate so she can pass the
year at school. Both leave objects of value among
the pages of the book but when they go back to the
library to find them, they discover that Alice has
gone. Has someone borrowed her? No, worse than
NEW that: she was kidnapped!
14 x 21.5 | pages 240
hardcover
10+ ill. Erika De Pieri
March 2020
8 middle grade / young adulthan
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Fabio Genovesi
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Rolando from the Graveyard
copie
A modern fairytale told in a fresh and
irreverent writing style. A modern fairytale told in a fresh
Rolando lives in the cemetery, together with his uncle,
who is its guardian. Rolando leaves the house only
and irreverent writing style.
to go to school where the other kids avoid him as
an odd type. So Rolando has no friends except for
the blackbird Cip. One day the Gini cousins, Marisa FA BI O G E N O V E S I
and Mirko, appear among the tombstones, so finally
was born in Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, 1974. He is an author
Rolando finds two friends of his age! But the Gini much loved by the public and critics. Mondadori published
cousins are ghosts and they will soon disappear in the novels Esche vive, Versilia Rock City, Chi manda le
the Great Hole forever. To rescue them Rolando has onde (Award Strega Giovani 2015) and Il mare dove
to venture on Monte Pupazzo, up to Dark Blackness, non si tocca. He writes for the “Corriere della Sera”, “La
to find the Red Thing by midnight the next day, Lettura” and “Io Donna”. Rolando from the Graveyard is his
which is Rolando’s birthday exactly. Rolando starts first novel for children. His books have been sold so far
a journey with Cip through uncontaminated nature to Germany (Bastei Luebbe, Anton Kippenberg, Random
that turns into a sensational enterprise in company House), France (Lib. Artheme Fayard, J. C. Lattès), Brazil
of unforgettable characters: a careless junkyard, a (Bertrand, Valentina) US (Other Press, E7O), Israel (Keter
Books, Miskal Publisher), The Netherlands (Uitgevereij
cross-eyed hunter, an elegant and refined female
A.W. Bruna), Spain (Espasa Libros), Bulgaria, Denmark
boar, and a wild girl who lives in the woods, that (Forlaget Palomar), Albania (Dudaj), Korea (Hyundae
goes by Tiger. Munhak), Greece (Patakis).
A universal story about the power of
friendship, the importance of face our
fears and enjoying to be the way we are.
16 x 21 cm | 232 pages
hardcover w/jacket
ill. Gianluca Maruotti 9+
September 2019
middle grade / young adult 9Giovanni De Feo
the room without end
4 MM DI ABBONDANZA PER LA PIEGA
DIR. EDITORIALE ART DIRECTOR EDITOR GRAFICO REDAZIONE UFF. TECNICO
4 MM DI ABBONDANZA PER LA PIEGA
He won’t leave, this is his own adventure
Romanziere, storyteller e sceneg-
A misterious adventure set and he doesn’t want to miss it.
È arrivato il giorno della partenza.
Nicodemo, undici anni, saluta la ca-
sa di una vita, l’amato quartiere e
The day of the move finally arrives. Nicodemus, short
in a fantastic world where oblivion
giatore, è stato per quindici anni
gli amici di sempre. Non appena la
nsegnante di Letteratura in scuo-
macchina si mette in moto, ecco che
hair and milk jug ears, has to say goodbye to the
e International Baccalaureat, tra
però intravede oltre il cancello qual-
Amsterdam, Londra e Genova. I
cuno che stringe tra le mani il faz-
and eternity face each other
uoi racconti fantastici sono apprez-
ati in Italia e negli Stati Uniti, do- home of a lifetime and to his old friends, in short he
zoletto bianco da cui non si separa
mai, Flagello. Svelto, Nico si lancia
ve sono stati antologizzati. Il suo
Mangianomi è considerato il primo feels like he’s dying inside. Everything is settled and
alla rincorsa di quella figura così
stranamente simile a lui, avvolta in
in a timeless struggle.
omanzo fantasy di ambientazio-
ne italiana. the family ready to leave, but Nico catches a sight of
una nuvola di insetti dalle ali iride-
scenti. Dopo pochi, palpitanti istan-
someone beyond his house’s gate holding his precious
ti, si ritrova in una stanzetta murata
dietro a una parete della sua casa di
white battle handkerchief; he’s wrapped in a cloud of
cui non conosceva l’esistenza. È una
camera oscura, ed è ricoperta in ogni
insects with iridescent wings and has familiar short
suo centimetro da fotografie. Al cen-
GIOVA NNI D EC’era FunaEO
piegatura nello spazio, come una fessura.
tro, una cornice con una voragine al
hair and milk jug ears. All of a sudden Nico realizes
posto dello specchio, da cui si alza
un suono come di uno schiocco; un
novelist, storyteller and screenwriter,
Pian piano Nico ci infilò dentrohas been Literature
i polpastrelli. that what is looking at is himself but from the back!
invito. Nico si slancia all’interno di
quel cunicolo buio.
fredda, elettrica, pizzicava. schools in
La sentiva. EraBaccalaureate
teacher in International In a heartbeat Nico rushes to chase him and finds
Il mondo in cui approderà sarà un
mondo di fotografie governate da
se fletteva un po’ le dita, forse poteva...
