Rights List 2016

Bologna
Rights List 2016
Children’s Books
MIDDLE GRADERS
4
MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
Davide Morosinotto
The Renowned
Walker & Dawn Mail
Order Catalogue
A group of kids and a wild journey throughout
America. Revolvers, Mississippi steamboats,
gamblers, an unresolved crime and an extraordinary
friendship. An adventure of pure freedom
The band of four set off, Te Trois the brave, determined to live life to the full,
Eddie the shaman, in search of all the answers, Petit who despite being young
can act wise beyond his years when necessary and feisty Julie, who seeks happiness. They could hardly be less alike but their bond of friendship could not
be stronger. They share possession of a mail order catalogue, three dollars to
spend and an enormous desire to explore the world. When the revolver they ordered fails to arrive, but instead they are sent an old watch that doesn’t even
work, without a moment’s hesitation, the foursome set off for Chicago to get it
exchanged. Swept up in a world of freight trains and a Mississippi steamboat,
they must grapple with a dead body in sinking sand, tricksters and professional gamblers, corrupt politicians, baddies who appear to be goodies and goodies
who are nothing of the sort… not to mention the matter of an unresolved crime
and an enormous pile of gold!
THE RENOWNED WALKER & DAWN
MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE
• 328 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: STEFANO MORO,
ANNALISA VENTURA
“This story is bursting with everything that you want to find in
good books: a whirlwind adventure, realistic dialogue and four
unforgettable characters. It will fill you with the desire to head
off to Louisiana and go and join them.”
Pierdomenico Baccalario, author of the Ulysses Moore series
Translation rights handled by
BOOK ON A TREE Ltd.
[email protected]
An incredible adventure with
four characters who could have
been best friends with Tom
Sawyer.
AVIDE MOROSINOTTO was born in 1980 in a little town
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close to Padua, he currently lives in Bologna. He is an
established journalist, videogames translator and author of
science fiction titles and books for children. He has written
over thirty titles. The Renowned Walker & Dawn Mail Order
Catalogue is the very adventure that he would have liked to
have had as a child.
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Viviana Mazza •
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
AGE: +13
MIDDLE GRADERS
Stolen Girls
Chibok, Nigeria, 14 April 2014. In the dead of night,
Boko Haram militants kidnapped more than 200
girls from their school dormitory. The girls were
preparing for their end of year examinations
Along with those kidnapped that night, hundreds of others have also disappeared
without a trace into the depths of the Sambisa Forest. They are the “stolen girls”.
Aside from their families, nobody else knows who they were for certain. To the
rest of the world they represent a faceless number. But each of them had a life,
family, friends and dreams.
Real characters Rebecca, Dorcas, Monica, Hajara, Rifkatu, Ruth, Hauwa: seven
of the stolen girls, only seven of the thousands of lives destroyed in Nigeria that
April, the month of ripe mangos, the hottest of the year.
Then there is fictional Rachel, who represents each and every one of them.
Nobody knows the precise number of young women who have suffered abuse
as a result of the war against freedom, but more important than statistics are
their names, their eyes and their aspirations. The hope is that they will soon return safely home.
Blending facts and fiction, Viviana Mazza e Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani give a voice
to the girls that the world must not forget.
“Bringing the stolen girls back should be everyone's priority.
All children have the right to an education.”
Malala Yousafzai
IVIANA MAZZA was born in Catania in 1978. A journalist for
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the newspaper “Corriere della sera”, she writes for the foreign
news desk about the stories of men and women from Alaska
to Pakistan. She’s been one of the first reporters telling the
story of Malala.
DAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI is a Nigerian novelist, journalist,
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essayist and humorist. Her debut novel, I Do Not Come to You
by Chance, won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for
Best First Book (Africa), a 2010 Betty Trask First Book award,
and was named by the Washington Post as one of the Best
Books of the Year. Nwaubani's writing has been featured in
the New York Times, The Guardian, The New Yorker, among
others. She writes a regular column for the BBC’s ‘Letter from
Africa’ section.
STOLEN GIRLS
• 216 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: PAOLO D'ALTAN
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
Guia Risari
Anne's Door
Who else lived with Anne Frank? What happened
in the hours before her arrest? These questions
will be answered with an in-depth account of the
events and people involved
Amsterdam 4th August 1944. An Austrian low ranking officer belonging to the
SS, Karl Josef Silberbauer, prepares for his day with particular precision. He enjoys wearing his uniform and likes to be perfect. That morning he has a mission to complete. At number 263 Prinsengracht, on the other side of a door of
the premises of a pectin and spices business, eight Jews, amongst them Anne
Frank, are living in hiding. This is the story of their lives, their wait and the courage of an unforgettable heroine and her companions in their secret hiding place.
ANNE'S DOOR
• 176 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: ARIANNA FLORIS
Anne Frank’s story told from an inhedited perspective: through
the eyes of the other people who were with Anna at 263
Prinsengracht Street.
UIA RISARI has published numerous novels and picture
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books in Italy, France and Spain. She is an expert on Jewish
culture.
