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ABOUT US

                                         Founded in 1993.
       Hello from Il Castoro!
                                         The leading independent
                                         children’s book publisher in Italy.
   2021 is here and we’re already
     in full swing! We’re excited        Shortlisted for the 2019 BOP –
 to share with you dazzling picture      the Bologna Prize for the Best
                                         Children’s Publishers of the Year.
  books, novels by great authors,
a middle-grade series with universal     Partners: Edizioni Sonda and Tunué.
appeal, a graphic novel on the power
                                         Our books have been translated
of words, and a huge new non-fiction     into 38 languages.
   project! Ready to get reading?
                                         Owner of La Libreria dei Ragazzi,
 The catalog’s interactive: just click
                                         the oldest children’s bookshop in Italy.
     for a preview of each book!

                                         We are proud to publish some of the most outstanding
                                         Italian and international authors, including Pierdomenico
                                         Baccalario, Luigi Ballerini, Francesco D’Adamo, Kate
                                         DiCamillo, Bernard Friot, Jeff Kinney, Susanna Mattiangeli,
                                         Susin Nielsen, Chris Riddell, Fabrizio Silei, Silvia Vecchini and
                                         Sualzo, Raina Telgemeier and Mo Willems.
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PICTURE
 BOOKS
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Picture
Books

  COLD OUTSIDE
  by Luigi Ballerini
  illustrations by Paolo Domeniconi

  Outside it’s snowing, and everything is cold
  and white. Inside it’s hot, and a child can’t
  go out because he has a high fever. Mum
  is there for him, though, with a beautiful
  surprise.
  Stunning illustration and essential text
  create a soothing whole, with a lyrical back-
  and-forth between opposites – fever and
  snow, heat and cold, inside and outside –
  leading up to a final embrace.

  Cold outside. White outside.
  Red cheeks. Hot inside.
  High fever, Mummy says.

                                           Hardcover
                                            Pages: 32
                                    Format: 23x30 cm
                                              Age: 4+
                                           FALL 2021

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Books     Books

            THE MONKEY
            THAT GOT LOST
            by Luca Tortolini
            illustrations by Simone Rea

            The whole town is excited: tonight is the
            opening of Monkey Big Show! But its main
            star ha disappeared! Where on earth is he?
            Everyone goes looking for him, but in vain.
            Only the readers know where our monkey is
            – and also why he is gone away: he has fallen
            in love! And nothing is more important than
            love, right?

            Good things come to those who
            know how to wait – and hope!

                                                    Hardcover
                                                     Pages: 32
                                             Format: 23x30 cm
                                                       Age: 4+
                                                    FALL 2021

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Books                                               Books

          THE RED HOOD
          by Agostino Traini

          Once upon a time there was... a lovely, brave girl
          with a stylish red hood, and a wolf who badly
          wanted the hood to impress the wolf-princess
          he was in love with. The girl had a (very sporty!)
          grandma who fell into a mountain lake and came
          down with a dreadful cold. How will the wolf
          take possession of the hood? Will he devour its
          owner or think up some other trick?

          A retelling of the timeless fairy
          tale in a graphic novel format,
          where everyone ends up living
          happily ever after!                                                                                   Hardcover
                                                                                                                Pages: 64
                                                                                                         Format: 26x18 cm
                                                                                                                   Age: 5+

                                                        Rights sold in Spanish (World), Catalan, Greece, Traditional Chinese

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Books                                                           Books

    AMELIA                                                        MR. CLUMP
    by Cristina Bellemo
                                                                  AND MR. NEAT
    illustrations by Simona Mulazzani                             by Fabrizio Silei
                                                                  illustrations by AntonGionata Ferrari
    Amelia lives a quiet life, grazing in a sunlit
    meadow with her sheep pals. Early one                         Mr. Clump is messy and creative, with a huge
    evening she looks up and sees something                       mop of hair; Mr. Neat is meticulous, elegant,
    shining high up in the sky: it’s the first star to            and a lover of rules. They have nothing in
    come out, and what a beauty it is! In order                   common, other than the fact that they both
    to stay there gazing at it, Amelia will spend                 teach in the same school. But while each
    a magic-filled night outdoors, making lots of                 has his own style, both give the best of
    discoveries and even changing deep within                     themselves to their young students. When
    herself – but how, exactly?                                   Ms. Moonglow, a lovely new teacher, joins
                                                                  the team, Clump and Neat start to wonder:
                                                                  which of them is “better”?

