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Francesco Sguera,
                                                                  Carmen De Pinto
                                                                                                     new
                                                                  Ivan Bigarella
                                                                  Matù wants to grow up
                                                                  25 cm, hardcover. , 32 pages, .
                                                                  Age: +4 years.
                                                                    Matù wants to grow up and, as usual, goes to
                                                                  her precious grandmother for advice. “To grow
                                                                  up, you have to be taller than a giraffe, braver
                                                                  than a lion and bigger than an elephant”, re-
                                                                  plies her grandmother. The unstoppable Matù
                                                                  sets off in search of all three animals and,
                                                                  against all odds, she will succeed. Do you want
                                                                  to know how?

                                                                  – Grandma, grandma, I want to go to the
                                                                  party tonight.
  Francesco Sguera and Carmen De Pinto are the                     – I’m sorry, my darling. Only grown-ups can
heart and driving force behind Room to Play, a name that
                                                                  go to the party.
indicates a place, a group and a way of understanding the-
atre as a moment of interaction, sharing and exchange             – Then I want to grow up.
between actors and audience: different techniques are used        – Growing up takes effort, my child, and
(storytelling, music, puppets or pure actor’s theatre), the       time.
only common aim is to amaze, involve and entertain.               – Time? Can I make it by tonight?

  Ivan Bigarella was
born in 1984 and gradua-
ted from the Liceo artisti-
co in Vicenza. He attended
the three-year course at
the Scuola del Fumetto in
Milan. Since 2007 he has
collaborated with comics
magazines and in 2009
he started illustrating
children’s books, publishing
with Piemme (Geronimo
Stilton), Edizioni EL, Einau-
di and many others.

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Mario Pennacchio,
                                                                                              Richolly Rosazza
                                                                                                                                                  new
                                                                                              To Make a Family
                                                                                              30 cm, hardcover. , 24 pages, .
                                                                                              Age: 5-9 years.

                                                                                                What does it take to make a family? The young narrator
                                                                                              of this story will hear many different ideas. Eventually he
                                                                                              will understand that a family is made up of very few – so-
                                                                                              metimes small – things.
                                                                                                  This is a book to be read all together... to find out what
                                                                                              these things are!

  “A beautiful book, that with sensitivity
and lightness, tackles the theme of the fa-
mily, which is never just one, but multiple
themes; a way to show children the beauty
of diversity”.
                                                                        Michela Marzano,
                                                      University Professor, Paris Descartes
                                                           and SHS - Sorbonne Paris Cité

   Mario Pennacchio (Potenza, 1973), after having
worked for several multinational companies, began
working with words. He became a translator “for love”,
and together with his wife, founded STEP Language Services, an agency working alongside prestigious international brands. His
passion for nursery rhymes led him to explore the world of children’s literature. In 2013, he published Il Quaderno delle Fila-
strocche (The Nursery Rhyme Notebook, Kellerman).

  Richolly Rosazza was born in Ancash, Peru, in 1981. The object of his artistic research has always been the world of
childhood, in particular the ability of the creative mind, typical of children, which manages to transform everything into play. In
2012 he illustrated the Città del sole calendar, and in 2013 some of his plates were selected for the Illustrators’ Exhibition at
the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Among his publications are the series La famiglia coniglietti (The Bunny Family, Risfoglia edi-
tions) and Legami (Links, Kite, 2019), all with texts by Nadia Al Omari.

      Chiunque prese parte a questa discussione
      per quanto si sbagliasse aveva anche ragione.
      Per fare una famiglia non servono ricette...
      parole ed etichette a volte vanno strette.

                                                                                                                                        Occorrono dei libri, un vaso con i fiori,
                                                                                                                                        un comodo divano di tanti bei colori.

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Matt Dixon                                                  Not available in English
“Transmissions series”                    Titles
21x29 cm, hardcover, 48 pages.
Age: 5-99 years.
                                          1-  Robots                    new
(a comic + artbook)                       2 - Explorations
                                          3 - incoming...

                                   Matt Dixon’s works instantly evoke a sense
                                 of appreciation. Then, gradually, the slight im-
                                 pression of naivety they convey gives way to the
                                 observation enforced by some details. After a
                                 while, it becomes evident that, basically, what
                                 Dixon seems to be staging is a classic: the post-
                                 apocalyptic scenario where human presence is
                                 merely limited to scattered items, deserted cities
                                 and the anthropomorphic aspect of the robots
                                 that wander through them …
                                   But there is a further step that finally emerges:
                                 we are the distinct solitudes of Dixon’s robots
                                 (as we realize) and the apocalypse has already
                                 come.

