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Children’s books spring 2016

We are glad to represent the following Italian publishers:

Coccole Books www.coccolebooks.com picture books, fiction 5+

Sinnos www.sinnos.org graphic novels for children, picture books, fiction, age 0/16

Valentina edizioni www.valentinaedizioni.it picture books 2+, science books for children

Uovonero www.uovonero.com picture books, fiction, special books for disabled children

Euno edizioni www.eunoedizioni.it picture books, fiction 8+, YA

Edizioni Clichy www.edizioniclichy.it picture books, classical tales

http://www.coccolebooks.com/

http://www.sinnos.org/

http://www.valentinaedizioni.it/

http://www.uovonero.com/

http://www.eunoedizioni.it/

http://www.edizioniclichy.it/

Valentina Edizioni is a brand of Francesco Brioschi Editore srl

Via Santa Valeria 3, 201233 Milan, Italy Ph. +39 (0)2 86915570 – [email protected]

i genietti

The i genietti project of Valentina Edizioni is a series of 6 books about scientific themes for children from 6 to 10 years, written and drawn by Luca Novelli. Each book is dedicated to a very particular character (Mr Zero, Gea, Robo, Time, Cell, Mic) who tells his story and adventures in first person, such as the history of numbers, of the Earth as a living organism, computer sciences, the mistery of Time…). The series is colored, funny, intense… almost poetic.

Luca Novelli Writer, illustrator, naturalist and traveler, tv author and of a variety of science books for children translated in 22 languages. He won the Andersen Award for Divulgation, the Legambiente Award, the Leonardo Award for scientific communication.

Ciao, sono Gea (Scienze Naturali) Storia della Terra raccontata da lei medesima.

Da palla infuocata alla deriva attorno al Sole alla ricchezza della Biodiversità del mondo vegetale e

animale. Racconto di un viaggio attraverso ere geologiche e grandi estinzioni, fino agli equilibri naturali

di oggi dei quali facciamo parte e che abbiamo tutto l'interesse di rispettare.

Hi, I’m Gea

(Natural science) This is the story of the Earth narrated by herself: from the time she was a fireball

flooding around the Sun, then a beautiful planet rich of plants and animals and characterized by a delicate

equilibrium in which we are living and which we should respect. This is a trip through geological eras and

big extinctions that brings us till nowadays.

Ciao, sono Zero (Matematica) Storia dello Zero raccontata da lui medesimo.

Come niente di niente, anzi il terribile Nulla temuto come il Diavolo è diventano una magica cifra che

moltiplica per dieci tutti numeri con i quali si accompagna. Un sortilegio della Matematica! Una storia

antica che comincia in India, diffonde nel mondo con i mercanti arabi e finisce nei computer di oggi, dove

insieme al solitario Uno può rappresentare tutti i numeri e tutte le parole del mondo.

Hi, I’m Zero

(Mathematics) This is the story of Zero narrated by himself: he is the terrible Nothing, dreaded as the

Devil, who becomes a magic number that multiplies for 10 all the numbers next to which he seats. It is a

magic of mathematics! Zero is part of an ancient story that starts in India, gets around the world through

Arabic merchants and flows in modern computers, where together with the solitary One he can represent

all the numbers and all the words of the world.

Ciao, sono Robo (Informatica). Storia di un computer-robot raccontata da lui medesimo. Dalle sue origini meccaniche

all'informatica, fino all'Intelligenza Artificiale. Da semplice calcolatore a genio tuttofare, capace di

ricordare e di imparare dagli errori. Fornito di sensori si trasforma in un robot che ascolta, vede e fa. Ma

se è simpatico è perché un uomo l'ha costruito così.

Hi, I’m Robo

(Computer sciences) This is the story of a computer-robot narrated by himself: from his mechanical

origins to computer sciences, up to artificial intelligence. He was once a simple calculator, then a factotum

genius, able to remember and learn from his own mistakes. Endowed with special sensors, he becomes a

robot who listens, sees and acts. And if he is so nice and smart, it is because a man has built him so!