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Alessandro Gatti
AGE: +11
MIDDLE GRADERS
Ossian & Grace
A thriller for children with a ghost story twist
inspired by both Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar
Allan Poe
Edinburgh, 1881. Having lost his parents and sister Grace in a terrible fire, 14-yearold Ossian is determined to discover if someone has caused their deaths intentionally. When he finds a cracked mirror that belonged to his sister amongst the
ashes, his investigation takes an unexpected turn. Grace appears in the mirror,
speaks to her brother and helps him with his quest to uncover the truth.
A gothic and magic atmosphere.
An investigation on the trails of a
spooky mystery.
LESSANDRO GATTI is one of Italy’s leading children’s
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authors and he teaches Philosophy and Literature at Duke
University in North Carolina. He has published several highly
successful series both with Mondadori and Piemme, including
Sherlock, Lupin and Me, which sold over 100.000 copies in
Italy.
OSSIAN & GRACE
• 180 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: ISABELLA MAZZANTI
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
Pierdomenico Baccalario
The Fifth Suit
From the acclaimed author of Ulysses Moore, a
Dan Brown style novel that successfully combines
adventure, history, intrigue and mystery
It is taken for granted that when it comes to playing cards there are four suits,
but there is an ancient secret connected to a fifth suit with magical powers linked
to the ancient Egyptian symbol of ankh: the suit of Keys. Initially discovered by
the Templars, it’s been kept for a millennium by a few secret guardians including the Pope (perhaps it’s no coincidence that the card of two keys appears on
the Vatican flag).
Gabriele Gritti is just your average teenager, until he discovers that he is the
youngest member of a family of guardians of the Seven of Keys. Someone is
trying to collect all the cards in order to awaken their magical powers. Gabriele
and the other Guardians must try and stop them before it’s too late…
Baccalario wisely weaves history, legend and mystery together
creating a striking adventure and a thrilling manhunt.
THE FIFTH SUIT
• 264 pages
hardcover w/jacket
cover: RUDY FABER
Translation rights handled by
BOOK ON A TREE Ltd.
[email protected]
IERDOMENICO BACCALARIO with over 60 titles published
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and 3.3 million copies sold in 25 countries, he is considered
the most important children’s author of his generation in
Italy. He is the internationally bestselling author of the series
Ulysses Moore.
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C. Deleau
AGE: +11
MIDDLE GRADERS
All for one
A powerful modern retelling of Dumas’s classic
story, in which the Musketeers, Milady and
Richelieu live in twenty-first century Paris
Ipod on full blast, hood pulled down tightly and peddling hard on his charcoal
coloured bike. Seven years after the attack that killed his parents D’Artagnan is
back in Paris with one aim: to become a Musketeer for the King of France just
like his father.
Getting started in the capital waiting for the admission tests is not glamorous –
a job as a delivery boy and a beaten up old sofa as a bed. But the Musketeers
are always ready to look after each other, and Athos, Porthos and Aramis, the
young agents in charge of Princess Constance’s security, honour their motto: “All
for one and one for all!”
But when an attack puts the lives of the Royal Family at risk and the Princess
is mysteriously kidnapped, it falls to D’Artagnan to prove that his veins flow with
the blood of a true Musketeer…
ame of the guard company:Musketeers of the King of France
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Mission: To protect the Royal Family
Uniform: Hoodie, jeans, and sneakers
Specific marks: Brave, proud, loyalty
Motto: All for one, one for all
. DELEAU is a pen name of two authors who write together
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successful books and tv screenplays. They published with
Mondadori La banda delle polpette and Jo Corallina series.
ALL FOR ONE
• 203 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: DANIELE GASPARI
10
MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
Viviana Mazza
Malala.
The Story
82,000
COPIES
SOLD
A novel telling the story of Malala Yousafzai,
the Pakistani girl who has won the Nobel Peace
Prize in 2014
In 2009, at just eleven years old, Malala Yousafzai started to write a diary for BBC
Urdu under a pseudonym. She wrote about her daily life, the violence of the Taleban, and the injustices she and her school companions suffered as young girls.
Then came the direct threats and, in the end, the attack. When she was fifteen,
Malala received a gunshot to the head by a member of the Taliban. Her only crime
was fighting for the right to education for girls. After the episode she moved to
England with her parents. Thanks to her, many young girls are no longer afraid.
Malala's story reaches a wider public of children!
MALALA. THE STORY
• 184 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: PAOLO D'ALTAN
“Every girl in Swat is Malala.
We will educate ourselves.
We will win. They can’t defeat us.”
Classmates of Malala
Rights sold to
BRAZIL (EDIOURO PUBLICAÇOES)
FRANCE (GALLIMARD)
GERMANY (DTV)
JAPAN (KIN-NO-HOSHI)
NEW FIRST
READERS
EDITION FOR +8
“ The writing is clear and effective. The style reminds Malala’s
blog that focuses on the difficulties, the suffering and the
determination to hold on of Malala, a protagonist of her time.
The final impression is that […] this is a reading addressed to
children but recommended also to many grown-ups.”
La Stampa
n extraordinary story told with an immediate and passionate
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voice and the accuracy of the documentary.
brilliant example of the bravery of childood against the
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silence of grown-ups.
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Viviana Mazza
AGE: +11
MIDDLE GRADERS
Nelson Mandela
as a Boy
Once upon a time there was a young boy called
Madiba, a child who became a great man
Among the blue houses of a small South African village, a grandmother starts
to tell the story of a child called Nelson Mandela, who is known in the village as
“the boy who shook trees” because he’s always getting up to mischief. It’s right
here in the village of Qunu that his story began.
