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Age 2+
IN WOLF’S MOUTH(IN BOCCA A LUPO)Author: Eva RasanoIllustrator: Eva RasanoPages: 48, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 9 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-055-9
Wolf, the protagonist of best-sellers like Lupo in versi (Wolf’s Noise), that was awarded with the Nati per Leggere (Born to Read) prize 2015, and Con le orecchie di Lupo (With Wolf’s Ears) is really hungry and looks around: he can eat so many colourful foods! An orange apricot or a red radish, a purple aubergine and some fresh and green salad. With irony and joy, we invite
you to discover those foods, their colours, their names, their taste together with Wolf. This new book on Wolf was con-ceived for 2+ year-old children, to have fun while tasting the food that is on your table.From this book you can develop workshops where you match food and colour, or food and the letters of the alpha-bet, or anything that your imagination suggests.
The author - Eva Rasano was born in Cagliari in 1970. After a high-school degree in Classics, she obtained her degree in graphics at Istituto Europeo di Design. She illustrated and wrote various texts for Italian and international publishers (Nicola Milano Editore, Kanoon Parvaresh, Gakken, Unicef, Eikon, Condaghes, Anicia, Nuove Edizioni Romane, Giunti, Aìsara). In 2015 she was awarded the national prize Nati per leggere for her book Lupo in versi, published by Bacchilega junior. The app of the book Con le orecchie di Lupo (2016 Bacchilega junior/Smallbytesdigital), had a special mention at Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award 2017.The book In bocca a Lupo (In Wolf’s Mouth) is the latest one of a series dedicated to this character.
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Age 1+
LITTLE FOOT’S JOURNEY(IL VIAGGIO DI PIEDINO)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator: Marianna BalducciPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-063-4
Little Foot has just learnt to walk and, strengthened by this achievement, it undertakes a journey. It visits the home gar-den, the beach, the sea. Then Little Foot is scared by an insolent crab and runs back home, where it finds its Daddy Foot. The sweet, essential text by Elisa Mazzoli perfectly accompanies to Marianna Balducci’s illustrations, that play with pictures of baby foot adding realistic and fancy graphic elements. A book that is conceived for the youngest children, but will be loved by Mums and, in particular, by Dads too.
The author - Elisa Mazzoli lives in Cesenatico, where she works as a writer, journalist and storyteller. Her everyday work as an au-thor and storyteller brings her all over in Italy to meet children of all ages. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their Junior series she wrote Ferruccio e l’arrembaggio, Lupo Luca aveva i denti, Lupo Luca ha il naso rosso, Morbido Mare-Morbido Giocare, Morbido Natale-Morbido Fare and the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016).
The illustrator - Marianna Balducci, after a degree in Fashion, works as an illustrator especially in the area of advertising, where she combines drawings, photographs and digital tools. She took part to several exhibitions and made the stopmotion videoclip of the song “Catalan” by guitar player Dominic Miller. In February 2017 she published her first book Le parole necessarie (written by Elisa Rocchi, Edizioni Ensemble).
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Age 3+
CATS’ WONDERFUL WORLD(IL MERAVIGLIOSO MONDO DEI GATTI)Author: Marisa VestitaIllustrator: Marisa VestitaPages: 40, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-064-1
Today we’re talking about cats. Cats love staying warm and in sheltered places, love go hunting and don’t like the com-pany of their own kind… And what about if the illustrations told us about a fun-loving cat who hides in his owner’s trou-sers turn-ups and is always up to something? Then there are humans, who, unlike cats, love company, sharing food and sleeping always in the same place. An ironic and funny book on the wonderful world of housecats.
The author and illustrator - Marisa Vestita was born in Taranto in 1975. She studied Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce and, in the same time, she attends internships of comics, set de-sign and stagecraft. In 2002 she moves to Milan, where she starts working as a magazine illustrator. She gets passionate about digi-tal by attending the Istituto Europeo di Design (European Institute of Design). Today she works with many Italian publishers and her books are translated into several languages.