Amsterdam, LondonE and Genoa for fifteen years. He’s himself in a dark room, bricked up behind his father’s
regole sottili, dove oblio ed eterni-
La cantina tremò tutta e Nico spaginò. tà si affrontano in una lotta senza
WWW.RAGAZZIMONDADORI.IT
considered one of the masters of the Italian fantasy tempo e dove solo lui può ristabi-
closet for shirts. What is a dark room doing hidden
lire la pace.
genre and his stories are appreciated in Italy and in the
in his house? Is it even possible that no one know
MONDADORI-LIBRI PER RAGAZZI
RT DIRECTOR: FERNANDO AMBROSI
RAPHIC DESIGNER: STEFANO MORO
United States.
about it? Head spinning, eyes wide, he looks at the
walls covered in every inch by hundred of photos.
In sovraccoperta:
j XX,XX illustrazione di Kalina Muhova
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They aren’t tacked up at random. Each wall was
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CARTA: Patinata Lucida 130 gr - PROFILO DI STAMPA: Coated FOGRA39.icc - DIMENSIONE: 145x223 mm - RIFILATO: 140x215 mm CARTONATO organized by subject, forming a kind of photographic
«There was, this time vertically, an ice-sharp fold in space, like a geography. In the middle there is a frame with a
crack. Little by little, Nico pushed his fingertips into it. It was cold, sinkhole instead of the mirror, from which a sound
rises like a snap as a sort of invitation. Nico rushes
electric, tingly. And if he flexed his fingers a bit, maybe he could… into that dark tunnel and into the greatest adventure
The storage room shook and Nico dispaged. of his life. He won’t leave, this is his own adventure
Where-how-when?» and he doesn’t want to miss it.
ENG SAMPLE AVAILABLE
«Two mayflies twirled in the boy’s hair, but he didn’t move to swat them
14 x 21,5 cm | 384 pages
away. He was as still as a statue. Was he even breathing? Nico walked toward
hardcover w/jacket
12+ ill. Kalina Muhova him, almost without realizing it. He felt sure that if the boy turned his head
October 2019 something terrible would happen. And yet, he wanted him to turn.»
10 middle grade / young adultBeatrice Masini
STORY OF MAY. LITTLE WOMAN
Set in the world of Louisa May Alcott, author
of Little Women, a highly relevant story for An intense and moving story
our times revealing the multifaceted charm
of utopias. written by an incredible talent.
Set in America, nineteenth century. May is still a
child and yet she has already learnt what it means
to have your life changed. When her parents move all
the family from their small hometown of Concord to BE AT R I C E M A S I NI
Heaven, a place where they want to create a perfect is an author, editor and translator. Her work includes
community, nothing is as it was before. In Heaven translating the five books in the Harry Potter series by
eating meat is forbidden, animals are not harmed, J.K. Rowling. Her books have been translated in over 20
the modest clothes worn are all made from linen. It countries and she has received prestigious prizes such as
is true that May can now plunge into the shimmering the Pippi award (2002), the Elsa Morante award (2009)
water of Lake Walden whenever she desires and and the Campiello award (2013). She has won the Italian
be soothed by The Good Man’s flute playing. In Andersen prize five times – the latest in 2018, with Il
buon viaggio, illustrated by Gianni De Conno both as an
addition not everyone has a tribe of Native Indians
author and a translator.
for neighbours or gets to learn how to climb trees
thanks to a local called Two Moons. But deep down
May never chose this new life, and the only way IBBY
for her to accept her new confined new world is to Honour List
reinvent it and make it seem even more beautiful in 2020 A deep and intelligent reflection
her letters to Martha, her friend back in town. on writing and imagination,
and growing up feeling different.