To the rhythm of a grandmother’s voice the story of Madiba – the most beloved
man in Africa – comes to life. His roots, his favourite fairy-tales, and the breathtaking games he played in the African countryside.
This book tells us about the childhood and adolescence of Nelson Mandela, South
Africa’s first coloured president, the man who put a stop to apartheid, the activist
who served 27 years in prison for a dream of equality and freedom.
" Viviana Mazza walked Mandela's hills and collected sounds,
flavours and his timeless stories. This book vividly recalls all
this thanks to the richness of the local language which gives a
good pace to the dialogues."
Corriere della sera - La Lettura
" The author creates an authentic and believable narrative
voice [...] with a fluent, clear and evocative language. With
a skillful writing she balances oral legends and historical
documentation offering a captivating and very useful tale to
young readers."
Andersen
IVIANA MAZZA was born in Catania in 1978. A journalist for
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the newspaper “Corriere della sera”, she writes for the foreign
news desk about the stories of men and women from Alaska
to Pakistan. She’s been one of the first reporters telling the
story of Malala.
NELSON MANDELA
AS A BOY
• 192 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: PAOLO D'ALTAN
15,000
COPIES
SOLD
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +10
Miriam Dubini
Grandfather
Christmas
Even Father Christmas has a father, and this is his
story
Grandfather Christmas is a grumpy old man and lives in Turkey high up in the
mountains, with just a little goat for company. He knows nothing about Christmas
and all its traditions, and nothing of his son’s profession. But when he receives
a strange postcard from Lapland, he decides to go and investigate in person.
After a long journey with his faithful little goat, he is greeted with a great big
Christmas surprise!
GRANDFATHER CHRISTMAS
• 120 pages
hardcover w/jacket
cover: GIULIA BRACESCO
IRIAM DUBINI is graduated in semiotics with a
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specialization in fairy tales. She has written and performed
for children’s theatre groups, collaborated with Disney on
their comic magazines, worked with Italy’s leading circus
performers and has published many books for children. She
currently lives in Rome.
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Bianca Chiabrando
AGE: +10
MIDDLE GRADERS
The Case of 3D.
Tales from a Hopeless
Classroom
In the same league as Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy
Kid and Patterson’s Middle School series, a cutting
edge novel that successfully captures the psychology of the classroom!
13-year old Bianca lives in Milan and is in her third year of middle school. One
day she comes across a copy of Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund
Freud in her mum’s bedroom. She reads it and has a brainwave: when she grows
up she wants to be a psychologist! She has the feeling that she’ll have to study
loads, keep notes, delve deep; but there is no need to wait as she already has
everything necessary to put her skills of observation to the test and begin her
career, as a… professional! Her patients are all around her, the very ones who
have brought three quarters of the teaching staff to the verge of a nervous breakdown, make the caretakers despair and are every supply teacher’s nightmare.
Her classmates, the students of 3D.
The rule of 3D: if you’re in this class, you have to be naughty.
THE CASE OF 3D.
TALES FROM A HOPELESS
CLASSROOM
• 216 pages
hardcover
illustrations: BIANCA CHIABRANDO
MORE THAN 8,000
COPIES SOLD
An exciting and hilarious diary that Bianca started writing at 13.
A portrait of today’s teenagers told from a unique perspective,
with the spontaneous and authentic voice of a teenager.
IANCA CHIABRANDO (Milan, 1999) is fifteen. She
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miraculously survived her middle school class, the most
undisciplined ever. Deeply touched by this experience she
decide to be a psychologist. The 3D is her first case.
Rights sold to
GREECE (SUSAETA)
TURKEY (PEGASUS)
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
Mario Desiati
The Sugar Sea
A touching story that tells the drama of thousands
of people who leave their home, facing inhuman
journeys, in the search for a better future
For Ervin the sea is a friend he uses to play with. But when Ervin looks at the
sea he also dreams of leaving Albania to go to Italy, the country where everyone
sings and is happy, as he sees on television. So, when the Vlora, “the sugar ship”,
is hijacked by over twenty thousand Albanians and sets sail for Puglia, on the 7th
August 1991, Ervin leaves, wearing only his swimsuit.
For Luca the sea reminds him of missed games of football on the beach and the
loneliness of holidays at Torre Canne drawing imaginary friends, waiting for his
beloved uncle Antuono. But when Luca looks at the sea he also feels the danger in it…
One look was enough to see in each other’s eyes the same desire for freedom
that lead two boys on an adventure that lasts just one night, an adventure of hand
signals, dust, and stolen doughnuts. As words are not needed to make friends.
THE SUGAR SEA
• 192 pages
hardcover w/jacket
cover: OTTAVIA BRUNO
FULL GERMAN
TRANSLATION
AVAILABLE
“Their eyes […] experience the same mysterious
spark of complicity.
They are two twelve-year-olds on the run.
Ervin is naked, Luca is clothed.
Both are terrified.
They wanted freedom and they took it: and now
what are they going to do with it?”
" As suggested by Ottavia Bruno's wonderful cover illustration
the two main character are divided by a stretch of blue sea
and they mirror each other. [...] The journey on the boat Vlora
through the eyes of a child is the most evocative part of the
book."