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Mario Bellina, Antoine Vannucci
The true story of Jolly Roger                                                                                                                                                               new
		(and of the Rotten Sardine’s Captain)
17x24 cm, hardcover, 48 pages.                                               From: 7 years.

                                                                                                  Argh! Blistering Jellyfish! This is the story of Jolly Roger,
                                                                                                the most terrifying pirate flag that has never waved in the
                                                                                                gale-force winds of Caribbean.
                                                                                                  Jolly Roger lives on the top of the mainmast of the Rot-
                                                                                                ten Sardine, the scariest and the stinking pirate ship that
                                                                                                has never sailed the seas. Everyone is afraid of Jolly Ro-
                                                                                                ger and all the military, civil and pirate ships knows his
                                                                                                terrible reputation.
                                                                                                  Although none can talk about it, on the Rotten Sardine
                                                                                                Jolly Roger is not the most frightening one: the true terror
                                                                                                of the seas is the tormented Captain Spit-in-the-eye, so
                                                                                                called because of his spitting upwind. When he is not lo-
                                                                                                cked in his cabin with his eternal headache, he is always
                                                                                                hungry for spoils and boarding. For this reason, also all
                                                                                                the other pirates avoid him. Jolly Roger is clearly proud of

his reputation but, like his crew, he would like to
go on a bender with new friends.
   Finally, he finds a way to disguise himself and
approach other pirate flags and everything goes
smoothly until the captain finds it out. His anger                                                    2                                                                                                                     3

affects all seas giving the order to attack any
ship, vessel, or boat. His so-
litary strategy triggers a bo-
omerang effect because all                                                                                                                 mari. E così avevano fatto anche Barba Nera, Barba Grigia, Barba Aran-
                                                                                                                                           cio, Barba Gianni e tutti gli altri pirati con le barbe colorate, tranne
the military ships and also                                                                                                                Barba Gialla, ma solo perché a quei tempi ancora non esisteva!
                                                                                                                                              E già! Che possa finire i miei giorni a scrostare cozze dalla chiglia
pirate’s ones start the Rot-                                                                                                               della nave, se sto esagerando! Jolly Roger era davvero la Bandiera più
                                                                                                                                           temibile dei sette mari. ARGH! L’orgoglio di Capitan Sputo in un Oc-
ten Sardine pursuit.                                                                                                                       chio e della ciurma della Sardina Marcia.
                                                                                                                                              Ma non sempre essere temuti è un vantaggio. Nemmeno nel crudele
   Once again, Jolly Roger                                                                                                                 mondo dei pirati dove più sei temuto, più le altre navi ti stanno lontano.
                                                                                                                                              Continuando a far paura a questo e far paura a quello, infatti, si ri-
will find a solution to save                                                                                                               schia di rimanere da soli. Così accadde a Jolly Roger!

the ship and the crew too:
when enemies arrive will not
find the Captain Spit-in-the-
eye ship, but the Captain
Yellow Beard one, so called             Per mille trichechi con le pulci di mare! Che tempi da corsari! Quan-

because of the colour of his         do la vedetta di una nave avvistava Jolly Roger con il suo cannocchiale,
                                     sveniva, e al suo comandante non restava che issare bandiera bianca e

beard that is phlegmy yel-           arrendersi. Persino i pesci che nuotavano attorno alla Sardina Marcia
                                     rimanevano raggelati dallo sguardo di Roger e morivano di paura, per