Beatrice Masini is one of
«Grow wild according to your nature.» Italy’s most highly regarded
writers and her new book will
not fail to disappoint even the ENG SAMPLE AVAILABLE
highest expectations. 14 x 21,5 cm | 184 pages
hardcover w/jacket
RIGHTS SOLD TO: ill. Mariachiara Di Giorgio 11+
March 2019
Russia l Samokat
middle grade / young adult 11Sara Allegrini
The Net
How do you save someone who doesn’t want
A story which doesn’t preach, to be saved?
Daniel is left abandoned in the middle of a wood by
where, just as in real life, not a father who no longer knows what to do with him.
everything ends well. Maddalena wakes up in a hut, confused, with the
vague recollection of having ended up in hospital
again after spending the evening in a nightclub. Eliah
is convinced that he has been arrested, but he also
finds himself in a wood, without a clue how he ended
SA R A A L L E GR I NI up in such a place.
an emerging new talent to keep an eye on, already a Why are they there? How can they escape? And who
finalist for the Bancarellino prize, proving she has a deep sends the strange messages which they find around
knowledge of the world of children, their strengths and them, pushing them to do things they never dreamed
their fragility. of doing? And most importantly, what is the Net?
A superb book that will have you on the edge of your seat.
ENG SAMPLE AVAILABLE
14 x 21,5 cm | 264 pages
10+ hardcover w/jacket RIGHTS SOLD TO:
June 2019 Lithuania l Alma Littera
Latin America l Zig Zag
12 middle grade / young adultDavide Morosinotto
THE LOST FLOWER OF THE SHAMAN of k
Peru, 1986.
The daughter of a Finnish diplomat doesn’t go An incredible journey
unnoticed at the neurological clinic in Lima, especially
in the paediatric ward, the territory of El Rato, the from the Andes to the Amazon.
boy with the biggest mouth that Laila has ever known.
Together, they stumble upon a strange diary, written
by a certain Dr Robert Clark in 1941. Between the
pages, they are fascinated by the drawing of a rare DAV I D E M OR O S I N O T T O
flower used by the shamans of the K tribe. sci-fi and children’s author, journalist and videogame
But just when Laila’s illness finally has a name, all translator. In 2018, “Two Red Stars” won In Other Words
hope is lost. Or maybe not. There is still one thing - Booktrust’s Book in Translation Award in London. In
that the two friends can do together: recover the 2017, he won the Italian Andersen Award with “The
Pocket Watch Gang”, also finalist in 2018 at Deutscher
Lost Flower of K which, perhaps, can heal her. And
Jugendliteraturpreis in Germany. In 2019, he won the
change both of their fates. So begins a long and Prix des Bouquineurs en Seine in France and the Vlag
unexpected journey that will take them from the and Wimpel in the Netherlands.
Andes to the Amazon forest, facing a majestic and
terrible nature.
A discovery of life through the eyes of two teenagers
NEW
who face a cruel and savage world hand in hand. «She opened him up to the world.
And he kept her world safe.»
14 x 21.5 cm | 448 pages
hardcover w/jacket 10+
RIGHTS SOLD TO: November 2019
Germany l Thienemann Translation rights handled by Book On A Tree Ltd.
middle grade / young adult 13Diana, Cupid and the
The Living Doll Grandpa Tornatras
BIANCA PITzorno
The most popular Italian children’s author
who sold 2,500,000 copies of her books.
BI A N C A P IT Z OR N O
born in Sassari, but now lives in Milan. She studied Ancient Texts
at university in prehistoric Archaeology, then attended The School
of Higher Studies in Social Communication in Milan. She worked
for RAI, creating successful cultural and children’s programmes. The Alchimist’s Doll A School for Lavinia Listen to My Heart
She is considered Italy’s most important children’s writer, with over
40 books for children and adults published in France, the United
Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Hungary,
Serbia, Slovakia,Turkey, Brazil, Korea, Croatia, China and Japan.
«What she loves is telling stories.
And that’s why kids love Bianca Pitzorno.»
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Serbia l Odiseja Publishing
14 middle grade / young adultPOLIXENA AND HER PIG THE HOUSE ON THE TREE
Disguised as a boy and with a false All children dream of having a secret
identity, Polixena travels around the house where to live on their own, far
world looking for her true parents. She from rules and duties. But not all of
joins Lucrezia, the young tumbler, and them are as lucky as Aglaia, who lives
her group of acrobatic animals: a Saint on the top of an extraordinary tree to-
Bernard, a bear, two monkeys, a goose gether with Bianca, an older friend with
and a little pig. an incredible imagination.
360 pages 95 pages
paperback 11+ 8+ paperback
ill. Quentin Blake ill. Quentin Blake
«The author’s talent lays in very apt descriptions with a distinctive choice
of words in a dynamic and humorous style.»