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Age 12+
SEEN IN PROFILE(VISTI DI PROFILO)Authors: Antonio Ferrara,Filippo MittinoIllustrator: Antonio FerraraPages: 72, paperback e copertina con bandelle, 15x21 cmPrice: 10 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-065-8
One day, at school, the Math teacher’s house key disap-pears. She left it on the class desk, during the recess. The headmaster is urgently called, the students’ backpacks are opened and the key is found in Ciro’s bag, but he says he is innocent. The class erupts in a blame game, so the school psychologist’s help is requested. He asks to speak twice with all the students of that class…
The author and illustrator - Antonio Ferrara was born in Portici, close to Naples, in 1957 and lives and works in Novara. He stud-ied art and worked in an assisted living capacity for minors for seven years, where he learnt to understand the children’s dreams and to not take himself ever seriously. He teaches in illustration and creative writing workshops for children and adults in schools, libraries, bookshops, cultural associations and correctional facili-ties. His numerous children’s books are published by many pub-lishers. For Bacchilega junior he wrote Il fiume è un campo di Pallone (The River Is a Football Field) that was awarded Premio
Bitritto and at Premio Cento.The author - Filippo Mittino is a psychologist and psychothera-pist. He carries out his clinical activity with children and teenag-ers. He is a developmental researcher and leads support cen-tres for children in schools and training courses for teachers. He is a member of the editorial staff of the journal “Psichiatria e psicoterapia”. Other books he wrote with Antonio Ferrara are published by San Paolo and Coccole Books.
Age 8+
IN COLOURS(A COLORI)Author: Barbara FerraroIllustrator: Sonia MariaLuce PossentiniEditor: Teresa PorcellaPages: 40, hardcover, 28x21 cmPrice: 16 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-054-2
A picture book that will sur-prise you. An unprecedented Sonia MariaLuce Possentini (Premio Andersen 2017 as Best Illustrator) experiences a new expression, under the guidance of Teresa Porcella, editor of this picture book.
What is the taste of white? What is the noise of pink? What emotion does a brown colour convey? And ochre? And pur-ple? Barbara Ferraro’s peculiar synesthesias are the basis for colourful and suggestive illustrations.
The author - Barbara Ferraro has a phylologist background. She is expert in fairy tales and in the tradition of oral story-telling and is editor-in-chief of “Dana”, the new imprint of RW group. She is blogger of Atlantide Kids and collaborates with the web maga-zine Libri Calzelunghe on children’s literature. For Bacchilega jun-ior she wrote Blu di Barba (Blue of Beard) too.The illustrator - Sonia MariaLuce Possentini, was awarded Best Illustrator 2017 Andersen Prize “For being one of the highest and most interesting voices in Italian illustration, for her production that has always been characterised by quality and originality”. Her picture books won many prizes and are translated all over the world. For Bacchilega she illustrated Noi (2013) and L’estate delle cicale (2016), translated in Spain and Korea.The editor - Teresa Porcella is a freelance editor, teacher, author and bookseller. She organizes the children section of the Gavoi Festival.
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Age 8+
GRANDMAS WITH WINGS / GRAND-DADS WITH WINGSA SONG FOR GRANDMAS WHO FLEW AWAY / A SONG FOR GRANDDADS WHO FLEW AWAY(NONNE CON LE ALI / NONNI CON LE ALI)
Author and illustrator: Arianna PapiniPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-066-5
A book on tangible memories, that becomes an oppor-tunity to feel tenderness and joy. The pain of losing them leaves room for a fond memory, that involves all senses. The grandmas and grandpas who flew away are in the eyes of a cat who looks at us, in autumns leaves, in the music that make us feel like dancing, in the warm smell of milk and coffee.
The author and illustrator - Arianna Papini, is a writer, artist, teacher and art-therapist. For 25 years she has been editor in chief and art director at the publishing house Fatatrac. She wrote and illustrated about a hundred books, which have earned her many awards. Some of her books are published or co-published in France, Spain, Greece, Chine, Korea and Great Britain. Every year her works are exhibited to many solo and group shows.
Age 6+
LITTLE GIRLAuthor: Clementina MingozziIllustrator: Clementi-na MingozziText: Beniamino SidotiPages: 40, hardcover, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-067-2
Mum goes out: she will be back only at sunset. She asks her daughter, Little Girl, to not leave their home, because in
the jungle there is a bad wolf! Little Girls promises that she will stay close to home, she will obey. But the flowers that surround the house, those wonderful and bright flowers that emerge from the darkness, are a constant temptation, how to resist? A purple flower, on the edge of the garden, a pink flower just over, and then an orange flower and a yellow one... and Little Girl is already in the jungle and the encoun-ter with the wolf is just a matter of minutes…A book that the skillful hands of papyrography artist Clem-entina Mingozzi created by playing with paper and cutouts, thus creating a colourful and bright world.