Valentina Edizioni is a brand of Francesco Brioschi Editore srl

Via Santa Valeria 3, 201233 Milan, Italy Ph. +39 (0)2 86915570 – [email protected]

Ciao, sono Zero

Ciao, sono Tempo (Fisica). Storia del Tempo raccontata da lui medesimo.

Dalla nascita con l'universo alla sua percezione da parte dell'uomo. Dalle prime misurazioni col Sole e con

la Luna, agli orologi atomici di oggi. Da entità imprendibile e inarrestabile, ai viaggi nel tempo e al tempo

relativo. Fino al tempo immobile di particolari luoghi dell'universo come i buchi neri. Un personaggio

magico e paradossale...che ci accompagna per ogni minuto secondo della nostra vita.

Hi, I’m Time

(Physics) This is the story of the Time narrated by himself: from his start with the Universe, to the way

mankind perceives him today. From the first measurements through the Sun and the Moon, to the current

atomic clocks. From an entity that could not be caught and stopped, to time trips and relative time. Till the

motionless time of particular places in the Universe, like the black holes. Time is a magic and strange

character… that accompanies us in every second of our life!

In this book you can find:

• legends • discoveries • experiments

TradiTional fairy Tales

and funny experimenTs!

a solar energy book!

come catturare

il sole

Francesca Brunet • Marialuce Bruscoli • Gianna Cauzzi

illustrazioni di Agnese Baruzzi

How to catch the sunBy Francesca Brunetti, Marialuce Bruscoli, Gianna CauzziColor Illustration by Agnese Baruzziformat: 20,5 x 26 cm48 pages, hardcoverAge group: 6+

you can

see

From China to Australia, from Albania to native America, a lot of traditional fairy tales from all over the world. In every tales the main character is the Sun. The stories are really full of adventures, surprising ideas, monsters, funny animals, knights and beautiful princesses. After every fary tale, there is a simple and brilliant experiment, that every reader can try at home by himself: how to observe safely the sun, how to built a solar cook machine, how to built a solar watch and similar.The book is completely illustrated, with fun, irony and brilliant color, by italian illustrator Agnese Baruzzi.

The Authors Francesca Brunetti, Marialuce Bruscoli and Gianna Cauzzi

are passionate readers of fairy tales and

scientists: they are working on the Italian National Observatory in Arcetri (the same of Galileo Galilei, of

course).

tutti i numeri del mondo

by Lara Albanese| ill. colore di Cristina

Bellacicco | ISBN 978-88-7609-246-6 |

pp. 48 | f.to 18x25,5 | € 12,00

by Lara Albanese, Francesca Brunet, Antonella Gasperini | ill. color by Paolo Domeniconi

| pp. 60 softcover| f.to 21x21 |

Coccole books Srl - Via G. Fortunato, 54 - 87021 Belvedere Marittimo (CS) - www.coccoleebooks.com - [email protected] - +39.0985.887823Promozione: PDE Spa - Tutor librerie: [email protected] - Tel +39.02.26111870 int 389

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Age: 6 yo and up - serie: nonePgg. 100/ cm 21x25soft cover with �aps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-58-5

The secrets and the rules that make laugh, revealed by the authors in more than 1500 meetings in Italian schools, are collected in this book. Because “make laugh” is a serious thing, a very serious thing. It’s a real handbook which teaches the importance of the sign and the comic strip creation. It o�ers several writing strategies and humorous tricks. If you can reverse the meaning of words or you can exaggerate, if you can use common sayings, onomatopoeias, non-sense and metaphors in a good way…that’s for sure…you will learn by laughing.

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€ 13,00

Smile school: How to do comic stripZap e IdaGiulio Casella

written and illlustrated bycover by

Handbook, comic strips, quips, puns.

A handbook to learn how to make smile!Because laughing is a very serious thing!