Andersen
ARIO DESIATI was born in Puglia, Italy, in 1977.
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After graduating with a Law degree, he began working
for magazines, national daily newspapers, and leading
publishers. He writes numerous essays, poems, and novels.
The Sugar Sea is his first book for younger readers. His works
are published in Germany and the Netherlands.
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Andrea Camilleri
Magic
AGE: +5
MIDDLE GRADERS
40,000
COPIES
SOLD
The first amazing short story for children written
by the great Italian author Andrea Camilleri
Lullina is six years old and likes walking with her grandfather who’s a charming
storyteller. One day Lullina tells him about a strange dream, more awesome than
any fairytales she’s ever heard: a dwarf dressed in yellow reveals her a few magic mysterious words that make people disappear…
Only be careful not to speak these words loudly, otherwise they could really work!
Try if you dare!
“Firiri, borerò, parupazio, stonibò…now I disappear!”
The text is enriched with the vibrant drawings by Giulia Orecchia,
famous for her work on books by Calvino and Grossman.
MAGIC
• 96 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: GIULIA ORECCHIA
A funny story about magic and spells, full of unpredictable
twists with three surprising endings! Wonderful pages which
breathes out the scents, the sunlight and the colours that fill
the air of Sicily.
amilleri’s narrative experimentation is continuous
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and constant. The author range from detective novel […]
to children’s tales thanks to a curiosity that is not only about
literature but is about life.
L’Unità
NDREA CAMILLERI is one of Italy’s most famous
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contemporary writers. The Inspector Montalbano series
has been translated into 32 languages and was adapted for
Italian television, screened in the UK on BBC4.
WHITE
RAVENS
SELECTION
2014
Rights sold to
BRAZIL (RECORD)
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +10
Roberto Piumini
Metamorphoses
Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” as told by one of the
most beloved Italian authors
Two children happen upon a hidden cave covered in wonderful frescoes.
These images unveil ancient legends along with the enchantment of lost words
and the distant past.
Roberto Piumini’s vibrant writing style brings the “Metamorphoses” of Ovid to
the young, through a captivating adventure about the discovery of beauty and
the desire to protect it.
METAMORPHOSES
• 136 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations:
ALESSANDRO SANNA
ROBERTO PIUMINI is considered one of the Italy’s leading
authors for children. Winner of the Italian Andersen prize, he has
published poetry, stories and novels for children and teenagers
(including Lo Stralisco, C’era un bambino profumato di latte,
Il pirata pescatore), widely translated abroad, not to mention
prose and collections of verse for adults.
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Roberto Piumini
AGE: +10
MIDDLE GRADERS
Gods and Heroes
of Olympus
Through the pen of one of the Italian most refined
writers, mythology becomes an adventure
and poetry for all ages
An old aoidos sits down amongst the children to tell a story, and the ancient Greek
myths come to life. The young listeners hold their breath at the story of the powerful arms of Heracles, who strangles the lion’s roar. They are thrilled at the birth
of Apollo, whose wails are mixed with the cries of seagulls, white flying flowers.
They weep when Arachne is transmuted into an insect because she dared to challenge the goddess Athena in the art of weaving. They depart for far-flung, legendary lands with Theseus, fly in the sky with Daedalus and Icarus, tremble with fear
with Perseus before the terrible Medusa. And they embark on the endless journey
of growth accompanied by the eternal and fascinating story of Odysseus.
GODS AND HEROES
OF OLYMPUS
• 176 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: FABIO VISINTIN
“ Playfulness, physicality and verse: the features of this
extremely attractive book for children.”
TuttoLibri - La Stampa
“And the tales come to life in a fantastic atmosphere
enchanting young and grown-up listeners, or even readers.
(…) A clear and simple language yet strongly imaginative
which makes myths jump out the pages as powerful and vivid
characters with their epic accomplishments and their human
feelings.”
Andersen
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +10
Laura Orvieto
Stories of Very
Ancient Children
Have you ever imagined Greek and Roman Gods
when they were children?
A masterpiece enriched with new striking and
original illustrations
“This child is called Hephaestus and also Vulcan, he is really ancient. Anyhow, no
one has ever met him...” This is the opening of these exciting stories, jam-packed
with the adventures of the gods and heroes back when they were kids and got
up to so much mischief.
This is a light-hearted book full of plot twists. Stories full of monsters, captivating
queens, invincible heroes, and, above all, children – brave, mischevious, inquisitive, high-spirited – told in a voice full of zest, irony, and extraordinary knowledge.
STORIES OF VERY
ANCIENT CHILDREN
• 240 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: RITA PETRUCCIOLI
10,000
COPIES
SOLD
AURA ORVIETO (Milan, 1876 - 1953) the author of the
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extraordinary long-seller Stories of World History, who lit up
the Italian and European cultural and pedagogical scene for
over a century.
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AGE: +10
MIDDLE GRADERS
the magnificent 7
A new series straddling the genres of both fiction
and non-fiction: the world told in 7 engaging
stories.
There are 7 wonders of the world, 7 Arts, 7 musical notes, 7 colours of the rainbow: 7 is an almost magical number, unique and special, capable of explaining the
secrets of the world. A work that meets the needs of children’s desire to find out
more and a tool for both parents and teachers.