lowish.                              la gioia della ciurma che li pescava senza sforzo e ne faceva scorpacciate.
                                        Jolly Roger a quei tempi era una vera leggenda.
                                                                Con un solo sguardo aveva fatto scappare dieci golette della Marina
                                                             che cercavano di catturare Capitan Sputo in un Occhio.
                                                                E persino le altre navi pirata si tenevano a distanza dalla Sardina Mar-
                                                             cia. Anche quelle di pirati famosi come Long John Silver, che sulla ban-
                                                             diera aveva una stampella di legno al posto di una delle tibie.
                                                                Ebbene dopo che Jolly Roger aveva usato quella stampella come stuz-
                                                             zicadenti, anche Long John Silver aveva preferito far rotta verso altri
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Ale Puro, Dario Campo
                 |            o Già lEGGo tanto E
                                                                                                                   new
As Big As...               vado in BiBliotEca Quasi
                           oGni Giorno ... m a ancHE
24 cm, hardcover, 24 pages. Age: 4 years.
                            così non funZiona .
                               B EH , vEramEntE
                            in BiBliotEca ci vado
                                                                                                 It must be beautiful to
                              ancHE pErcHé spEsso                                              be big. And what can
                                 incontro lEi ...
                                                                                               you do to actually grow
                                                                                               up? What do you need
                                                                                               to be like that? The little
                                                                                               protagonist of this book
                                                                    gives it a lot of thought and finds a place where
                                                                    he can search for...

                                                                                                       m EntrE la lEGGEva
                                                                                                       sono divEntato
                                                                                                      piccolo piccolo
                                                                                                      E Ho provato a
                                                                                                       nascondErmi .

                                                                                                      p oi   Ho sBirciato ...

  Ale Puro lives and works in Italy. At a very young age he stepped into the world of street art and began to experiment with its
possible forms. He attended the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and travels extensively. Several exhibitions have been dedicated to
him since 2012. In 2015 he illustrates Il giardino in tasca (The Tarden in the Pocket) for Espressione Editore.

Lucia Tringali, Roberto Lauciello                                                                                Sold for:
                                                                                 new                              – Russian
A Fantastic Friend                                                             edition
                                                                                                                  – s. Chinese
24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-7 years.
                                                                 Having a friend is the most wonderful thing of all,
                                                               but what could you do when you’re alone against
                                                               the adversities of modern life?
                                                                 It takes a fantastic friend, someone who isn’t
                                                               scared of anything and goes along with you in the
                                                               bad moments of the day: when you go to school,
                                                               or to the doctor, or to the bathroom in the middle
                                                               of the night.

                                                                                                                                    Quando mi s
                                                                                                                                    porto con me
                                                                                                                                            come

 Everyone has one, maybe two.
       And how is yours?
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Erika De Pieri                                                             Sold for:
The unexpected event                                                        – French

21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.   Age: 3 years.

                                              Bear likes to do the same thing all the time:
                                           sleeping, fishing, eating...
                                              having a pee and a poo.
                                              That was all he needed... nothing more!
                                              But an unexpected event can always happen
                                           in life, and what if the unexpected event is a
                                           little penguin, that only needs Bear love? The
                                           crucial thing is not to lose one’s head!

The unexpected event 2 - The Day After
21x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.   Age: 3 years.

                                            It’s great to be together and, after all, what’s
                                          the big deal? It will be easy - thinks Bear - you
                                          only need to get orgaznied! It’ll be nice to play
                                          piggyback or defeat the dragon... Of course,
                                          you’ll also have to cook baby food, clean, ba-
                                          the, cradle, get rid of harmful objects, make
                                          room for games and ... Oh, God!
                                            Is Bear gonna make it? Of course, because
                                          at the end of the day the little rascal will give
                                          him the strength and give him a last little kiss.

       Books to pamper
      yourself with a LOL!

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Davide Predosin, Lucrèce
Operation Cauliflower
17x24 cm, hardcover, 96 pages.                                  From: 7 years.

                                                                                   Casually forgotten during the umpteenth escape of
                                                                                 the grungy circus in which he grew up, the child (or the
                                                                                 boy) with cotton candy hair decided to travel the world
                                                                                 in search of fortune.
                                                                                   Soon, Bored Owl (Gufo Stufo), an owl unsatisfied
                                                                                 with his life and with his hoot, and Minor Tiger, a puppy
                                                                                 tiger, unable to enjoy hunting and laziness between
                                                                                 meals, joined the child with with cotton candy hair.
                                                                                   When they arrived in the Mega-megalopolis, they
                                                                                 meet some street children that bring them to a scien-
                                                                                 tist called Squared Head. The luminary, considering
                                                                                 the talent of the three guys, recruits them to block the
                                                                                 mad plan of the Doc Geoff Lindemberg Lindemberg,
                                                                                 a MTG (Mildly Tall Giant) who wants to destroy all the
                                                                                 cauliflower in the world and bulldoze the globe.