NewMarch 2016

have you got everything?by Alice KellerIllustrations in full colors by Veronica Trutteroformat: cm 12 x 16,848 pages6 + years

what happen in your house when you are away? two days of fun and disasters

For FirST readerS!

Fernanda and Osvaldo Cinghialetti are two boars really special! They loves to

read, to write funny tales, to paint, to play classical music... Mr. and Mrs. G

decide to leave their house for a weekend. They really can not imagine how

Fernanda and Osvaldo will change their perfect and sweet and clean house...

Euno Edizioni

Ferdinando Albertazzi

LE NOVE RENNE DI BABBO NATALE

SANTA CLAUS AND HIS NINE REINDEERS

Age: 6/8

Illustrated book

Pages: 48

Size: 12 x 17

Poor Santa Claus is desperate: his reindeers disappeared! How will he bring his presentsto the children all over the world? Thankfully, Nicola, together with Nikolaeva, Claus,Nicky, Hukonau, Colette, Nicolàs, Nikela and Nicoletta will help him, transforming –magic!- into Santa’s nine reindeers. Don’t worry, it’s only a dream of the young Nicola,who will learn in this way how to become more generous.

Ferdinando Albertazzi è tra i più attivi scrittori contemporanei is one of the most prolific children’s books author. He published since 1974 several books with the major publishing companies. Amongst his titles:Il teatro delle ore (2015, Piemme), Le torte di Camilla (2014,

Piemme), Un regalo inaspettato (2014, Piemme), La giostra delle parole (2013, Emme Edizioni), Cosa dirò da grande (2008, Einaudi Ragazzi).

Catalogue 2016Foreign rights

Coccole books Srl - Via G. Fortunato, 54 - 87021 Belvedere Marittimo (CS) - www.coccoleebooks.com - [email protected] - +39.0985.887823Distribuzione: PDE Spa - Tutor librerie: [email protected] - Tel +39.02.26111870 int 389


Age: 7+collection: paperbackpp. 64/ cm 14x20,5 / hardback with flaps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-53-0

Arturo is a brave guy, he loves all the stories, also the scary ones, the same that the people of the village tell about Tiberio, a sort of a wild beast that lives in the forest, the Boogeyman of the lullaby, that “will catch you if he can”. There’s a challenge and Arturo wants to win, he wants to be the first and he’s not afraid of the dark, but in the darkest forest he’s going to meet Tibe-rio…

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Arturo e l’uomo nero(Arturo and the boogeyman)Written by Daniela ValenteIllustrated by Francesco Pirini

Anger, friendship, bravery, wood, fear,

Boogeyman

Who is the Boogeyman thatlives in the wood? A story with a littleof fear and a surprise ending…




Age: 9+pp. 112 / cm 14,5 X 20 / Hardback with flaps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-35-6

Andrea, thirteen years old, he doesn’t feel like doing anything, his mind is full of thoughts but without having a clear idea. Marta, the special girl apparently without worries: her mind is silent, like her, skinny as a rail. He is like an older brother to her. She is his guar-dian angel…but it’s hard to keep up with Marta. Or maybe it’s hard to grow up, when at thirteen you feel different: sometimes special, sometimes worthless.

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Occhio a Marta!(Watch Marta!)Written by Daniela ValenteIllustrated by Paolo D’Altan

Teenage years, disabilities, friendship, family

A friendship tale built onsilences and smiles




Age: 8+collection: Il professor Ulissepp. 72/ cm 14x20,5 / hardback with flaps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-50-9

Mattia met his friend Bruno in a dramatic situation: Aquila’s heart quake. Since then, after five years, they have never been apart. Bruno is special because is a big marsican bear that only Mattia can see. And when he will go to his grandfathers in summer, in their home, in the woods of the Abruzzo National Park, his invisible friend will obviously follow him. Between the natural beauties and the pleasure of an healthy life, Mattia will discover a new feeling and Bruno will disco-ver the freedom.