White Ravens
A “medieval style song” by the great Bianca Pitzorno beautifully
illustrated by Sonia Maria Luce Possentini, Italian Andersen Prize
2017.
1382. Federico comes to Sardinia, a wild and windy island; Bianchina lives
in Genoa, where the streets breathe in the rhythm of the sea. The parents
arrange their marriage that will take place once the little wife and husband-
to be have reached puberty. Ten years to grow up, ten years to get ready
for the future. But weddings are dreamt up in the sky, and over the sky of
Genoa there is an incoming wind bringing storms.
23 x 28 cm | 40 pages
10+ hardcover
ill. Sonia Maria Luce Possentini
middle grade / young adult 15SERIES
Vanna Vinci
Jurassic Girl and the mysterious friend
How to cure jurassic-sickness?
Who says that dinosaurs are extinct? School’s out and it’s holiday time. Vannina has always
been a decent, well-behaved child and having passed
the school year. Vannina’s love for dinosaur just keps
on growing and now she can finally go mad with her
furry friend Dino. They’re playing in the park one
VA NNA V I N CI day with a trolley full of furry dinosaurs and books
was born in Cagliari in 1964, she lives and works in
when they come across a dinosaur egg! It hatches
Bologna. She is a famous and awarded comic illustrator. and a strange-looking animal emerges, a kind of
Her books have been published by several publishers in multicoloured lizard: he’s a velociraptor! Vannina
Italy, France, Spain, in particular the successfull “Frida instantly adopts him. But the mysterious friend turns
Kahlo: The Story of Her Life”. out to very unruly and a terrible mischief-maker!
But what if the new friend is homesick, or better
Jurassic-sick!?
NEW
The second amazing jurassic adventure of Vannina.
1. JURASSIC GIRL
FULL ENGLISH TRANSLATION
14,5 x 20,5 cm | 48 Pages
hardcover
6+ ill. Vanna Vinci RIGHTS SOLD TO:
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17 SeriesLicia Troisi
THE IMPOSSIBLE CASE OF ZOE & LU.
Zoe is obsessed with a story she has been following
in her local newspapers: she’s convinced the strange
3. The Zombie Hunters
animals being referred to are zombies. Lo clearly
doesn’t believe in reanimated/undead corpses but she
lets herself get pulled in and opens the case purely
Lucrezia has a scientific soul, Zoe
because she’s a fervent animal-lover and someone
must be doing experiments on those poor animals!
is the mysterious and tough one,
Their investigations set them on the trail of Gilda
of the Undead, an ancient sect to which Amilcare,
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for the new generations of readers, without giving up to
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Series 18Claire Martini
prima BALLERINAS 3. Dance from the heart
Melissa and the other ballerinas in her class
Follow your passion, enjoy are going on a dance course - to the Bolshoi
Theatre in Moscow!
every minute! Melissa is thrilled at the thought of visiting her
grandmother’s home city, and the stage she danced on
as an étoile. Rehearsals for the end-of-course show are
proving harder than expected and Amina spends all day
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Mortina’s holiday on Lake Mystery is at risk of being ruined by a boring
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COUSIN talents to illustrating books for children.
She currently illustrates for Italian, English
and American publishers.
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Brazil l Companhia das Letras; China l Petroleum; Czech Rep l Albatros; Finland l Tammi;
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Hércules; Spain/Basque l Loyola; Sweden l Rabén & Sjögren; Turkey l Cinar; Ukraine l School
ill. Barbara Cantini
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Publishing; Us / Uk l Abrams.
Series 20Manlio Castagna
Petrademone 3. The Fate of the T wo Worlds
Frida, Miriam and the Oberdan twins embark
The long-awaited final book on their most dangerous mission yet.
The Evil armada, led by the Lady of the Urds, is
in the Petrademone saga! destroying the celestial kingdoms of Amalantrah and
it’s on its way to our dimension. Storms, cataclysms
and monstrous creatures bring death and destruction
to both worlds. Luckily, Miriam and Frida discover
MAN L I O C A S TAG NA they have extraordinary powers but need to learn
is Vice Artistic Director, Marketing Director and “soul” of how to control them. By their side, the four friends
the Giffoni Film Festival, the most important Italian film can count on the everlasting love of those who are
festival for children. He is also a screenwriter, director no longer with them. While screams shatter the skies
and film critic for Virgin Radio. Since 2014 he has been a above the annihilated cities and there are no more
member of the Creative Committee in charge of the Doha animals to sacrifice to keep the Shadow that Devours
Film Institute (Qatar) which works in close partnership with
alive, the deadly Hundo has set its sights on Valdrada
the Giffoni Experience. “Petrademone” is his first book.
and the souls of children who are needed to give form
to Shulu. Light and Dark become flesh and blood, the
treacherous mirrors break, love overcomes death: in
More than
FILM
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OPTIONED 35,000 fate be of the Two Worlds?