   Our new heroes will therefore extricate themsel-
ves from the kidnapping of Dr. M – who works per-
petually on the shrinking ray for mildly tall giant,
unfinished due to his insane attachment to his
mother – and from the sabotage of the Mega An-
ti-Cauliflower Spray                                                                           – Tigrotto Rotto, anche tu potresti essere motivo di attacchi di
of the Doc Geoff Lin-                                                                     panico collettivi, d’altronde di tigri in città non se n’è mai viste.
                                                                                          Dovrai imparare a camminare eretto e indosserai anche un im-
demberg Lindemberg                                      Capitolo Secondo
                                                                                          permeabile ed un cappello a falde.
                                        In cui il bambino o ragazzo dai capelli di zucchero filato
and of his gang of                                   incontra Annabella Cavaldoro
                                                                                               Quanto a me, Barczf mi porterà sottobraccio e fingerò di essere
mildly tall giant bikers.                                                                 impagliato. Quando avremo un po’ di soldi, magari, comprere-
                                                                                          mo una gabbia. Potrei volare, ma così mi sembra più divertente.
   A picaresque no-
                                                                                               – E noi? –, chiesero gli avvoltoi.
vel, absurd and partly                                                                         – Voi dovrete darvi una sistemata alle piume e pulirvi il becco
wacky,       Cauliflower                                                                  e
                                  Un giorno, all’alba, mentre il bambino o ragazzo dai capelli
                                                                                              poi   potrete muovervi come più preferite. Cercate solo di fare
                               di zucchero filato si riposava su una panchina, come       attenzione
                                                                                                  sempre ai pali della luce, agli autobus e ai camion che, se vo-
Operation is the sur-          lanciando ai passerotti infreddoliti briciole di marshmallow,
                                                                                          late bassi, non perdonano.
                               una bambina o ragazza (anche nel suo caso non si capiva tanto
real and fantastic sto-        bene quanti anni avesse) gli si sedette a fianco.               Poi, dopo aver scrutato i propri compagni di viaggio che conti-
                                  Sul momento, soprattutto a causa del folto vello zuccheroso –
ry of the redemption                                                                      nuavano
                               che al contempo gli riduceva l’udito e il campo visivo – non se ne
                                                                                                        a guardarsi in giro increduli, concluse:
                               accorse e continuò a fischiettare e a pensare confusamente agli
of grungy but willing          affari suoi.
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outcasts. A story that            La nuova arrivata, per attirare la sua attenzione, tossicchiò de-
                               licatamente. Non ottenendo alcun risultato, incominciò a tossire

moves between frien-           sempre più forte, fin quasi a ragliare come un asino. A quel pun-
                               to lui finalmente si girò e la vide.
dship, action, love               La bambina o ragazza gli sembrò avere più o meno la sua stes-
                               sa indefinita e misteriosa età; degli occhi profondi e verdi fissi
and unexpected mi-             sullo stesso passerotto a cui dava da mangiare e una folta chio-
                               ma arancione, raccolta da un elastico in una lunga coda.
raculous properties of            Per quanto ci fosse nel suo volto qualcosa che lo lasciava per-
                               plesso e impaurito, qualcosa che non riuscì subito a definire,
cauliflowers.                                                                                                     12

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Sarah Khoury                                                                       Sold for:
The Elephant’s Dream                                                                – French
                                                                                    – Serbian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.            From: 3 years.                            – Russian

                                                             I dreamed of an elephant.
                                                             He didn’t look like anything special.
                                                             He was big, clumsy and heavy...
                                                           just like an elephant...

                                                             A little girl dreams of an elephant. And
                                                           her elephant has a dream. A dream with
                                                           a fresh breeze scent and sparkling with
                                                           stars.
                                                             A dream that becomes more vivid
                                                           than reality, in which an elephant could
                                                           choose the wings that most fit him and
                                                           finally fly. The author of Ciacio presents
                                                           us an unexpected and engaging good
                                                           night book.

                                                            A book for the sweetest
                                                                 good night.
   Sarah Khoury (1984) graduated in
Painting from Accademia di Belle Arti
(the Academy of Fine Arts) in Venice
in 2008. She currently lives and works
in France. The “orsiglio” (bunny-bear)
Ciacio, a character inspired by her
childhood puppet, is the protagonist of
her works published in Italy: Ciacio e
il mare, Je t’aime, Ciacio al Polo,
Ciacio in Amazzonia, Ciacio in
Campagna, and Ciacio nel bosco, all
published for Lavieri.