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Bruno chiamatelo Bruno!(Bruno call him Bruno!)Written by Aldo Ferraris Illustrated by Ilaria Guarducci

Invisible friend, Marsican brown bear,

trauma, Abruzzo National Park,

LʼAquilaʼs city earthquake

Story of animals to protect:this is the time of the Bear!

patrizia rinaldi: a new way of retelling the world, between phantoms and strange words.Patrizia Rinaldi, after having been a teacher for years now is full-time writer. She is the author of various novels (and detective novels) for adults, published in Italy by E/O, (and published also in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain). In her books for young adults readers she is able to build stories with hard themes as bullying, racism, love, but telling it with soft words, and with a really special irony, sweetness, strenght.

Yellow sea It’s night time. In an ancient palace toward of the sea, the silence is broken. Maybe it’s the phantom of the countess who lived here? Or it’s something different? Three friends - Hui who came from China; Caterina a really action girl; Thomas, son of an english bussinessman - start to investigate: they will discover a really “normal” band of army smuggler. But they will discover also that friendship can be really strong!

Federico Il Pazzo Angelo has just arrived in a new city. He must attend the eighth grade. But there the boys of his age seem to be much larger, people speak in dialect and look like aliens. Angelo is in the classroom with “Yellow Head”, a neighbourhood bully, but also with Federico the fool, who reads a lot of books and believes be Frederick II. Between brave teachers, the inevitable fights and a special friend, Angelo will defeat his fears and learn the value of friendship and the importance of being himself.

Piano Forte A school ruin down, suddenly. Six boys and the piano teacher still entraped on the inside of the scholl. During seven long days, waiting for a help to come, they starts talking about friendship, life and misteries. A strange and original detective novel, full of music, bad piano sellers, good teacher, unexpected solutions.

Mare gialloYellow seaby Patrizia Rinaldiill. b/n by Federico Appelformat 14 x 21 cm112 pages9 +

Federico il PazzoFederico the foolby Patrizia Rinaldiill. b/n by Federico Appelformat 14 x 21 cm120 pages10 +

Piano Forteby Patrizia Rinaldiformat 14 x 21 cm96 pages11 +

FicTion

What will happen if a young girl suddenly decide to escape? She vanishes and all her friends, in the school or in the buildings where she live, try to discover where she is. But why have she gone away? What kind of dreams have she to pursue? What’s the truth about her “normal life”?A novel that deals with the real today life of young girls and boys.

Luisa Mattia: The strenght of realityLuisa Mattia is one the most well known Italian authors of children and YA books. In her books, she show a great knowledge of the world of the young, their fear of others, of social judgement and the dreams of new loves.

Noi siamo cosìSo we areby Luisa Mattiaformat 14 x 21 cm112 pages12 +

La sceltaThe choiceby Luisa Mattia format 14 x 21 cm120 pages12 +Rights sold: France, Holland

Totò is a 14 years old boy. His brother, a little gang boss and a pusher, is Tot’s hero. It’s beautiful to be a boss. But when a boy is killed by Toto’s brother, all is going to change. In this bestseller book, with more than 15.000 copies sold in Italy, Luisa Mattia tells, without pity, but with clarity, the life of Mafia boys in a big town. But this is also a story of rebirth: because there is always a possible second choice.

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Rossana is a 13 years old girl, that has just moved to a new town and changed her life (because her parents have been divorced suddenly). She also suffers from some asthma attack. But when she meets a first strange love, her life is really going to change. She will also discover that her mother is not so bad...

beatrice Masella: irony, detectives, dogs, and discoveringsBeatrice Masella has a delicate and ironic style of writing, to tell strange but original stories.Her series book include funny detective’s novels that describe the world of today by an odd perspective.