THE 7 KINGS OF ROME
Roberto Piumini
• 128 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: ALIVE BENIERO
THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
• 120 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: ALIVE BENIERO
The 7 Kings of Rome as 7 characters in their own stories.
The beginnings of the city on the 7 hills
told through 7 kings: Roberto Piumini,
highly regarded in Italy as both a children’s poet and author, accompanies
us on a voyage of discovery through
Ancient Rome.
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
told through 7 timeless stories, retelling the past.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi, a talented
non-fiction writer, brings the ancient
world and its extraordinary masterpieces to life.
7 SEAS IN 7 ADVENTURES by Guido Sgardoli
PAINTERES AND 7 COLOURS by Marta Barone
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Available on June 2016
7 ARTS BY 7 WOMEN
Chiara Carminati
• 128 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: ALIVE BENIERO
7 pioneering women and a new way
of being artists.
7 Arts by 7 women: Chiara Carminati,
the Italian nominee for the International Hans Christian Andersen Prize 2016,
gives voice to 7 artists, first as children,
then as young women, pioneers of their
generation.
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MIDDLE GRADERS
AGE: +11
THE MOST POPULAR ITALIAN
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR WHO SOLD
2,500,000 COPIES OF HER BOOKS
Polixena and Her Pig
Disguised as a boy and with a false identity, Polixena travels around the world looking for her true parents. She joins Lucrezia, the young tumbler, and her group of
acrobatic animals: a Saint Bernard, a bear, two monkeys, a goose and a little pig.
“ The author’s talent lays in very apt descriptions with a
distinctive choice of words in a dynamic and humorous style.”
White Ravens
POLIXENA AND HER PIG
• 360 pages
paperback
illustrations: QUENTIN BLAKE
A SELECTION
OF TITLES:
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BRAZIL (BERLENDIS & VERTECCHIA)
CHINA (TOMORROW)
FRANCE (L’ECOLE DES LOISIRS)
JAPAN (TOKUMA SHOTEN)
RUSSIA (SAMOKAT)
SERBIA (ODISEJA PUBLISHING)
LISTEN TO MY HEART
DIANA, CUPID AND
THE GRANDPA
Rights sold to
CHINA (QINGDAO)
Rights sold to
GERMANY
(BERTELSMANN)
RUSSIA (SAMOKAT)
JAPAN
(IWANAMI SHOTEN)
RUSSIA (SAMOKAT)
SERBIA
(ODISEJA PUBLISHING)
TORNATRAS
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AGE: +9
MIDDLE GRADERS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014
ANDERSEN AWARD
The House on the Tree
All children dream of having a secret house where to live on their own, far from rules
and duties. But not all of them are as lucky as Aglaia, who lives on the top of an extraordinary tree together with Bianca, an older friend with an incredible imagination.
“ What she loves is telling stories. And that's why kids love
Bianca Pitzorno.”
Corriere della Sera
A SELECTION
OF TITLES:
THE HOUSE ON THE TREE
• 95 pages
paperback
illustrations: QUENTIN BLAKE
Rights sold to
JAPAN (CHOBUNSHA)
RUSSIA (ATTICUS)
SPAIN (ANAYA)
TURKEY (GUNISIGI KITAPLIGI)
THE LIVING DOLL
A SCHOOL FOR LAVINIA
THE ALCHIMIST’S DOLL
TURKEY (GUNISIGI KITAPLIGI)
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MIDDLE GRADERS
From Italo Calvino’s Italian Fairy-tales, a new
collection of texts selected by the author featuring
wonderful illustrations
illustrations:
ALICIA BALADAN
illustrations:
GIOVANNI MANNA
illustrations:
FABIAN NEGRIN
illustrations:
DESIDERIA
GUICCIARDINI
TALES OF HORSEBACK
• 96 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: GIANLUCA FOLÌ
illustrations:
GIULIA ORECCHIA
illustrations:
PIA VALENTINIS
illustrations:
GAIA STELLA
illustrations:
BARBARA
NASCIMBENI
Rights sold to
TURKEY (YAPI KREDI)
ROMANIA (CORINT)
illustrations:
IRENE RINALDI
illustrations:
GIULIA TOMAI
TALES OF LITTLE GIRLS
• 96 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: MARIACHIARA
DI GIORGIO
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MIDDLE GRADERS
For the first time in illustrated edition, the fantastic
novels and short stories by one of the twentieth
century’s leading writers
THE PATH TO THE SPIDERS’
NESTS • 240 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: GIANNI DE CONNO
THE ANGRY
DRAWINGS • 96 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: GIULIA ORECCHIA
THE DRAGON, THE BUTTERFLIES
AND OTHER STORIES • 96 pages
hardcover w/jacket
illustrations: FABIAN NEGRIN
The little Pin reaches his secret place,
hidden in the woods, where spider’s
nests grow and where he can forget
about his loneliness and the violence
of war. But soon the partisan battles
involve him in a much tougher reality
than his games.
This surprising story, published for the
first time in 1977, is back resplendent
with the vibrant illustrations of Giulia
Orecchia.
Conceived in 1977 for the models
by the artist Toti Scialoja, these three
theatrical tales are published together
for the first time, illustrated by the elegant plates of Fabian Negrin.