    Never be afraid of the unknown!                               There are plenty of good ways
    With a little curiosity and                                   to teach. And to learn!
    courage, we can all discover
    the magic around us.

                                                  Hardcover                                               Hardcover
                                                  Pages:
                                                  Pages: 40
                                                         32                                                Pages: 48
                                         Format:
                                          Format:20.5x27
                                                  23x30 cm                                         Format: 23x30 cm
                                                    Age: 4+                                                  Age: 5+

                                        Rights sold in Turkey

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BOARD
BOOKS
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Board
                                         Books

PEEKABOO and TICKLE TICKLE
by Francesco Fagnani

PEEKABOO                                  TICKLE TICKLE
Should we try to surprise Wolfie? YES!    Wolfie is feeling sad. Should we try to
How do you play peekaboo if you’re a      make him laugh? YES!
Brazilian parrot?                         How do you tickle your little ones if
Or a Lebanese gazelle?                    you’re a Norwegian bear?
All ready? PEEKABOO!                      Or a French hen?
With a mirror at the back to play         Let’s find out together!
peekaboo with your baby.                  Ready? TICKLE TICKLE!
                                          Let’s go tickle all around the world!

Cheerful, colorful and full of surprises:
two board books for playing and giggling
with children in every language!
                                                                                  Board books
                                                                                     Pages: 22
                                                                              Format: 15x15 cm
                                                                                       Age: 0-3
                                                                              SEPTEMBER 2021

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Board
                                            Books

MY FOUR-LEGGED BOOKS                                                K
                                                               CLIC
                                                                    E
by Raffaella Bolaffio                                           HER CH
                                                                   AT
                                                              TO W E
Poldo the dog loves to play outdoors. Olivia the cat              M
must have her favorite toy. Hugo the pig is crazy
about strawberries. Mila the sheep is very sleepy...
A fold-out board book series for the little ones.
Compact and sturdy, with four delightful baby
animals, four stories to read as well as four cute
characters to play with.

A unique series – with muzzles, tails
and four legs!

                                                           Accordion board books
                                                                          Pages: 4
                                                       Format: 11x16.5 cm (closed)
                                                              76.5x16.5 cm (open)
                                                                          Age: 0-3

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SERIES
Series

MY CAT’S NAME
IS ODIN
by Francesco Bedini
illustrations by Stefano Tambellini

Aldo is 11 and crazy about comics. He and his friends,
Arnie and Ian, have even set up their very own Comics
Club, sure that it’ll be the perfect screen once the time
comes for them to save the world. Between them and
glory is Petra, Aldo’s 7-year-old cunning, determined
little sister. One dark, stormy night things get
complicated when a one-eyed cat shows up at their
front door. They decide to adopt him and name him
Odin, completely unaware that inside the kitten hides
his namesake: the great, mighty, hot-tempered Norse
god, whose final battle, Ragnarök, is about to begin.

A four-volume series perfect for
lovers of mythology and cats,
and for those who don’t know
that they’re heroes.

                          COMING SOON
           The Queen of the Dark Goblins
          My Goldfish’s Name is Poseidon
             Three Days To Say Goodbye

                                                      Hardcover
                                   Pages: 176, b/w illustrations
                                           Format: 14x20.5 cm
                                                        Age: 8+

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Series

                                                                             COMING IN 2022:
                                                                                Nazar Malik
                                                                                  and the
                                                                              Science Museum

THE ADVENTURES
OF NAZAR MALIK
by Olivia Corio
illustrations by Claudia Petrazzi
Nazar and his family are special: not only are they
tattooed, but their tattoos actually come alive!
Nazar’s is named Otto, and he’s a bungling octopus
who loves eating and gobbles down anything he
can get his tentacles on. Every time Otto jumps off
Nazar’s back, he gets his silly distracted self into some
kind of mess! Luckily, Nazar and the rest of his family,
along with their tattoos, will come to the rescue!

                                                                                                           Hardcover
                                                                                        Pages: 120, b/w illustrations
                                                                                                 Format: 14x20.5 cm
Original, fun, tongue-in-cheek…                                                                              Age: 8+
irresistible!