The author and illustrator - Clementina Mingozzi, was born in 1959 in Torino. Her works are exposed in solo and group exhi-bitions, and since 1993 she has held illustration workshops for childrend and grownups and training courses for preschool and primary school teachers.She illustrated Poesie per aria by Chiara Carminati, published by Topipittori.
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Age 3+
LUCA THE WOLF’S TEETH(LUPO LUCA AVEVA I DENTI)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator: Febe SillaniPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-56-9
Luca is a bungler wolf who won’t use his toothbrush, he hasn’t got any fangs left and... can’t eat any more kids! A hungry sharp-fanged wolf causes disarray in the forest. This lazy wolf won’t follow dentist Nutria Nunzia’s advice, so his teeth become black and fall out one by one. How will Lupo Luca manage this matter? Told in fun verses, his story finishes with a… surprise ending.
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016).The illustrator - Febe Sillani lives and works in Trieste. She illus-trated and sometimes also wrote many books published in Italy, France, Spain, Japan, China, Turkey, Korea.
Age 0+
WOLF NOISE(LUPO IN VERSI)Author: Eva RasanoIllustrator: Eva RasanoPages: 48, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 9 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-98-9
A friendly wolf who makes a lot of noise! A book for babies who begin to express amazement and surprise, but also anger or bad luck through their first sounds: ohhhh, ninoni-noni, grrrr, lalalalala.
The author and illustrator - Eva Rasano was born in Cagliari in 1970 and obtained her degree in graphics at Europeo di Design. She illustrated and wrote various texts for Italian and international publishers. She leads workshops of art, writing, book construc-tion for children. She exhibited in one-woman and group shows.
Lupo in versi won the prize Premio Nati per Leggere 2015 and Premio Microe-ditoria di Qualità 2016.
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THE WOLF’S EARS(CON LE ORECCHIE DI LUPO)Author: Eva RasanoIllustrator: Eva RasanoPages: 48, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 9 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-026-9
Created by the imagination of Eva Rasano, winner of the Nati per Leggere 2015 Prize with her book Lupo in Versi, our friend Lupo is back, and this time he’s up against the sounds that surround us. Pay attention and listen carefully to the sounds that are all around us: what noise does a drop of water make when it falls? And the waves of the sea? And a ball rolling on the ground? A book for small children, to help them get used to listening with their ears and their hearts.
The author and illustrator - Eva Rasano was born in Cagliari in 1970 and obtained her degree in graphics at Europeo di Design. She illustrated and wrote various texts for Italian and international publishers. She leads workshops of art, writing, book construc-tion for children. She exhibited in one-woman and group shows.
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THE SUMMER OF CICADAS(L’ESTATE DELLE CICALE)Author: Janna Carioli Illustrator: Sonia MariaLuce PossentiniPages: 40, hardcover, 21x28 cm; price: 16 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-031-3
A hot sunny summer; two almost preadolescent children, old enough to live many adventures, but not so old to face them alone, without parents. A tree house, a quarrel about trivial reasons; the remoteness; years away, a new generation of children rediscover the house on tree and a new profound friendship is going to begin.
The author - Janna Carioli lives in Bologna. She is journalist, play-wright and screenplayer of Italian tv shows and writes books for children. Her novels and poem books received many awards. The illustrator - Sonia MariaLuce Possentini, was awarded Best Illus-trator 2017 Andersen Prize. Her picture books won many prizes and are translated all over the world.
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Age 2+
WHAT’S THAT, MUM? WHAT’S THAT, DAD?(CHE COS’È, MAMMA?CHE COS’È, PAPÀ?)Author: Andrea AlemannoIllustrator: Andrea AlemannoPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-047-4
A baby sloth, who never sleeps, is very interested in every-thing that happens around him and in what he sees beyond a high wall that separates him from the humans’ world. He asks for explanations to his sleepy and patient parents, who have no answers to his thousands questions. Until the little sloth finds a way to go out from the soothing and a bit boring forest where he lives...