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«A hypnotic fantasy,
half Goonies - half Tolkien, with «An all-Italian Gothic fantasy.»
creatures that could be straight out Luca Valtorta
of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts.»
Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair
ENG SAMPLE AVAILABLE RIGHTS SOLD TO:
14 x 21,5 cm | 492 pages
hardcover w/jacket Spain l Roca Editorial
10+ ill. Giulia Tomai Czech Rep. l Bookmedia
October 2019 Russia l A Walk Through History
1. THE BOOK OF DOORS 2. THE LAND OF NO RETURN
21 SeriesEARLY READERS
Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborin Alberto Pellai, Barbara Tamborini
cuddles with mummy cuddles with daddy
Do you know that cuddles have magical powers? Especially if they follow the music beat!
Find out how nice is to spend Find out how nice is to spend
time with dad, reading a story time with dad, reading a story
and singing a song of your’s and singing a song of your’s
own together. Are you read? own together. Are you read?
My mom is a chicken that sings I am a child and I want to cuddle,
good morning every day. My mom I want a cuddle rock. Every day I
is an elephant that showers me wait for you to play. Tell me that
with her trunk and makes me net the day will pass and that you’ll
and clean; she’s a butterfly that be back soon. But first, leave me
flies always around me, my mom a nice little thing to let you go a
is a funny monkey that cheers cuddle, a sctratch on the back, a
up all the family. My mom is an little kiss on the head…or if I can
octopus who can do a thousand choose, a song to sing together!
things at the same time with all her
AL BE RT O P E LL AI
tentacles. Mom this song is for you! is a doctor, children and adolescents psychotherapist and researcher at the Department
of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Milan. In 2004 the Ministry of Health
awarded him the silver medal of merit in Public Health. He has done the program “This
house is not a hotel” on Radio 24 dedicated to the relationship between parents and
NEW
children. He is the author of many parenting and psychology bestsellers, including
“All too early. The sex education of our children in the Internet age”, “The tsunami
age”, “The happy family method”. His books have been translated into more than ten
languages and have won numerous awards. On Facebook manages a page dedicated
to advice on education followed by 40,000 followers.
Inside the QR Code
B A R B A R A TA M B OR I NI to listen to
is psycho-pedagogist and writer. She teaches educational workshops in schools and
”Octopus Mummy”
17,5 x 17,5 cm training courses for teachers and parents. She is the author of books for children and “Cuddle Rock”
48 pages | hardcover songs.
3+ ill. Alice Cardarella
and teenagers for which she has won numerous literary awards, she’s co-author with
Alberto Pellai of psychology and parenting volumes that have become bestsellers
March 2020 and translated into different countries.
23 early readersSilvia Serreli Miriam Dubini
What are big NEW The nappy
Brothers for thief
An early reader for When nappies begin
children who argue to mysteriously
with their siblings! disappear... the only
option is to sit on the
SILVI A S E R R E L I potty!
is a leading and much loved author and
illustrator in the field of pre-school
titles. With her ‘Tea’ series (Giunti)
she has sold over 100,000 copies in Livia doesn’t know why she needs a A puppy pack that goes by the name MI R I A M D U BI NI
Italy and is published in five countries. big brother who’s overbearing and not “the urinators” discovers that supplies
(1977-2019), a much-loved and highly
very nice! of their over-sized nappies have
productive author, died suddenly,
She decides to ask her grandfather. A run out across the Far West. And a having spent her life writing children’s
gentle story that illustrates to young strange object appears in their local books, working in theatre and creating
readers the beauty of having a brother store. What can it be? Maybe they comic books, film, books and games.
or sister. should sit on it and see what happens!
18,5 x 21 cm | 48 pages 26,5 x 26,5 cm | 48 pages
paperback hardcover
3+ ill. Silvia Serreli ill. Antongionata Ferrari 2+
October 2019 February 2020
24 early readersLetizia Iannaccone Silvia Sommariva
Ste Tirasso But, where did
dragon soup grandpa go?
The perfect book for A sweet story to
children who refuse remember with a smile
to eat their vegetables. who’s not with us anymore.