                                                        Rights sold in France, Spanish (World), Catalan, Korea, Ukraine

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Books

          OLLIE AND STORM
          by Antonio Ferrara
          illustrations by Agnese Innocente

          Ollie has lots of friends, and judo lessons, and school...
          but something’s missing: a fur-friend. So when he
          comes across a lively black puppy, it’s love at first sight!
          The doggie follows him home and Ollie wonders what
          to call him. Easy! There’s only one right name for him,
          given all the mischief he gets up to – Storm! The two
          become an inseparable pair, always ready for new
          adventures together, both big and small.

                                                                                            Hardcover
          A witty new series for early readers!                          Pages: 136, b/w illustrations
                                                                                  Format: 14x20.5 cm
                                                                                               Age: 7+

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FICTION
Fiction

                        THE CROSSING                                       EVERY DAY,
                        by Francesco D’Adamo
                                                                           EVERY MINUTE
                                                                           by Luigi Ballerini
                        One stormy night, a boat sinks near the cost.
                        The frightened castaways disembark and flee,
                                                                           8th grade exams, friends, a first love: this is
                        leaving a backpack on the shore that belongs
                                                                           14-year-old Sara’s whole world. But things
                        to young Omar. Ezechiele, an old fisherman,
                                                                           start to go wrong when her dad falls ill and
                        decides to cross the sea accompanied by his
                                                                           the situation turns out to be worse than
                        grandson and his dog, Spaghetti, to return
                                                                           expected. Yet all the rest goes on as before,
                        the backpack to Omar’s mother and reassure
                                                                           bringing emotions both small and big, minor
                        her that her child has reached land safe and
                                                                           and overwhelming. Sara makes her way
                        sound. For Ezechiele, it is imperative to make
                                                                           steadily through uncertainties and victories,
                        the journey, both in the name of humanity
                                                                           experiencing every minute of her life, both
                        and to acknowledge the importance of small
                                                                           good and bad, her heart embracing it all.
                        gestures. It may be a strange undertaking; it
                        may end up in vain. But it’s necessary – and
                        heroic.

                                                                           Only when you realize that every
                        An inspiring modern-day fable                      minute counts can you live your
                        that will touch all who read it.                   life to the fullest.
                        A journey between reality and
                        dreams.

                                              PRES
                                            COVER S
                                                 AGE
Hardcover with jacket                                                                                    Hardcover with jacket
Pages: 160                                                                                               Pages: 192
Format: 14x21 cm                                                                                         Format: 14x21 cm
Age: 11+                                                                                                 Age: 11+

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MUSTANG                                          BY THE SAME AUTHOR
                                                                         Winner of the 2020
                        by Marta Palazzesi                               Strega Award (6+ category)
                        Texas, 1850. Robb is 13 and furious that
                        his parents have dumped him at his uncle’s
                        cotton plantation in order to go off and
                        seek their fortunes. He decides to prove to
                        everyone what he’s made of: he’ll catch a
                                                                                                                  Mist
                        mustang, one of the untameable wild horses
                                                                                          Age: 10+ | Pages: 160 | 14x21 cm
                        that are creating panic on nearby plantations.
                        Only with the help of Ako, a spirited Native                        Rights sold in Russia, Ukraine,
                        American girl, and Aimery, a plantation slave                                Macedonia, Denmark
                        and his childhood friend, will Robb be able to
                        find his future.

                        A breathtaking adventure story
                        about a boy’s search for freedom,
                        set against the backdrop of slave
                        plantations and conflict between
                        Native Americans and white settlers.

Hardcover with jacket
Pages: 176
Format: 14x21 cm
Age: 10+
GRAPHIC
NOVELS
Graphic
novels

  WORDS CAN DO
  ANYTHING
  by Silvia Vecchini and Sualzo

  Sara isn’t much of a talker. Too much has
  happened – the accident, her parents’
  separation, the fight with her best friend –
  and something’s blocked inside her. Then
  fate brings an unexpected teacher into her
  life: the elderly Mr. T., with his ageless stories
  and passion for the Hebrew alphabet, which
  Sara begins to study. Is he just a crazy old
  man? Possibly. But thanks to those mysterious
  alphabet letters, an odd clay creature enters
  Sara’s life. And with it, slowly but surely, words
  return to her – the ones that count most in life:
  friendship, family and possibly even love.

  For all the shy teens out there,
  who are dying to shout out
  to the world.