The author and illustrator - Andrea Alemanno has published his books with several imprints both in Italy and abroad.
Age 1+
TWO SISTERS(DUE SORELLE)Author: Leticia RuifernándezIllustrator: Leticia RuifernándezPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-046-7
Two sisters observe and look to each other, while they play and laugh together. Their look is direct to their bodies: nos-es, arms, ears, hearts, legs. “My heart, your heart, lub dub, lub dub / “Mi corazón, tu corazón, pom pom, pom pom”. The choice to keep the original Spanish text too makes it richer, with a play on rithms and sounds. The watercolour illustra-tions are essential and poetical: a few brush strokes define the two protagonists, who are the unaware models of an adult who watches them tenderly.
The author and illustrator - Leticia Ruifernández was born in Ma-drid in 1976. She studied as an architect but she devotes her-self to illustrate and, sometimes, to write books. Her books were awarded and published in different countries, such as Canada and Korea. In Italy her books are published by Orecchio Acerbo too.
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HERE AT LAST!(FINALMENTE QUI!)Author: Silvia VecchiniIllustrator: SualzoPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-025-2
14 poems to accompany a baby’s first year of life as well as the parents’ first year. Short texts that closely explore small achievements and identities, and play with emotions; it’s an invitation to speak with your baby, to immediately begin an exchange where sounds and words have the same effect as kisses and caresses.
The author - Silvia Vecchini is an author of stories for very young children, tactile books, first readings, books on works of art, nov-els and graphic novels. In the last few years she devoted to po-ems for children and young readers.The illustrator - Sualzo is an author and illustrator for several pub-lishers, he designed series for very young children and illustrated stories. For many years publishes some comics series in a maga-zine for pre-school readers and is an author of graphic novels for children and young readers.
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I LIBRICINIShort stories for small hands.
For children up to 5 years.
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STAIN(MACCHIA)Author: Sandra DemaIllustrator: Sergio OlivottiPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-027-6
A stain isn’t a dog. May be it is a boat? An earthworm? An ice cream? An umbrella? A stain can be everything you can imagine. A book to develop children’s fancy and creativity starting from three years on.
Macchia won the prize “Microeditoria di qualità” 2016.
The author - Sandra Dema, writer of children’s books, also pro-motes reading in schools and libraries. Her most recent books are published by many Italian publishers.The illustrator - Sergio Olivotti is a designer and illustrator. He exhibited in shows in Italy and other countries and is internation-ally awarded.
Age 2+
THE CAGE(LA GABBIA)Author: AliceBrière-HaquetIllustrator: Nicolas GounyPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-78-1
A bird lives in a cage. His song is so beautiful that passers-by stop, fascinated, to listen to it. Each person takes away a bar from the cage and all the bars together become music, a strange “uncaged” music. But... what about the bird? This book is a story about the poetry of freedom.
The author - Alice Brière-Haquet is a writer, with many books to her credit. Novels, poems, documentaries, a bit of everything, but always for children. She lives in Italy with her family.The illustrator - Nicolas Gouny is the owner of Dess Edition, Vil-letaneuse. He’s now a full time illustrator for children. In France he illustrated many books and in Italy he already published Bambini e Bambine and Nannalibro Libronanna.
Age 2+
OLGA AND OLAF(OLGA E OLAF)Author: Tonka UzuIllustrator: Tonka UzuPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-95-8
A sweet tale about a friendship between a little girl and her dog. Olga & Olaf play together, have fun and share all their time together. When Olga and her mother go out, her little dog stays home alone. What will happen to Olaf while Olga is away? Perhaps will he be sad? Olga is eager to come back home and find out what Olaf is up to...
The author and illustrator - Tonka Uzu, grew up in Sofia, Bulgaria. She likes observing people and animals and drawing them, es-pecially children. After 8 years in Bologna, where she studied at DAMS (University course in Art, Music and Show), she moved to England, where she lives at present.
Age 3+
WOLF LUCA HAS A RED NOSE(LUPO LUCA HA IL NASO ROSSO)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator: Febe SillaniPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-030-6
Here again our likeable Luca’s adventures, a very muddler and gluttonous wolf. Wolf Luca loses his teeth because he didn’t wash them. The dentist Nunzia persuaded him to take care of himself, after this he decided to became a doctor and he entertained sick children in the hospital wearing a red nose. What will happen to our Wolf Luca?