LE T I Z I A I A NNA C CONE S I LV I A S OM M A R IVA
is born in Genoa and is a prominent is born in Milan where lives and works.
author and illustrator who works with She worked in advertising. She takes
many Italian and foreign publishing the inspiration for her stories from her
houses. three children and from her childood’s
This week, once again, smelly Ludovico is a bit worried because it’s memories.
vegetable soup is on the menu. What been a while that grandpa hasn’t come
if in its place a smoking dragon soup to pick him up at preschool. Where is
is served? Maybe vegetables aren’t he gone? But then Ludovico remem-
so bad after all… bers the secret of grandpa Attilio and
Vegetables are good for children but about a very very special place…
also for dragons! A book that tells about death and
separation from the ones we love in
a sweet and progressive way in the
respect of the readers’ age.
18,5 x 21 cm | 48 pages 18,5 x 21 cm | 48 pages
paperback RIGHTS SOLD TO: paperback
3+ ill. Ste Tirasso Spain/Castillan/Catalan/Basque l Obelisco
ill. Giuditta Gaviraghi 3+
January 2019 October 2018
early readers 25Roberto Piumini
Fairy tales for break time
Classic tales as you’ve never heard them, just in time for break.
ALICE IN PLATELAND LITTLE RED CAPPUCCINO THE THREE TORTELLINI CINDERSKILLET
Legend has it and people say that, The little cappuccino was scared A long time ago lived three little Once upon a time there was a poor
one bright day, a young girl called everyone wanted a sip of it and brothers, like giant ravioli they were, little saucepan - Cinderskillet was
Alice, into a big hole did fall. since no one came to its rescue, off swimming happy and free in a large her name - forced to boil away the
it ran to stop them from drinking it. sea of broth. day under the orders of her two
big-sister pans, Stewit and Sizzle.
Each story comes with a scattering of games inside and curious
facts about the original tale at the back.
18 x 18 cm | 32 pages
paperback
R O BE RT O P I U MI NI
5+ ill. Maria Sole Macchia is considered one of the Italy’s leading authors for children. Winner of the Italian
Andersen prize, he has published poetry, stories and novels for children and teenagers
October 2019
(including "Lo Stralisco", "C’era un bambino profumato di latte", "Il pirata pescatore")
widely translated abroad, not to mention prose and collections of verse for adults.
26 early readersSilvia Serreli
my emotions
This book presents five stories about little
Tobia, one for each primary emotion: fear, Each emotion has its own story.
anger, jealousy, happiness and sadness.
TOBY IS ANGRY S I LV I A S E R R E L I
Toby can’t wait to go on the school trip to the is a leading and much loved author and illustrator in the
EcoPark, but on that morning he wakes up with a field of pre-school titles. With her ‘Tea’ series (Giunti) she
temperature; grrr! A dragon appears and makes has sold over 100,000 copies in Italy and is published in
everything appear red. five countries.
TOBY IS SCARED
Toby is going to spend the night at his grandparents’
house. But all of a sudden, the friendly bedroom fills
with monsters. Fear looms over him like a bat with
blue wings.
TOBY IS ANGRY
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Toby can’t wait to go on the school trip to the
EcoPark, but on that morning he wakes up with a
temperature; grrr! A dragon appears and makes
everything appear red.
TOBY IS HAPPY Including an informative appendix by a child
Today is Toby’s birthday! An unexpected surprise will psychologist and university lecturer,
make him feel as he is surrounded by a cloud of co- Carla Antoniotti, who explains to the adult how
lourful butterflies.
to recognize and deal with different emotions.
TOBY IS JEALOUS
Toby’s best friend is getting all his teacher’s attention.
Toby feels like he’s wrapped up in an octopus’s
tentacles and everything appears yellow.
18 x 23 cm | 192 pages
TOBY IS SAD
paperback
Tommy, Toby’s best friend moves to another city and
RIGHTS SOLD TO: ill. Silvia Serreli 3+
he has to cope with a sadness that grips hold of him
September 2020
like a grey bird with long wings. Spain l Obelisco
early readers 27Silvia Vecchini Dino Ticli
Sparks NEW A gift from the Neanderthals
Every story in the bible An original story of
started from a spark meticulous historical
of light. detail that talks of
tolerance, integration
SILV I A V E C C HI NI and how to overcome
was born in 1975 in Perugia and
graduated in Letters and Theology. prejudice.
She writes fiction, poetry and graphic
novels for children and young readers,
for leading Italian publishers.
DI N O T I C L I
geologist, naturalist and teacher, has
written numerous children’s novels
The sparks of the first stories Two friends from Prehistoric and science books. He was a finalist
The greatest stories from the Old times. in the Italian Andersen and won the
Testament (Creation, Adam and Legambiente 2018 prize.