RespiroBreatheby Maria Beatrice Masellaformat 14 x 21 cm144 pages12 +

Hanna & Fouby Beatrice Masellaformat 14 x 21 cm12 +

Hanna & Fou and the found kitepp. 184

Hanna & Fou and the sand castlespp. 144

Hanna & Fou and the mystery of the salt flatspp. 144

Hanna lives in a boat with her father and with Fou, her big, big, dog. Hanna has a lot of friends, some strange ideas and a special flair for mysteries. And for their solutions, of course!

The Legend of Zumbithe deathlessby Fabio Stassi B/W Illustrations by Federico Appelformat: 21 x 29,764 pages10 + years

Zumbi is predestined: Born in Quilombo Dos Palmares, the last strip of Brazillian land free from the colonization of the Portuguese, he is an extraordinary warrior (inventor of Capoeira), a brilliant leader and has magical powers (his allies are the trees in the jungle). With his strategic abilities, and to save his love (taken away from the Portuguese) Zumbi leads the slaves to revolt.

Fabio Stassi is one of the most interesting contemporary Italian writers, published by Sellerio and Minimum Fax. With L’ultimo Ballo di Charlot (translated in 18 countries) , and arrived second for the Campiello award. Here, for the first time he writes for a young audience using graphic novel language, and tells the story of the founding legend of the Brazilian multicultural identity, setting of the amazonian jungle, feelings and epic breaths.

trough brazilian jungles and seas, an intense and fascinating story about freedom, love, war.

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Spring’s rainby Paolina Baruchello B/W Illustrations by Andrea Rivolaformat: 21 x 29,764 pages10 + years

Chun Yu is a young and pretty girl: but when Wong the Tiger wants to have her, her future appears black and dangerous. Shu Mei is a warrior nun, escaped from the famous temple of Tian Shan. The temple was destroyed from enemies and the future of Shu Mei is really not lighter than Chun Yu’s. But when Chun Yu meets Shu Mei, and when Shu Mei starts teaching kung fu to the young girl, something is gonna change. The violence of Wong can really be beated...

a surprising graphic novel about kung fu, girls, and the discover of everyone’s real attitude.

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HeavyweightsThe mean character is a boy like any other. And like many boys, he plays football and he often twits one of his team-mates, Italian like him, but the son of immigrants. One evening he is visited by a strange ghost - it’s Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali as a young man, who tells that kid how stupid is racism and how the sport has tried to fight it.

Stories of great athletes who were protagonists of memorable performances , but never stop thinking- Jesse Owens, who in 1936 in Berlin, won four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler, the rugby team of South Africa, who becomes an example integration to a whole nation , Arthur Ashe, a tennis player whose backhand shot was as sharp as his thoughts, Gino Bartali and his bike during the war. And then Carlos Caszely and his fight against Pinochet, John Carlos, Tommie Smith and Peter Norman.

The AuThorFederico Appel , illustrator and author of several children’s books, engages here for the first time with the language of comics.

Heavyweigtsstories of sport, racism, challengesby Federico Appelformato 21 x 29,780 pages10 + years

WhiLe medaLs aRe coveRed

With dust and WeaR out,

FRiendships boRn on

the FieLd Remain bRight

and shiny.

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The AuThorsPatrizia Rinaldi, after having been a teacher for years now is full-time writer. She is the author of three novels for adults, published by E /O, and YA books with Sinnos: Piano Forte, and Federico il Pazzo. Marta Baroni after experiences as set designer for cinema and television, has worked as character designer, animator and storyboard artist. At the same time he illustrates children’s books and comics.

And now, runby Patrizia RinaldiIllustrations in black and white by Marta Baroniformat 21 x 29,764 pages10 + years

Bullies, ironyAnd a new love story

And now, runMaddalena, a 15 years old girl, is a loser. Or better this is what Zago and other terrible girls of her band think. Zago loves Alessandro, but Alessandro does not love Zago and her violent and strong temper. He is in love with Maddalena who might not be a real loser... A graphic novel about a real problem, the bullying, as well as a real love story, using a very special language, full of irony, surprising images, imagination.