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Sarah Khoury
                                                          Ciacio in the Wood
                                                          15x21 cm, softcover, 28 pages.

                                                            Ciacio is a bearbit, half-rabbit and half-bear,
                                                          that comes from the memories of the author’s
                                                          childhood. What’s Ciacio doing in the wood?
                                                          He wants to chase a strange butterfly, but how
                                                          many obstacles he encounters along the way!
                                                          He should spend the night outside, but, luckily,
                                                          new friends show up.

                                                          Titles in “Ciacio Series” are already sold
                                                          for Spanish, Chinese, French, English/India

                                                                 Sold for:            Optioned for:
                                                                  – English / India    – French
                                                                                       – Spanish, Catalan

                                                                                       Ma poi rimango impigliato
                                                                                        tra i rami

                                  La seguo in silenzio,

e trovo un riparo per la notte.

                                                                                                 e altri morbidi, per fortuna!

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Laura Carusino,
                                                                              Erika De pieri
                                                                              Eglefino                       Cha Cha Cha
                                                                              24 cm, hardcover, 32 pages, .
                                                                              Age: 3-5 years.
                                                                                Eglefino is really funny! He has big protru-
                                                                              ding eyes and an unusual crest. He is all co-
                                                                              lored as if buckets of paint had been thrown
                                                                              on him, and his two big pink and green feet
                                                                              make him look even more bizarre!
                                                                                His greatest desire is to be the character of
                                                                              a story, hopefully a famous one! But, first he
                                                                              should discover his talent. This is the only
                                                                              way to understand his place in the world.

                                                                                A book to boost self-esteem in
                                                                              the youngest readers.
                                                                                     Sold for:
                                                                                      – Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galcian

                                                                  ch a
                                                             ch a h a
                                                                c

Si aggiunse l’allocco e poi la civetta.
Eglefino si ritrovò, senza pensarci, a
fare quello che faceva di solito: contare i
passi al ritmo di quei suoni.

                                              – Uno, due...
                                              Sussurrava Eglefino.
                                                                                      – Uno, due –, ribatteva Eglefino.
                                              – Uh Uh Uh!
                                                                                      – Fiu fiu fiu! –, rispondevano all’unisono.
                                              Rispondevano loro.
                                                                                      Sembrava un musica, una canzone al ritmo di un cha cha cha.
                                                                                      Eglefino iniziò a muovere un piede, poi l’altro.
                                                                                      Ora il bacino e poi il sederino.

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Ilaria Cairoli, Alberto Casagrande
                                                             Tram!
                                                             29 cm, hardcover (With Folded pgs). , 48 pages, .
                                                             Age: 5-9 years.

                                                             What do cable cars dream?
                                                               The cable car goes through the city. It is its heart, its
                                                             soul, its movement. Its passing by never goes unnoticed,
                                                             with its rowdy and gentle clank on the streets. It welco-
                                                             mes and carries the most different people, weaving a
                                                             close network of relations.
                                                              A book to shed a new light on the urban geo-
                                                             graphy and people, creating an unusual and sur-
                                                             prising point of view, observing the city through
                                                             and around a cable car.

                                                  Daniela Pareschi
                                                  Ugly Ducklyng
                                                  21x29 cm, hardcover, 44 pages.                                      Age: +5 years.
                                              The fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen still has a lot
                                            to say and Daniela Pareschi, with her perfect merge of clas-
                                            sic taste, personality and irony, deliver us her take on this
                                            tale.
                                              Each illustration ta-
                                            kes us a step further
                                            in the world of self-
                                            acknowledgment, let-
                                            ting us discover the
                                            bravery of the little
                                            egg-armoured explo-
                                            rer, as delicate as the
                                            colours used to depict
                                            him, yet persistent and
                                            determined.
                                              The tail remains
                                           «Buongiorno, come va?», le chiese una vecchia anatra, giunta in quell’i-
                                        stante a farle visita.
                                           «Ho bisogno di più tempo per quest’uovo, che tarda a schiudersi. Ne-

                                            faithful to the original,
                                        anche una crepa sul guscio. Ma i nati sono stupendi. Vieni a vedere. Somi-
                                        gliano al padre, quel farabutto, che non è mai venuto a trovarmi».
                                           «Lasciami vedere – disse la vecchia – potrebbe essere un uovo di tac-

but this version helps to meditate on the self-acceptance, even
                                        china. Una volta accadde anche a me di covarne uno. E per colpa sua i
                                        miei anatroccoli tardarono a entrare in acqua. Che fatica dovetti fare per
                                        convincerli a superare la paura. È proprio un uovo di tacchina. Lascialo

when we feel different from the others. Inner beauty is what makes
                                        stare, dedicati agli altri che devono imparare a nuotare».
                                           «Farò un altro piccolo sforzo», rispose mamma Anatra.

us unique from the rest.