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016).The illustrator - Febe Sillani lives and works in Trieste. She illus-trated and sometimes also wrote many books published in Italy, France, Spain, Japan, China, Turkey, Korea.
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IGNAZIO WHO COULDN’T SEE VERY WELL(IGNAZIO CHE NON CI VEDEVA BENE)Author: Cristina PetitIllustrator: Cristina PetitPages: 24, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-54-5
Little Ignazio who couldn’t see well is a “hero”, and a pair of small red glasses are his disguise. With them Ignazio looks at the world and shows it directly to the readers. An impor-tant point of view helping children to accept those changes that happen when they weren’t asked for.
The author and illustrator - Cristina Petit is a teacher, author and illustrator of her own books, published in Italy by many publishers.
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SAY DO PLAY(DIRE FARE GIOCARE)Author: Cristina PetitIllustrator: Cristina PetitPages: 24, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-59-0
Nothing more, nothing less than a book that MAKES: it makes you read, it makes you talk, and it makes you play: it makes you DO! And by doing, you always learn. We are never too young to do and learn. Twenty-three easy and unexpected activities can be found inside the book.
The author and illustrator - Cristina Petit is a teacher, author and illustrator of her own books, published in Italy by many publishers.
Age 4+
THE TEST(LA PROVA)Author: Cristina PetitIllustrator: Cristina PetitPages: 32, paperback with rounded corners, 16x16 cmPrice: 8 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-005-4
Every morning along the road to the school there’s an ob-stacle to overcome: it’s a small one, but it’s frightening for four friends, protagonists of this small and sweet book. Will Bunny, Raccoon, Hedgehog and Frog pass the test?
The author and illustrator - Cristina Petit is a teacher, author and illustrator of her own books, published in Italy by many publishers.
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Age 2+
SOFT CHRISTMAS(MORBIDO NATALE MORBIDO FARE)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator:
Silvia BonanniPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-012-2
Elisa Mazzoli and Silvia Bonanni really do create a soft Christmas! With stockings, gloves, hats, cotton wool, but-tons and cloth we discover a different way to create our beloved puppets: a tender snowman, a soft and friendly reindeer, a funny Santa Claus... A book to be read, discov-ered, and played with: children are helped by their parents and grandparents.
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016). The illustrator - Silvia Bonanni, illustrator, is graduated at Brera Academy of Fine Arts and collaborated with the most important italian publishers.
Age 2+
SOFT SEA(MORBIDO MARE MORBIDO GIOCARE)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator:
Silvia BonanniPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-69-9
It’s night, our bed becomes a small boat in the waves. Grab a sock, a button, a little bit of thread and... Twelve animals arrive rhyming from a smooth sea. For parents and children: coloured stuffed animals come out on the first side telling children their tales; on the opposite side, all the “things”, that at first seem to be sea foam become paws, eyes, smiles. Read the book and learn how to recycle together.
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016). The illustrator - Silvia Bonanni, illustrator, is graduated at Brera Academy of Fine Arts and collaborated with the most important italian publishers.
Age 5+
MY SCHOOL IS A GREAT RIVER(LA MIA SCUOLA È UN GRANDE FIUME)Author: Maria Beatrice MasellaIllustrator:
Agnese BaruzziPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-011-5
A book for boys, girls and teachers alike, with words to read and to play with. On each colourful page there is a nurs-ery rhyme to read and a blank space for drawing or writ-ing down your thoughts. Each month there is a highlighted word to think about, a starting point for discussions with the class about all the new horizons school offers.
The author - Maria Beatrice Masella lives in Bologna where she works as a teacher and pedagogist, mixing her passion for writ-ing with her expertise in the educational field.The illustrator - Agnese Baruzzi has published several titles for children in Italy, England, Japan, Portugal and Korea.
VICE VERSAA series created for sharing and spending time together. These books can be read on
both sides. For children from 2 to 5.
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BOYS GIRLS AND FLAVOURS(BAMBINI BAMBINE E SAPORI)Author: Maria Beatrice MasellaIllustrator:
Nicolas GounyPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-47-7
A two sided book: on the first side, twelve types of chil-dren are paired with flavours and appear up to the thirteenth nursery rhyme; on the second side twelve families are paired with different colours, and appear up to the thirteenth nursery rhyme which is about rainbow families.