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Naughty Girls15 stories of dauntless and creative womenby Assia Petricelli and Sergio Riccardisize: 21x29,7 cm96 b&w illustrated pages+13 years

Writers, leaders,

scientists, activists,

philosophers, painters.

Autonomous, fearless,

non-conformist,

self-conscious.

Very Naughty Girls!

Hedy Lamarr was the best-paid Hollywood star and at the same time a scientist whose studies have led to the creation of wireless networks. Nellie Bly was the first reporter who investigated undercover. The book includes 15 originally illustrated biographies of outstanding women, stories told in a simple and ironic language, suitable for a young readers, showing that the so-called weaker sex is not weak at all.ors

Assia Petricelli is an author of edutainment documentaries and audiovisual products for children and adults. Due to her great passion for all forms of narration through images, she began to write screenplays of comics for magazines and the web.Sergio Riccardi after experiences as set designer for cinema and television, has worked as character designer, animator and storyboard artist. At the same time he illustrates children’s books and comics.

The very first novel printed with a special highly-readable font for dyslexic and people with reading problems.

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Euno edizioni

Annalisa Strada

MMS. CHI DICE LA VERITA’?

MMS. WHO SAYS THE TRUTH?

Young adults

Pages 224

Size 12 x 17 cm

Five teens, five friends: very similar and deeply different. Their lives share not only school and holidayweekends, but a past that is better to hide.

Between deception, lies and omissions, they are forced to rediscover what they would prefer to deny.

With the complicity of a Halloween party, a trip and a daring chase, truth is to seek justice.

Annalisa Strada, Andersen Award 2014 as best young adults book, proposes in this new story a compelling crime where loves, jealousies and the language of teen agers combines, and where the temptation to divert nowadays involves every young person.

Annalisa Strada lives in Brescia, where she work sas a teacher. In2014 she won the Italian Andersen prize with Una sottile linea rosa (Giunti). In 2015 she published: Mamma, ti ricordi di venirmi a prendere? (Piemme); Denti di gallina (Giunti); Chiedilo alle cipolle (Mondadori), La rivincita della mamma imperfetta (Piemme, 2015).

NewMarch 2016

Coccole books Srl - Via G. Fortunato, 54 - 87021 Belvedere Marittimo (CS) - www.coccoleebooks.com - [email protected] - +39.0985.887823Promozione: PDE Spa - Tutor librerie: [email protected] - Tel +39.02.26111870 int 389


age: 12 yo and up - serie: narrativaPgg. 152/ cm 14,5x20Soft cover with �aps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-57-8

It’s a stormy night and a little girl or rather The Little Girl is crying. Her mother makes her get into the car and…� And there an adventure made of silence and very few words begins. The little girl grows and she will grow going through di�cult situations and mee-ting strange characters, which will come back in the �nal part of this story like in a big circle. At the end it won’t be possible to call her “Little Girl”

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€ 10,00

Me at first, me at lastwritten by Annalisa Strada

cover by Simona Dell’Orto

Growth, difficulty, abandonment,formation and identity.

A little girl forsaken in the night.A red lorry. A series of unlucky meetings.But watch out: nothing is at it seems!



Age: 12 and up - serie: narrativaPgg. 148/ cm 14,5x20soft cover with �aps

ISBN: 978-88-98346-56-1

PENNYLU’ is a fresh and natural thirteen-year old girl, like so many others, who imagines her �rst love story. She only has eyes for Andrea, the most good-looking boy in the school, but it’s Peter who is secretly in love with her. Rock concerts, challenges up to the last note, exam anxiety, studying late into the night, new fee-lings will be the frame of a story of love and friendship made of such simple and true feelings that begin at school and will last forever.

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€ 10,00

Il primo amore di PennylùOrnella Della LiberaGiulio Casella

written bycover by

School, friendship, discos, first love story, music.

How can you be thirteenstill waiting for the �rst kiss?

NewMarch 2016

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