AGE: +13
he powerful Calvino’s
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debut novel enriched with
drawings by the great artist
Gianni De Conno.
AGE: +5
“A fantastic series
of characters, landscapes
and events.”
Roberto Denti, La Stampa
AGE: +8
“ The colours are a cheerful
accompaniment to the expert
lightness of Calvino’s hand.”
Corriere della Sera
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AGE: +11
Arianna Leoni
The girls
of the Rose
A group of friends. A magic ring. Careful what you
wish for: it might just come true!
Thirteen year old Alice desperately wants her mum to let her go to school by herself and not lose her best friends when they go to high school…
Each girl in the group has a secret desire: Selene wants to perform in the school
musical, Daria to get into the dance academy, Roberta to be appreciated for who
she is, Milena to become captain of the volleyball team and kiss the boy she fancies.
When Alice’s granny, owner of a bookshop cafe, finds the magic rings of the
Rose at a flea market, that when worn by a group of friends have the power to
make their dreams come true, the lives of the five friends could really change…
THE GIRLS OF THE ROSE
• 210 pages
paperback
Carlotta Fiore
The Not-so-serious
Diary of a Desperate
Teenager
Being fourteen time flies, if you know how to!
Nicoletta is fourteen years old and is terrified at the idea of starting high school.
In junior high she was the superstar of the school, whereas now she has to start
everything all over again. But everything becomes easier to deal with when she
meets her new desk partner: a rare example of the gorgeous-guy species. She
absolutely has to move quickly before the intolerable flirty Francesca snares him!
But Nico lacks experience in the field of love, so she starts a blog where she asks
advice from the internet community. This can only mean disaster... or go the right way!
THE NOT-SO-SERIOUS DIARY
OF A DESPERATE TEENAGER
• 176 pages
paperback
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Fabio Geda • Marco Magnone
Berlin
The fires of Tegel
From the author of In the Sea There are Crocodiles,
an epic series that courageously launches children
into a world to face the mysteries of life and death
by themselves
1978: The Berlin Wall looms over a Berlin in ruins, without electricity or heating, all
the houses have been repeatedly ransacked for every item that could aid survival, wild animals scavenge the streets and mother-nature is reclaiming Berlin with
grass and roots ripping through the tarmac and cement. Only those under eighteen have managed to survive the mysterious illness that has wiped out all adults.
ON FABIO GEDA'S PREVIOUS BOOKS:
1. B ERLIN
• 200 pages
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“ [A]n authentic, open and marvelous voice of youthful
exuberance.”
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“ ‘Geda’s voice combines the plucky survivor’s determination
of his charge with moments of pathos […It] will raise tears of
sorrow and joy.”
The Independent
ABIO GEDA (Turin, 1972), an Italian novelist who works with
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children in difficulties. He writes for several Italian magazines and
newspapers, and teaches creative writing in the most famous
Italian school of storytelling (Scuola Holden, in Turin). In the Sea
There Are Crocodiles published in 2010 has been a worldwide
success, translated in over thirty countries.
ARCO MAGNONE (Asti, 1981), he has worked as a free lance
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editor and then as a teacher at IED (European Institute of
Design). He is the author of graphic novels and travel diaries
such as Bim Bum Berlin, a docufiction on the German capital,
where he has lived between 2005 and 2006.
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AGE: +10
SERIES
Berlin
Dawn in Alexanderplatz
Mother Nature is reclaiming Berlin. A mysterious
and deadly creature is prowling the desolate streets.
The second title in the breathtaking series from
Fabio Geda and Marco Magnone.
When the city was still a city, each morning the inhabitants of West and East Berlin woke up divided by the long and impenetrable Wall. When the city was still a
city, Timo and Jakob and Christa could never have imagined a future where they
would be forced to face a world without adults, in an unrecognizable and dangerous Berlin. A city where in order to survive, its inhabitants have split up groups:
Gropiusstadt, Havel, Reichstag, Tegel, Zoo. Despite the battles and rivalry, everyone has something in common: a virus that will kill them at the end of their adolescence, as if growing up is a death sentence. The virus isn’t the only danger.
There is a mysterious creature lurking around the streets, tearing up and killing
animals and children, and then disappearing without a trace, as though invisible. Only by forming allegiances is it possible to discover its identity and protect
themselves. But in a Berlin that is no longer Berlin, is it better to face the threat
by yourself or by joining forces with your enemy?
2. B ERLIN
• 200 pages
hardcover w/jacket
“He thought that mankind in the face of danger becomes
selfish. A selfishness akin to wood stoking a fire. And in the
end, fire will destroy everything.”
mix between the Lord of the Flies, and Peter Pan in the
“A
original setting of Berlin before the fall of the wall.” Bostonian
Library
The publishing plan is inspired by the format used for television
series: six books each with 200 pages followed by a special
double-length conclusive title.
Book 3: AUTUMN 2016
Book 4: SPRING 2017
Book 5: AUTUMN 2017
Book 6: SPRING 2018
Book 7: AUTUMN 2018
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AGE: +11
Licia Troisi
Pandora
Samael's Awakening
The second episode of the engrossing saga by
Licia Troisi, where fantasy blends with dark themes
After they’ve met on the night of Halloween nothing has been the same. Pam and
Sam destinies are now fatally interweaved by an ancient and mysterious ritual.