The author - Maria Beatrice Masella lives in Bologna where she works as a teacher and pedagogist, mixing her passion for writ-ing with her expertise in the educational field.The illustrator - Nicolas Gouny is the owner of Dess Edition, Vil-letaneuse. He’s now a full time illustrator for children. In France he illustrated many books and in Italy he already published Bambini e Bambine and Nannalibro Libronanna.
Age 2+
GOODNIGHT BOOK, BOOK GOODNIGHT(NANNALIBRO LIBRONANNA)Author: Maria Bea-trice MasellaIllustrator:
Nicolas GounyPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-70-5
What is sleepy time? Why is it sometimes so difficult to con-vince children to go to sleep? On the first side there are lullabies to help children fall asleep, a journey through the night, when the sun goes down and anything can happen... On the opposite side, parents accompany their children until they close their eyes, reassuring them with their fondness.
The author - Maria Beatrice Masella lives in Bologna where she works as a teacher and pedagogist, mixing her passion for writ-ing with her expertise in the educational field.The illustrator - Nicolas Gouny is the owner of Dess Edition, Vil-letaneuse. He’s now a full time illustrator for children. In France he illustrated many books and in Italy he already published Bambini e Bambine and Nannalibro Libronanna.
Age 6+
THE MOST LIKELY THING(LA COSA PIÙ PROBABILE)Author: GianfrancoBonadiesIllustrator:
Gianfranco BonadiesPages: 40, hardcover, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-92-7
A book to dream dreams. At night anything can happen. This book lets young readers enter the world of anything-is-possible. A trip, a game, a journey towards the imagination and the unconscious, where anything can change at any time. A party can become boredom, loneliness, fear... when home seems far away.
The author - Gianfranco Bonadies was born in Bari in 1982, he works as illustrator and cartoonist. He made several animation short films and videoclips.
FUORIOut of me, out of you. Out of the norm,
out of the box... for everyone, from 0 to 99 years... and more.
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US(NOI)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator: Sonia MariaLuce PossentiniPages: 40, hardcover, 24x17 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-91-0Edizione in paperbackPrice: 12 euro; ISBN: 978-88-96328-79-8
In the school yard children are talking, playing and having a snack. Out of the way, always digging holes alone in the garden, there is a strange child with a big eye that nobody ever talks to. Everyone calls him “Big Eye”. During an after-noon parent-teacher conference Philip couldn’t stay home alone, his mother left him in the school yard and he real-izes he is alone with Big Eye. Philip, worried and wary, gets closer...
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto
2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016).The illustrator - Sonia MariaLuce Possentini, was awarded Best Illustrator 2017 Andersen Prize. Her picture books won many prizes and are translated all over the world.
“Noi” has been selected for the Interna-tional Collection of IBBY Outstanding Books for young people with disabilities 2015.
It won the first prize for published books for children at the XVII Edition of the Italian awards for children’s literature “Giacomo Giulitto – Citta’ di Bitritto” (Puglia)
It get the special mention “Microeditoria di qua-lità” 2016.
It won the first prize of the XIIth “Concorso per illustratori” of “Premio Letteratura Ra-gazzi - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cento”.
Age 5+
MY FAMILY(LA MIA FAMIGLIA)Author: Gianna BraghinIllustrator:
Vessela NikolovaPages: 40, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-006-1
At school a substitute teacher asks the children to draw their own family: it’s quite a nice opportunity to think of our family! Some have a stick-figure family, some have families coming from distant countries, some live in a large family, with two mothers, two fathers, unwanted step-brothers, big and tall cousins, great grandparents with nurses-in-home and small dogs too! A simple story that comes from a child’s heart and the thought of daily affection.
The author - Gianna Braghin is an author and a municipal man-ager; she loves writing childrens’ books.The illustrator - Vessela Nikolova lives and works in Milan as il-lustrator, designer of clothing, knitwear and accessories.
Age 2+
THIS IS DARKNESS(QUESTO È IL BUIO)Author: Gianna BraghinIllustrator:
Vessela NikolovaPages: 32, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-60-6
A picture book dedicated to the five senses. A book to listen to silence, smell what is good and taste a hug. These few words accompany Vessela Nikolova’s tactile illustrations, which play with emotional synesthesias.