                                               Flexicover
                                              Pages: 224
                                     Format: 14x20.5 cm
                                                 Age: 12+

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Graphic
 novels

TWO DETECTIVES
AND A DACHSHUND
by Enrico Marigonda
illustrations by Gabriele Scarafia

Arthur is an avid reader of detective stories and has
just on goal: to solve crimes and bring the guilty
to justice, along with his loyal dachshund, Poirot.
So when a newcomer, Agatha, arrives he can’t
believe his luck: not only is she just as enthusiastic
about mysteries as he is, she’s also the daughter
of Vasquez, the world-famous detective! The two
quickly become inseparable... and just in time!
Arthur’s best friend, has been falsely accused of
committing a “stinky” crime. Arthur, Agatha and
Poirot rush to his aid, ready to unearth the truth
using just the right blend of smarts, bravery and...
(a dog’s!) sense of smell!

A pair of budding detectives.
An amazing sniffer of a dachshund.
A case to solve and a friend to help.

                                                  Flexicover
                                                 Pages: 160
                                        Format: 14x20.5 cm
                                                     Age: 7+

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Graphic                                                              Graphic
novels                                                               novels

CLARA AND                                                           MERRY-GO-ROUND
THE SHADOWS                                                         by Sergio Rossi
by Andrea Fontana                                                   illustrations by Agnese Innocente
illustrations by Claudia Petrazzi
                                                                    Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s eponymous play,
1988, United States. A young girl, Clara, and her                   Merry-Go-Round is a cycle of ten episodes, each
group of nerdy friends get bullied at her new school.               featuring two teen protagonists, one of whom
But when the school bullies begin to go missing one                 will reappear in the following episode and so on.
after another and the police suspect it may be the                  The characters are typical teens, looking for love
work of a serial killer, Clara and her pals discover an             and trying to figure out their place in the world:
even more frightening truth. Can the shadows that                   they stumble, fall, and pick themselves back up
are haunting them in their dreams be responsible                    while arguing, telling fibs, and revealing the most
for all the disappearances?                                         secret sides of themselves. Missed appointments,
                                                                    love triangles, secret stories, parties, suspected
                                                                    pregnancies: here are the intensely-felt everyday
                                                                    lives of a group of 16-year-olds, depicted with
                                                                    delicacy and thoughtfulness.
The perfect graphic novel for
fans of Stranger Things!
                                                                    Love in the times of WhatsApp.

                                                                    Follow a group of teens as they
                                                                    navigate their young lives.

                                                     Flexicover                                                   Flexicover
                                                     Pages: 184                                                   Pages: 184
                                            Format: 14x20.5 cm                                           Format: 15.8x23 cm
                                                       Age: 11+                                                     Age: 14+

                  Rights sold in Spanish (World), Catalan, France                                          Rights sold in USA

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Non-        Non-
Fiction     Fiction

            NON
          FICTION

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15 QUESTIONS                                                                                             15 SLIM, PICTURE-PACKED, ENGAGING VOLUMES!
by Pierdomenico Baccalario and Federico Taddia
illustrations by GUD, C. Petrazzi, M. Mariani, E. Triolo and C. Razzoli
                                                                                                                                               LOADS OF IN-DEPTH
                                                                                                                                               EXPLANATIONS
                                                                                                                                               BASED ON THE MOST
                                                                                                                                               UP-TO-DATE
                                                                                                                                               AND ACCURATE
                                                                                                                                               INFORMATION.
                                                                                                                                               AVAILABLE.

                                                                                                           COMPLEX CONCEPTS
                                                                                                           MADE EASY TO GRASP,
A “tool-box” to help kids understand the present and imagine the future.                                   THANKS TO CARTOON
                                                                                                           ILLUSTRATIONS!
             15 BOOKS IN 2 YEARS:                               CLIC
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             1. WHAT’S MONEY FOR?                               HER
                                                              TO K E
                                                                  NO
          2. WHAT’S INSIDE MY HEAD?                            MOR W
                                                                   E
      3. IS TODAY ALREADY YESTERDAY?
               4. CAN TREES TALK?
        5. IS THERE ANYONE UP THERE?
        6. HOW’S OUR PLANET DOING?
  7. ARE WE ALL GONNA BECOME ROBOTS?
      8. ARE WE “PERFECT MACHINES”?                                                         Flexicover
        9. HOW LONG IS A LIGHT YEAR?                                 Pages: 144, 2 color illustrations
                                                                                Format: 14x20.5 cm                                             HANDY TIMELINES
          10. WHAT’S UNDER MY FEET?                                                           Age: 11+                                         TO HELP KIDS
              11. WHY DO I LIKE YOU?                                                                                                           CONTEXTUALIZE
               12. DO FISH DREAM?                                                                                                              HISTORICAL EVENTS.
13. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME WHEN I TALK?
      14. WHAT’S THE EARTH MADE OF?
             15. WHAT’S “BEAUTY”?                                                                                                             www.Le15domande.it
Non-                                                                       Non-
                                                Fiction                                                                    Fiction