Pam, the girl who nobody can see and Sam, the guy with the power to kill just
with the touch of his finger, give chase to the demon which is bumping off children in Rome and who’s now reincarnated in a absolutely above suspicion person. Pam and Sam don’t know that they’ve been enlisted in an epic battle. Telling
the difference between friends and enemies is getting more and more difficult…
1. PANDORA
• 350 pages
ANDORA - SAMAEL'S AWAKENING
P
• 350 pages
hardcover w/jacket
cover: ANTONIO DE LUCA
What is inside Pandora’s box is a mystery.
Opening it could trigger unpredictable consequences...
An author translated in 18 COUNTRIES
2 MILLION copies sold in Italy
3,5 MILLION copies sold all over the world
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he highly-anticipated new saga from the Italian queen of
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fantasy is destined to follow her extraordinary success.
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ICIA TROISI (1981) is the best-selling Italian fantasy writer.
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She’s graduated in astrophysics, and a phd student at the
Second University of Rome Tor Vergata. With her most
successful work, the Overworld saga, she becomes an icon
for YA audience and has been named by the international
press the “Italian queen of fantasy”.
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AGE: +9
Guido Sgardoli
The Robinson Twins
From the multi award winning author of “Frozen
Boy” and “The Day of Heroes”, an entertaining new
adventure series inspired by Robinson Crusoe.
Translation rights handled by
BOOK ON A TREE Ltd.
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MYSTERY ISLAND
• 200 pages
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TREASURE HUNT
• 200 pages
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cover: CARMINE PUCCI
Nelly and Dj are twins but with nothing in
common. They are eleven-years-old when
they become shipwrecked on a deserted
island. But is it really deserted? Judging by
the footprints, the burning embers and the
broken branches it appears that they aren’t
exactly alone…
Robinson Island isn’t deserted: for a long
time the island has also been home to a
mysterious man who has chosen a wild life
and lives in a treehouse. Together with him,
Nelly and Dj attempt to discover a treasure
from the past.
UIDO SGARDOLI (1965) lives and works in Treviso. He is a
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vet and one of the most acclaimed Italian authors for children.
His books have been translated in several countries.
SERIES
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SERIES
AGE: +11
Alessandro Gatti • Mark Menozzi
The Three Islands.
Albion
A fantastic and historical reinterpretation
of the British archipelago for a new breathtaking
series
At Stormwall Academy of Magicians young Ysall is studying to become the first
female Wizard in the school’s history. Life is not easy for her, a girl among so
many male Apprentice Wizards, even more so when she discovers that she has
a unique and extraordinary power: the ability to control the only natural element
deemed uncontrollable by men, fire.
Meanwhile Stormwall’s prophet Ansel, who has been living for over fifty years
as a hermit in the Horn Tower, has foreseen that Ysall has a special destiny; so
when one day he reappears in the school’s corridors, everyone thinks that he has
come back because of her.
Nobody suspects that the motive for Ansel’s return is connected to a terrible
prophecy: the future of Caledonya is in danger, threatened by Albion’s dark plans,
and within Stormwall’s walls somebody is plotting to sabotage the magic that has
ensured peace for centuries.
2. ALBION
• 270 pages
hardcover w/jacket
Cover illustration: LUIGI AIMÈ
3. EYRE
Available from March 2016
1. CALEDONYA
• 264 pages
cotland and England are separated by a rough stretch of
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water and are fighting a war against each other. Magic versus
trade and wealth: which is the most powerful?
ALESSANDRO GATTI studied philosophy at Turin and now
teaches aesthetics and philosophy of literature at Duke
University, in North Carolina. He has written more than 70 books
for children including the international hit, Sherlock, Lupin and
Me.
MARK MENOZZI was born in a little town between Piedmont and
Liguria where he works as a plumber. Every Friday evening, for
seventeen years, a group of friends gather at his house to hear
and tell magical stories. His previous work includes The King. The
Black King (Fazi 2010).
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AGE: +9
Elena Kedros
SERIES
Robin’s Revenge
After The Legend of Robin, here is the third episode
of the story never told before: Robin Hood is a girl!
When almost all the people in the clan suddenly fall ill, Robin gets the guilt, as she
had welcomed a weird sick pilgrim the night before. She is also made to believe
that Robert is dead because of the poisoning, so she runs away, desperate, and
walks for days till she gets to Newcastle. Here she gets to know shy and mysterious Lucy. One night Robert finds her out, and to mutual relief they seal the unexpected meeting with a kiss. Soon they discover that Lucy is the daughter of evil
Count Nickolaus, the one who ruled the poisoning to get rid of the clan. Nickolaus
is ready to fight for his politics, as much as Robin and Robert are for their friends!
1. THE LEGEND
OF ROBIN
• 260 pages
2. ROBIN'S
CHOICE
• 270 pages
1
2
Robin is a generous outlaw who robs
the rich to give to the poor.
Robin moves as fast as a burning
arrow in the dark wood.
Robin is lively, loyal and an excellent archer.
Robin and the Merry Men are known
all over the land.
Robin is a legend, but most of all…
ROBIN IS A GIRL!
new fast-paced and thrilling project by Elena
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Kedros whose previous series, OLYMPUS GIRLS,
has sold 140.000 copies in Italy and has been
translated in over 12 languages!