The author - Gianna Braghin is an author and a municipal man-ager; she loves writing childrens’ books.The illustrator - Vessela Nikolova lives and works in Milan as il-lustrator, designer of clothing, knitwear and accessories.
Rights sold:Korean
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Age 12+
THE RIVER IS A FOOTBALL FIELD(IL FIUME È UN CAMPO DI PALLONE)Author and illustrator: Antonio FerraraPages: 64, paperback, 15x21 cmPrice: 10 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-024-5
Kato is 13 years old, lives in Dakar, plays football and loves telling stories. He always has a book under his arm and for little money pretends to read stories in his city’s bars. Kato doesn’t have relatives and lives in a shack, but he doesn’t despair: football at a supervised centre, friends and a young love bring hope to a life that isn’t always easy, and is made better with music and beauty.
The author and illustrator - Antonio Ferrara studied art and worked in an assisted living capacity for minors for seven years, where he learnt to understand the children’s dreams and to not take himself ever seriously. He teaches in illustration and crea-tive writing workshops for children and adults in schools, libraries, bookshops, cultural associations and correctional facilities.
“Il fiume è un campo di pallone” was awarded the prize “Giacomo Giulitto – Citta’ di Bitritto” in 2016 for the section “11-14 year-old fiction”.
It was awarded the prize “Microeditoria di qual-ità 2016” in the section “Children’s literature”
It was shortlisted at “Premio Letteratura Ragazzi - Fondazi-one Cassa di Risparmio di Cento 2017”.
Age 6+
THE GREAT GOD-DESS MOTHER’S JOURNEY(IL VIAGGIO DELLA GRANDE DEA MADRE)Author: Monica PiancastelliIllustrator:
Rita RavaioliPages: 48, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-76-7
This book tells of the journey of the first great myth of the Stone Age, the “Venus Figurines”, known as the “Great Goddess Mother” in the story. A path among words and im-ages that both adults and boy and girls will enjoy. The story draws a line from the Early Stone Age, with the famous Ve-nus of Willendorf, to the Middle Age and the Renaissance with the Madonna and Child.
The author - Monica Piancastelli is geologist and archaeologist, specialised in Prehistory, she bring to schools multidisciplinary workshops. The illustrator - Rita Ravaioli has been dealing with graphics and illustration for visual communication for many years.
JUNIOR AL QUADRATO
Tales for kidswho are passionate
about reading, from 10 to 13.
Rights sold:Azeri
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Age 8+
BLUE OF BEARD(BLU DI BARBA)Author: Barbara FerraroIllustrator:
Srimalie BassaniPages: 40, hardcover, 21,2x21,2 cmPrice: 15 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-048-1
A very famous tale, Bluebeard, narrated in verse by Bar-bara Ferraro. Dark atmospheres, murders, imminent dan-gers, but with a light at the end that is hope. The adapta-tion follows the translation Collodi made of Perrault’s text in 1876. Srimalie Bassani’s illustrations, made with pencil and three colours to define the main characters, have the ability to keep the narration tension high.
The author - Barbara Ferraro has a phylologist background. She is expert in fairy tales and in the tradition of oral story-telling and is editor-in-chief of “Dana”. She is blogger of Atlantide Kids and col-laborates with the web magazine Libri Calzelunghe on children’s literature.The illustrator - Srimalie Bassani is freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Her books are published by Italian and inter-national imprints.
Age 10+
THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE(LE COSE COSÌ COME SONO)Author: Silvia VecchiniIllustrator:
SualzoPages: 64, paperback, 15x21 cmPrice: 10 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-049-8
Sometimes families have problems. Money problems, the sudden loss of job, difficult situations to manage that in-volve children too: you cannot ask for a new phone, you cannot attend the dance classes anymore. What can you do? Sometimes, just looking at things as they are, without prejudice, without fear, can help change point of view, find new friends, discover different opportunities.
The author - Silvia Vecchini is an author of stories for very young children, tactile books, first readings, books on works of art, novels and graphic novels. In the last few years she devoted to poems for children and young readers. The illustrator - Sualzo is an author and illustrator for several publishers, he designed series for very young children and illustrated stories. For many years publishes some comics series in a magazine for pre-school readers and is an author of graphic novels for children and young readers.