                                                Best-selling series                                                       THE 50 HOLIDAY
                                                all over the world!                                                       ADVENTURES
                                                                                                                          HANDBOOK (TO DO
                                                                                                                          BEFORE YOU TURN 13)
                                                                                                                          by Pierdomenico Baccalario, Lucia Emilia Stipari
                                                                                                                          illustrations by AntonGionata Ferrari
                                                The 50 Adventures Handbook
                                                (To Do Before You Turn 13)                                                There’s just one rule when it comes to holidays: you
                                                by P. Baccalario and T. Percivale                                         have to have fun! It doesn’t matter when or where,
                                                                                                            K             only how. There’s no better time, in fact, to do all
                                                Age: under 13! | Pages: 176                            CLIC
                                                                                                            E
                                                                                                        HER D             that stuff you can’t do whenever you please during
                                                2 color illustrations | 14x19.3 cm                         EA
                                                                                                       TO R E             the rest of the year: exploring, jumping, running,
                                                                                                         MOR              getting to know people and things, chatting, being
                                                                                                                          late, waking up early, and doing anything else that
                                                                                                                          comes to mind! ‘Cause what kind of holiday is it
                                                                                                                          without a bit of madness?

                                                                                                                          Fun and exciting adventures for kids,
                                                                                                                          for holidays they’ll never forget!

The 50 Challenges    The 50 Secret                                                   The 50 Little
Handbook (To Become Missions Handbook                                                Revolutions Handbook
a Champion)          (To Survive in the                                              (To Change the World)
by P. Baccalario and Grown-Up World)                                                 by P. Baccalario and
                                                                                                                                                                         Flexicover
M. Prosperi                               by P. Baccalario and                       F. Taddia
                                                                                                                                                                        Pages: 192
                                          E. Jáuregui                                                                                                           Format: 14x19,3 cm
Age: 9+ | Pages: 208                                                                 Age: 9+ | Pages: 192
2 color illustrations | 14x19.3 cm        Age: 9+ | Pages: 192                                                                                                              Age: 9+
                                                                                     2 color illustrations | 14x19.3 cm
                                          2 color illustrations | 14x19.3 cm

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                  The Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Turkey, Greece, Albania,
                                                                  Georgia, Japan, Korea, Simplified Chinese, Serbia

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BACKLIST
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                                         Books                                                                                                     Books

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE                                                                                   BEST FRIENDS

Someone Like                          Have You                         How the Teacher                    She’s Not a                        The Kind                         Story of an Inkdrop
Anthony                               Seen Anna?                       Really Works                       Duck!                              Crocodile                        and a Snowflake
by S. Mattiangeli                     by S. Mattiangeli                by S. Mattiangeli                  by F. Degl’Innocenti               by L. Panzieri                   by P. Baccalario, A. Gatti
Ill. by M. Di Giorgio                 Ill. by C. Carrer                Ill. by C. Carrer                  Ill. by M. Girón                   Ill. by A. Ferrari               Ill. by S. Mulazzani

Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm        Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm   Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm     Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm     Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm   Age: 4+ | Pages: 52 | 25x33 cm

Rights sold in France, Spanish        Rights sold in France, Spanish   Rights sold in France, Portugal,   Rights sold in Spanish (World),    Rights sold in USA, Spanish      Rights sold in USA, Germany,
(World), Ukraine, Turkey,             (World), Turkey, Simplified      Denmark, Turkey, Greece,           Catalan, Russia, Ukraine,          (World), Greece, Armenia,        Spanish (World), Luxembourg,
Simplified Chinese, Arabic            Chinese,                         Slovenia, Spanish (Latin           Turkey, Simplified Chinese         Arabic (World), Japan, Korea,    Simplified and Complex Chinese
(World), Japan, Croatia, Slovenia     Korea, Arabic (World)            America)                                                              Simplified Chinese, Russia

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The Most                                                                                                  Wanna Play
Beautiful Garden                                                                                          With Us?
by L. Tortolini                                                                                           by F. Degl’Innocenti
Ill. by B. Cerocchi                                                                                       Ill. by A. Cacciapuoti

Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm                                                                            Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 20,5x27 cm

Rights sold in Turkey, Slovenia,
Korea

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                                         Books                                                                                                                                                                                                  Books

                                               FOR A GOOD LAUGH                                                                                                                                      THE TANDEM SERIES
                                                                                                                                                                                                     by various authors | Series Editor by Lodovica Cima

                                                                                                                                                                                                     A series for early readers. Each book features two stories that go hand in hand:
                                                                                                                                                                                                     • the first story is short, reads quickly and is written in CAPITAL LETTERS;
                                                                                                                                                                                                     • the second story is longer, written in normal print and a slightly more challenging read.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     An easy-to-approach and rewarding series: children will quickly notch up reading milestones!

Yawns                               When You’re                                                                                                               I Am a Horse
by M. Viale                         a Baboon                                                                                                                  by B. Friot
                                    by L. Baldinucci                                                                                                          Ill. by G. Tessaro
Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm
                                    Ill. by F. Sardo                                                                                                          Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 23x30 cm
Rights sold in France, South        Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 14.5x22 cm
Africa, Turkey, Korea, Simplified                                                                                                                             Rights sold in France, Portugal,
Chinese                             Rights sold in The Netherlands,                                                                                           Spanish (World), Catalan,
                                    Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Korea                                                                                       Armenia, Simplified Chinese

THE IF I WERE... SERIES
by various authors | Illustrations by Silvia Baroncelli
                                                                                                                                  Bonomi - Baroncelli

                                                     Essere un bravo cuoco non è cosa da tutti.                                                                                                IA
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                                                 Servono curiosità, fantasia e anche tanta pazienza.
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                                              Ci sono molti strumenti da usare bene e con attenzione.

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                                             E poi devi conoscere tanti ingredienti, sapere dove trovarli
                                                           -e ovviamente… come cucinarli!
                                                           Hai voglia di provare anche tu?

                                                                L’AUTORE DI QUESTO LIBRO È UN VERO CUOCO
                                                                Ho scoperto la mia passione per la cucina da ragazzo,                                      MAURIZIO BONOMI   SILVIA BARONCELLI
                                                                frequentando la scuola alberghiera di San Pellegrino Terme.
                                                                Dal mio papà macellaio ho imparato tutto sulle carni. Oggi
                                                                sono capo cuoco in un prestigioso ristorante di Bergamo Alta
                                                                e non ho mai smesso di divertirmi cucinando. I miei clienti più
                                                                esigenti sono Emma, Gabriele e Pietro, i miei tre bambini.
                                                                                                                                  UN BRAVO CUOCO

                                                                            ISBN 978-88-6966-XXX-X
                                                                  € 12,50

                                                                     www.editriceilcastoro.it

A Good Fireman                      A Good Vet                                                                                                          A Good Cook
by T. Burchietti                    by D. Quagliotti                                                                                                    by M. Bonomi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Printed in Sassoon Primary,
Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 20.5x27 cm    Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 20.5x27 cm                                                                                    Age: 4+ | Pages: 32 | 20.5x27 cm                                                                               an easy-to-read typeface.

                                                                                                                                                        Rights sold in Turkey, Korea, Japan                                                                                Rights sold in Greece, Turkey, Romania

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Series                                                                                                  Fiction

HB PENCIL                                                                                                         HILARIOUS READS FOR 8+
by Susanna Mattiangeli | illustrations by Rita Petruccioli

                                                                                                                  The All-Mine                       Granddad                          Poop Express:
                                                                                                                  Academy                            Trouble                           Let’s Get Even!
                                                                                                                  by F. Silei                        by F. Silei                       by F. Moretti
                                                                                                                  Ill. by A. Gon                     Ill. by A. Gon                    Ill. by D. Guicciardini

                                                                                                                  Age: 10+ | Pages: 256              Age: 10+ | Pages: 128             Age: 9+ | Pages: 144
Age: 7+ | Pages: 136, b/w illustrations | 14x20,5 cm                                                      IE
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Rights sold in France, Spanish (World), Catalan, Russia, Turkey, Korea, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia                 Catalan, Poland, Romania, Japan,   Serbia, Simplified Chinese,       (Latin America)
                                                                                                                  Greece, Turkey, China, Russia      Russia

                                                                                  ADORCABLE
                                                      by Fabrizio Silei | illustrations by Fabrizio Di Baldo