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best sellers

Paolo Cossi, Massimiliano Frezzato                  Optioned for:         Sold for:
The Bewitched Cat                                    – Ukranian            – Russian
                                                                           – Spanish, Catalan
24x21 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.

                                              A cat, a normal cat, actually pretty banged
                                            up and mangy, got bewitched one day.
                                            However he does not complain about this
                                            spell, perhaps he’s in love, he is certainly
                                            captivated by a lovely kitten. Torn by this,
                                            he decides to ask his owner, his little witch,
                                            to become a wizard to be able to learn the
                                            craft, or at least the secret of a true love po-
                                            tion ...
                                              But the little witch, who heals everyone
                                            with her herbs, reveals him there are no love
                                            potions, all it takes is      some courage in
                                            declaring himself to
                                            his beloved.                 Ov er 12.000
                                                                           co pie s so ld
                                           An amazing story,                 in ita ly
enriched by the illustrations of Massimiliano Frezzato.

Massimiliano Frezzato
Little Red Riding Hood
24x18 cm, hardcover, 24 pages.
                                                            Ove r 6.000 copi es
                                                              sold in italy

                                                    The versions of Little Red Riding Hood
                                                  – underlines Frezzato in his brief intro-
                                                  duction – “are over a million, one for each
                                                  mother, and in most cases the moms’
                                                  versions are far less cruel than the bo-
                                                  ok’s one”.
                                                    And in the game of revisitations, as well
                                                  as in its oral narrative game, Little Red Ri-
                                                  ding Hood, stands out more than any other
                                                  modern tales revealing its strength: to be a
                                                  “myth” which constantly renews itself over
                                                  time.
                                                    In this case the author has regenerated
                                                    it – as well as in the pictures – with small
                                                      additions, highlighted in the text by a
                                                       different color, which can be skipped
                                                        if you want to have a more traditional
                                                         version and read them and to read
                                                          them as a game, giving a new level
                                                           of interpretation.

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best sellers

Massimiliano Frezzato                                                        Sold for:
The Unlucky Kitten                                                            – French
24x21 cm, hardcover, 56 pages.       Age: 4-99 years.

                                               Who said that black cats bring
                                             bad luck? And if it was the oppo-
                                             site? But what if the butterflies
                                             were jinxing it?
                                               The young protagonist of this
                                             book may not be able to give us
                                             an answer, but he might have an
                                             idea on how things are.
                                             Let’s follow him then,
                                             through bottles of milk
                                             poured under teetering
                                             ladders, reckless road
                                             crossings and impro-
                                             bable falls. He will un-
                                             derstand that he is not
unlicky, he has only to start his journey in the world with no fears.

Sergio Olivotti                                              Sold for:
The Zooablator                                                – Polish              – Spanish
13x21 cm, softcover, 80 pages. Age: 6-99 years.               – Arabian (UAE)       – Catalan

“Zoablator is the name for any device capable of bidirectional translation from a
human language into an animal one and vice-versa”.

                                           Finally a book about the long history
                                         of instruments that enabled men throu-
                                         ghout centuries to talk with animals, or,
                                         at least, with the most talkative ones.
                                         Now it is so easy to communicate with
                                         our animals! But, maybe, the most important thing is
                                         having the desire to meet each others.

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James Matthew Barrie - Massimiliano Frezzato                                      Sold for:
Peter and Wendy                                                                    – Russian
24x21 cm, hardcover, 168 pages.
                                         Peter Pan does not need to be introduced; not just because,
                                       sooner or later, he passes in front of every child’s windows, but
                                       also for his countless remakes. Yet, like many classics, it is rarely
                                       reread in its original version.
                                         Who does remember what happens to Wendy and the lost
                                       boys after the young Darlings return to London?
                                         Once again Massimiliano Frezzato decided to travel on the
                                       original track, giving a chance to look at James Matthew Barrie’s
                                       genius under a new light, as well as an opportunity for a new
                                       translation, faithful to the text and to the tradition at the same
                                       time.
                                         For every child, once adult, who feels the need to meet him
                                       again.