Age 9+
THE ASTEROID KING(IL RE DELL’ASTEROIDE)Author: Francesco D’AdamoIllustrator:
Sergio MasalaPages: 64, paperback, 15x21 cmPrice: 10 euroISBN: 978-88-6942-007-8
A boy living on an Asteroid, a robot with only an arm, a mysterious girl who tells all the stories of the world. Akim II is forever nine years old and has always lived on his small Asteroid with only the robot AX to keep him company; one day Akim II sends his faithful servant all over the Universe to search for a perfect Queen. AX finds her on Earth and she is quite beautiful...
The author - Francesco D’Adamo has tried for years to narrate through his novels the complicated world where we live to those whom he calls “provisionally 13/14-year-old adults”. His books are translated all over the world and he received many international awards.The illustrator - Sergio Masala is set designer, cartoonist, illustra-tor, designer of workshops; he devoted himself also to illustration, specialising in the technique of collage.
RISTORIEStories, legends and fairy tales
renarrated and retold. For children from 8 to 12.
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Age 6+
FERRUCCIO CLIMBS ABOARD(FERRUCCIO E L’AR-REMBAGGIO)Author: Elisa MazzoliIllustrator:
Giusy CapizziPages: 48, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-29-3
Ferruccio lives in a small town near the seaside and loves ships, painting and… playing pirates. But what happens when pirates (real ones!) - come to his town? The terrible captain Gio-Kon and his one-eyed, scarred and rude men are looking for a treasure and a new pirate. Will Ferruccio be able to endure the disgusting tests in order to join them?
The author - Elisa Mazzoli is a writer, journalist and storyteller. She wrote many books for children and young readers. She is leading author of Bacchilega, for their series Junior she wrote many books, first of all the multi-awarded Noi (Premio Bitritto 2014, Premio Cento for illustrations 2016).The illustrator - Giusy Capizzi is an illustrator that works with sev-eral Italian and foreign publishers.
Age 8+
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORY(LA STORIA PIÙ BELLA)Authors: Arianna Di PietroRuggero MoriniEmanuela PetralliIllustrator:
Srimalie BassaniPages: 64, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-61-3
The circus is coming… to Castel Guelfo! It is 1929. Lorenzo and the children in Castel Guelfo, a small village near Bolo-gna, welcome the Arata Circus that slowly approaches, full of hope. The children’s amazed eyes greet the strange fam-ily among shadows and sequins. But one day something happens…
The illustrator - Srimalie Bassani is freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Her books are published by Italian and inter-national imprints.
Age 9+
THE GREAT STORYTELLING TREE(IL GRANDE NOCE RACCONTA)Author: Maria Beatrice MasellaIllustrator:
Silvia BalzarettiPages: 56, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-32-3
This is the story of a very old tree, who listens and tells stories to those who can still be amazed. It tells us about a devil’s bridge and a witch, a special cow, a boy who talks to clouds, a fleeing child, an empty old house in a chestnut wood, the war and the partisans...
The author - Maria Beatrice Masella lives in Bologna where she works as a teacher and pedagogist, mixing her passion for writ-ing with her expertise in the educational field.The illustrator - Silvia Balzaretti, As a children’s books illustrator she collaborated with numerous publishers in the field of fiction, educational publishing and magazines.
Age 8+
WHEN CHILDREN DREW ON WALLS(QUANDO I BAMBINI DISEGNAVANO SUI MURI)Author: Roberta GiacomettiIllustrator:
Agnese BaruzziPages: 32, paperback, 20,5x20,5 cmPrice: 12 euroISBN: 978-88-96328-31-6
A story about Dozza, a hamlet with paintings on its walls. Graziano tells a beautiful story about his village. Black-and-white tales about Dozza, when people sat together by the fire for company and to spare wood, despite the Second World War fought beyond the city’s walls which destroyed homes and divided families…Coloured tales about Dozza: it’s love for painting, in the past and present, the sketches on the walls and an unexpected meeting with a master of painting in those dangerous years.
The author - Roberta Giacometti writes fictions and tales.The illustrator - Agnese Baruzzi has published several titles for children in Italy, England, Japan, Portugal and Korea.