                                                                                                                  The Hip-Hop King                   What a Legend!
                                                                                                                  by G. Liori                        by G. Liori
                                                                                                                  Ill. by M. Allegri                 Ill. by M. Allegri

                                                                                                                  Age: 8+ | Pages: 192               Age: 8+ | Pages: 160
                                                                                                                  b/w illustrations | 14x20.5 cm     b/w illustrations | 14x20.5 cm

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Age: 8+ | Pages: 136, b/w illustrations | 14x20,5 cm            MOV
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Rights sold in Germany, Spanish (World), Turkey, Malta              IONE
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Fiction                                                                                                         Fiction

DIVERSITY FOR ALL AGES                                                                                      COMING-OF-AGE FICTION

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The Boy in                          The Recipe                           So Far So Close                    Zorro in the                         Six Dancers                          The Scent
the Suitcase                        for Happiness                        by A. Tognolini                    Snow                                 for a Dad                            of the Sun
by Z. Dazzi                         by E. Fornasari                                                         by P. Zannoner                       by P. Zannoner                       by E. Castiglioni
                                                                         Age: 13+ | Pages: 176 | 14x21 cm
Age: 9+ | Pages: 144 | 14x20.5 cm   Age: 10+ | Pages: 192 | 14x20.5 cm                                      Age: 12+ | Pages: 192 | 14x21 cm     Age: 11+ | Pages: 208 | 14x20.5 cm   Age: 11+ | Pages: 240 | 14x21 cm

                                                                                                            Rights sold in Turkey, Russia,       Rights sold in Turkey, Russia
                                                                                                            Bulgaria, China Simplified
                                                                                                            Chinese

                                                     SPINE-CHILLERS

                                    Rebecca and the                      Come Back                          Listen to the Beat
                                    Violin Spider                        to Me                              by Z. Dazzi
                                    by O. Corio                          by L. Ballerini
                                                                                                            Age: 11+ | Pages: 184 | 14x20.5 cm
                                    Age: 11+ | Pages: 304 | 14x21 cm     Age: 13+ | Pages: 288 | 14x21 cm

                                                                         Rights sold in The Netherlands
                                                                         and Poland

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Non-                                                                                                                 Graphic
                                           Fiction                                                                                                               novels

DYSTOPIAN                                                                                                                                                                  GRAPHIC NOVELS
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Laura Tenorini - Mirka Ruggeri

Code. Name. Zero                       (Im)Perfects                           Myra Knows
by L. Ballerini                        by L. Ballerini                        Everything
                                                                              by L. Ballerini                        The Red Zone                        21 Days Until the                    An Exceptional
Age: 13+ | Pages: 192 | 14x21 cm       Age: 13+ | Pages: 304 | 14x21 cm
                                                                              Age: 13+ | Pages: 296 | 14x21 cm       by S. Vecchini and Sualzo           End of the World                     Snowfall
Rights sold in France, Spanish         Rights sold in The Netherlands
                                                                                                                                                         by S. Vecchini and Sualzo            by L. Tenorini
(Mexico and Central America),          and Lithuania                          Rights sold in Slovenia                Age: 9+ | Pages: 144 | 14x20.5 cm
                                                                                                                                                                                              Ill. by M. Ruggeri
The Netherlands, Flemish, Poland,                                                                                    Full-color illustrations            Age: 11+ | Pages: 208 | 14x20.5 cm
Lithuania, Slovenia, Malta, Denmark,                                                                                                                                                          Age: 9+ | Pages: 168 | 14x20.5 cm
                                                                                                                                                         Full-color illustrations
Turkey, Simplified Chinese                                                                                           Rights sold in USA, Spanish                                              Full-color illustrations
                                                                                                                     (Latin America), Korea, Slovenia    Rights sold in France,

                                                                        NON-FICTION                                                                      Spanish (World)

                                        The Big Book of                       To Post or
                                        Magical Objects                       Not to Post?
                                        by P. Baccalario                      From an idea by Parole Ostili
                                        and J. Olivieri                       by F. Taddia and C. Cubeddu
                                        Ill. by M. Somà                       Ill. by GUD

                                        Age: 10+ | Pages: 128 with 16 flaps    Age: 10+ | Pages: 128 with 16 flaps
                                        Full-color illustrations | 23x30 cm    Full-color illustrations | 23x30 cm
                                        Rights sold in Russia, Japan,          Rights sold in Russia, Spanish
                                        Armenia                                (World)

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