Scheggia and Luna can’t believe
Eve, Noah and the flood, Abra- their eyes when a small boy pops
ham’s sacrifice, Moses...) are told out from an avalanche that has
from an original and highly poetic swept down the side of the moun-
point of view: the sparks of light tain. He’s as white as snow and
(divine) in the animals, objects, speaks a language they don’t un-
and atmospheric events featured derstand, yet he knows how to
in these stories. splinter stone and make sounds
with the bone of a deer. Yet he’s
clearly not a dark-skinned Homo
12,7 x 19,7 | 80 pages Sapiens like them. Where’s he 12,7 x 19,7 | 128 pages
paperback from? More importantly, what paperback
7+ ill. Sualzo does he want from their tribe? ill. Alessandro Santoro 9+
September 2020 September 2019
28 early readersNON FICTION
Linda Raimondo
beyond the stars and a little bit further
Ten steps in ten letters to reach the stars.
Even dreams which seem out Each letter ends with a practical guide on
what do to make your dream come true.
of this world can come true. Linda Raimondo is very young and has a dream: to
become an astronaut. It’s a gigantic dream but not
impossible. Linda set off on her pathway to the stars
at a young age. She took physics at university, won
LINDA R AI M OND O a competition with ESA (European Space Agency)
is an emerging talent in scientific writing for children and met some of the most important astronauts and
in Italy. She is an aspiring astronaut and new face of scientists on the planet.
science education for the Italian television channel Rai But she would never have made it without her family,
Gulp for which she presented the new version of the
her true friends and the amazing role models she
historic Missione Spazio programme. Her story has been
covered by leading newspapers and national television.
had in Margherita Hack, Samantha Cristoforetti,
and Margaret Hamilton.
In ten letters lace with memories, interesting facts,
addressed to her loved ones and people who inspired
No dream is ever too big. her, Linda tells us how and when the intergalactic
You just have to believe in it. dream that’s about to take off for her began and
what each of us can do to make our own dreams,
NEW whatever they are, come true.
The first book by this debut author
of scientific books for young readers.
An aspirational text that encourages
young people to follow their dreams,
however impossible they may seem,
written by a young girl for young readers.
14 x 21,5 cm | 152 pages
ill. Giulia Braga
10+ hardcover
March 2020
30 non fictionGiuseppe Lavenia
Getting a mobile phone!
A contemporary, easy-to-use guide offering
tips and tools to reach a decision that fits A book for parents and children
the family’s needs and each individual’s
personal experience. about the what, why and when
The decision to get a child a mobile phone is a crucial of getting a mobile phone.
one in the life of parents and children: it changes
the way we interact, alters our options, raises new
challenges and sometimes also dangers...This
practical guide aims to answer the main questions
adults have (When to get one? How to use it? When GI U S E P P E L AV E NI A
to use it? What to watch out for?) and puts young is a psychologist and psychotherapist, president of the
people on the spot with a series of tests to see if Association for Technology Addiction and Cyberbullying
they are truly ready to use one and to use it properly. which is dealing with the rising numbers of disorders
connected with the use of electronic devices, organising
courses, prevention sessions in schools and also providing
therapy. In addition to his clinical work, Giuseppe teaches
young people and adults, writes books and publishes
articles in scientific journals, and collaborates with press,
NEW provisional cover
radio and TV.
Written to be useful to adults increasingly in need
of expert advice on “the right decision” to take and also
for young people who will be able to prove that they are
ready to take this step.
14 x 21,5 cm | 140 pages
paperback w/flaps 10+
July 2020
non fiction 31AA.VV.
Open your eyes to the sky
A book that will make you look
up at the night sky and travel
through space and time.
Through these pages you learn to look at
the sky, to navigate what you see.
E D W I G E P E Z Z UL L I , R O S A VALI ANT E , MAR I A
OR O F I N O , R A F FA E L L A S C H NE I DE R , S I MO NA It is like reading a map, a giant map which appears
GA LLE R A NI E T UL L I A S BAR R ATO to move and speak through its lights, trajectories
and colours.
known as “the archeologists of the stars” are part of the
The sky holds the key to both the secret of time and
first team, funded by the European Research Council,
the beginning of everything. There are thousands of
that studies stars and galaxies of the newborn universe. In
2017 they have raised NASA’s attention because of their wonders, surprises, and things to discover.
research on black holes and they gets one of the biggest Planets, stars, universes, black holes and also stories
award for the Italian research, as a brilliant example of which have become the legends of populations and
female scientific excellence. of those of who have made incredible discoveries.