Collodi’s Pinocchio
Illustrated by Massimiliano Frezzato
24x21 cm, hardcover, 228 pages.

                                       Edition with full text and rich appendix includ-
                                       ing all drawings and works by Frezzato about
                                       Pinocchio (cards, calendar, games, portfolio
                                       and more).

Sold for:
 – Russian

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Massimiliano Frezzato                                     Sold for:           Optioned for:
Sha, the Town                                              – s. Chinese        – Spanish
                                                                               – Catalan
of the Forgotten Things                                                        – Ukranian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.

                                  In the middle of the desert of time lies Sha, the city of for-
                                gotten things.
                                  It is ruled by an old blackbird that takes care of anything co-
                                ming in: keys, toys, old photographs but also words, ghosts,
                                fears, old records and songs: everything is ordered by the
                                Lord of Sha.
                                  Words are evoked; fears and ghosts pampered and nou-
                                rished as well as dreams. Wars also pass through Sha, be-
                                cause even wars are forgotten.
                                  But Sha is renewed every night: the desert becomes a sea
                                and all houses change their arrangement until the moon di-
                                ves into the horizon.

Massimiliano Frezzato                                                         Sold for:
The Flying Boat                                                                – Russian
24x24 cm, hardcover, 52 pages. age: 4-99 years.
                                   Once upon a time there was an
                                 old man tired of remembering. And
                                 a flying boat tired of sailing
                                   Once upon a time there was the
                                 sea tired of dominating.
                                   Once upon a time there was a
                                 child tired of playing.
                                   Once there was a moment when
                                 the old man and the child, for an in-
                                 stant, were again as one.
                                  The Flying Boat is a fairy-tale in which “once upon a time”
                                 become a sort of refrain revealing the magic of the story.

Massimiliano Frezzato The Tree                                            Sold for:
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages. Age: 4-99 years.                            – s. Chinese
                                                                           – Spanish, Catalan
                                  The tree man lives alone and
                                peacefully on a hill. He sees time
                                flowing by at his feet and
                                along with it the endless
                                trivial claims of the kings of
                                mice ...
                                  A short story about pa-
                                tience, war, peace and,
                                above all, on the meaning
                                of freedom.

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Biagio Russo, Daniela Pareschi                                                 Sold for:
Aiaccio                                                                         – Russian
21x28 cm, hardcover, 64 pages.        Age: 5-99 years.
                                Some people say that Gipsy and Angel never existed. That the
                              story of Aiaccio, the clown of Aladdin Circus, is a legend, passed
                              down over circus generations. We don’t care if it’s true or not,
                              what matters to us is to
                              tell this tale.

                              A poetic and poi-
                              gnant tale by Biagio
                              Russo, illustrated by
                              Daniela Pareschi.

Luana Vergari, Simona Ciraolo                                               Sold for:
Mummy Has a Baby in Her Tummy                                                – Spanish, Catalan
24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.       Age: 3-6 years.                            – s. Chinese
                                                                             – Slovenian
                                  Mummy has a baby in her tum-
                                 my...
                                   She says it’s a girl and her na-
                                 me’s Amelia. At first she won’t be able
                                 to walk while I can already go where-
                                 ver I want. Let’s hope Amelia is as nice
                                 as my dog Ugo, who’s really a funny
                                 chap… However, when I think about it,          3 rd E dition
                                                                                 13 years
                                 that does not sound too good…                 in catalogue

Luana Vergari, Francesco Filippini                                          Sold for:
Love On The Head                                                             – French
24x24 cm, hardcover, 28 pages.        Age: 5-99 years.                       – Spanish, Catalan

                                   Pietro has had Love on his head for some time now. He
                                 doesn’t know where it came from and what it’s doing in his
                                 hair, he only knows that one morning he woke up, he looked in
                                 the mirror and saw it…

                                  A story on the pur-
                                 est love!

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                               lishing fresh, and often funny, picture books with
                               original illustrators.

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   not just in metaphorical terms, but from reality. Irony on
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