The scientific content is accompanied
by songlike texts and poems by Silvia
A special guide to discover Vecchini: a writer and much-loved
the Universe packed with children’s poet.
facts and legends, a rich
and refined graphic layout
ENG SAMPLE AVAILABLE
and marvelous illustrations.
17 x 22 cm | 208 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
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10+ ill. Alice Beniero
China l Children & Juvenile Publishing
Germany l Carlsen
June 2019
Spain l Planeta
32 non fictionFederico Taddia, Telmo Pievani
Land ahoy!
Science and technology for children.
“What’s a voice assistant?” STEM as you’ve never
“How do you resuscitate a dinosaur?”
“Can robots laugh and cry?” experienced it before!
“Why do we fall in love?”
“What are bioplastics?”
“Are invisibility cloaks real?”
“Can we live on the moon?” F E D E R I CO TA D DI A
“How does a car drive itself?” is a journalist, author and writer for radio and television.
“Why does a touch screen not feel it when I touch it?” She contributes to Topolino, La Stampa and Style Piccoli.
“How augmented is augmented reality?” Prizes won include the Alberto Manzi for educational
communication and her book “Teste Toste” took the Italian
These are just a handful of the 30+ fascinating Andersen for the best science series for young readers.
questions about science and technology that many Her main passion is Europe and original, virtuous mini-
stories for radio, TV and print. www.federicotaddia.com
children will have about the world today. Famous
scientists provide answers that are fun, easy to
understand and of the highest scientific accuracy. T E L M O P I E VA NI
NEW is a philosopher, biology historian and expert on evolution
theory, as well as lecturer in the philosophy of biological
sciences at Padova University. He is also chief editor
of “Pikaia”, the Italian evolution portal, and author of
numerous scientific and educational texts.
Each chapter offers practical exercises, fun fact
boxes and appealing illustrations.
18 x 24 cm | 240 pages
hardcover
ill. Cristina Portolano 8+
November 2019
non fiction 33Alba Marcoli Alba Marcoli
Forest Tales Tales of Princes and Princesses
Stories to share Stories to share
to talk about fear. to talk about anger.
Talking about fears There’s a kingdom in which
in Seven Oaks forest fairy tales have healing
Seven Oaks Forest is a special powers.
place but it’s also like any ordi- There’s a magic kingdom filled with
nary forest, home to lots of animal princes, princesses, kings, queens
families and their little ones, each and enchanted castles; a kingdom
unique with their own unique fears, offering a thousand adventures
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either they’re scared to fall asleep, and a whirlwind of emotions,
scared of being left alone, scared a including anger. There are princes
loved one might die...but when you who fly into a rage when they’ve
give voice to fears and understand A L B A M A R CO LI been misled and princesses who get
them, they’re easier to overcome. (1939-2014) was a leading clinical psychologist of the Italian psychoanalytic school. angry with overbearing parents...
This book is an authoritative aid She dealt with issues affecting young people for many years, a large part of her but when you give voice to anger,
in helping children face fears like publications focusing on family problems, especially the mother-child relationship, it becomes easier to overcome.
abandonment, death, sleep and di- and sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
vorce of their parents.
An authoritative aid in helping children to talk about profound
feelings they feel when teased, when suffering low self-esteem,
from over-protective parents, and when judged by others.
18 x 23 cm | 64 pages Closing appendix by two psychologist who worked 18 x 23 cm | 64 pages
harcover alongside Alba Marcoli. harcover
3+ ill. Carla Manea ill. Carla Manea
May 2020 May 2020
34 non fictionLorenzo Baglioni Lorenzo Baglioni
Scary Maths Geometry monster
Doing divisions, Scarily funny stories
fractions, angles and to solve any problem
polygons give you the you encounter... of
heebie-jeebies? Well, the geometrical kind!
not anymore! NEW
Is there anything scarier than Zany stories to become
math? Geometry giants
Three spooky stories presenting Three zany stories starring mon-
the funny side of multiplication, sters of all shapes and sizes to tell
division, and fractions with the help the funniest, easiest-to-learn tales
of some vampires, zombies and LORE NZ O BAG LI O NI of angles, lines and polygons.
haunted castles. Lorenzo is a young singer-songwriter, novelist and mathematician. He presented the
song “the subjunctive” at Italy’s Sanremo song festival, earning himself acclaim as a
writer of songs with educational content viewed millions of times on YouTube.
Reading his zany tales, readers have fun
with notions of mathematics and geometry
without even realizing it!
18 x 23 cm | 64 pages
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ill. Erica Fichera 7+
June 2020
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