3. ROBIN’S REVENGE
• 270 pages
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illustrations: SARA SPANO
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perfect read for both boys and girls who like
A
timeless adventure and the endless twist and
turns of fight and love.
POLAND (AKAPIT)
SERBIA (VULKAN)
TURKEY (DOGAN EGMONT)
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AGE: +12
Mathilde Bonetti
White Star
Can the girl who talks with horses cope with the
emotions of a foal being born?
Whilst Crys is preparing for the end of year gala, her heart is being torn in two:
half of her is dedicated to Stefan, her gorgeous boyfriend who is as untamable as
a wild horse and the other half to Stella Bianca’s foal who her parents are keen
to sell. Is there a way for Crys to keep the whole of her heart happy?
1. SURPRISE HORSE
• 168 pages
2. THE HORSE
WHISPERER GIRL
• 160 pages
3. THE SEASON
OF LOVE
• 160 pages
6. THE GRAND FINAL SHOW
• 160 pages
paperback w/ flaps
illustrations: JEAN CLAUDIO VINCI
1
2
4
5
4. BLUE FLAME
• 160 pages
5. COLTS, KISSES,
JEALOUSIES
• 160 pages
n engaging and funny SERIES not only about horses but also
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about friendship, nature, growing up and sport for all animal
lovers.
Tuscany is the charming Italian setting.
series packed with all the less known riding tips and many
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curiosities on horsey care.
t the end of the book the “horse vocabulary” to understand
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horses’ language and behaviour.
ATHILDE BONETTI was born in Milan (1971). She is passionate
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about animals as well as being an expert horsewoman. For
Piemme and Mondadori she has written numerous successful
series and titles for girls in the 6-9 age-range.
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Licia Troisi
SERIES
420,000
Dragon Girl
COPIES
SOLD
A sparkling saga from the most beloved Italian
fantasy author
Sofia knows that nobody adopts a thirteen-year-old. Life in the orphanage is
dreary and monotonous, until one day an anthropology professor adopts her and
takes her away. He reveals to her that the mole on her forehead is a sign that in
her dwells the spirit of the dragon Thuban. Three thousand years ago this powerful creature defeated Nidhoggr, the treacherous wyvern who sought to destroy the Tree of the World and alter the balance of Nature forever. Thuban imprisoned him in the bowls of the Earth, but the seal holding him in has grown
weak with time. Feeding on men’s rage and stupidity, and making use of ferocious emissaries, Nidhoggr is on the verge of returning. It’s up to Sofia and the
other chosen ones to stop him in the final battle. Sofia, the girl with the dragon
spirit, must believe in her gift.
OMNIBUS EDITION
• FIRST TRILOGY
• 832 pages
OMNIBUS EDITION
• SECOND TRILOGY
• 720 pages
trade paperback with flaps
cover: PAOLO BARBIERI
1. THUBAN’S HERITAGE
hardcover w/jacket
• 352 pages
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2. I DHUNN’S TREE
• 248pages
3. ALDIBAH’S
HOURGLASS
• 264 pages
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HUNGARY
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SPAIN - CASTILIAN (RBA)
4. KUMA’S TWINS
• 304 pages
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TURKEY (DOGAN EGMONT)
5. THE LAST BATTLE
• 444 pages
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AGE: +11
Miriam Dubini
Aria
A series for sturdy and romantic girls, with their
feet on pedals and their heart in the clouds
There is a place where unreceived letters, lost presents, and unsaid words end
up. There are eyes that can read the wind and hearts that can fly. “What rubbish!” Greta would immediately declare. Thirteen years old with a racing bike on
hand to speed off on as soon as anyone starts talking about love. Like her classmate Lucia, who seems to think of nothing else, or Emma, who knows everything
about. Greta does not believe in love... that is until she meets Anselmo. Seventeen years old, as beautiful as an angel, as mysterious as the packages he delivers around Rome on his bike. To discover his secret, the three girls land at a
do-it-yourself bike repair centre where miraculous things happen. Here they discover that Anselmo can read the future. Written in the wind with weaves of light.
But when his eyes meet Greta’s, everything disappears. In the darkness of the
greatest mystery that is love.
3. THE DANCE
OF FALLING STARS
• 198 pages
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cover: ANDREA PARISI
1. M ESSAGE FOR ME
• 195 pages
cover:
CINTIA GONZALVEZ
2. THE FLIGHT
OF THE SWALLOW
• 208 pages
cover:
ANDREA PARISI
1
2
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“ In ARIA you can find all could happen in a girl’s life”
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FIRST READERS
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JUNIOR
+3
FIRST READERS
Wonderful stories for a PRE-SCHOOL target
written by a selection of the most important Italian
authors and illustrators for children
DA UN ALTRO PIANETA?
VIAGGIA SU UN’ASTRONAVE
O LO PORTA LA CICOGNA?
E COME TROVERÀ LA STRADA DI CASA?
EMANUELE NAVA
CHILDREN HAVE
WINGS
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GUICCIARDINI
j 6,50
A. MORUCCI
A. MACCHETTO
BRAVO BIMBÙ
ill: ANDREA MORUCCI
MI LEGGI UNA STORIA?
All’interno, testo in stampatello
maiuscolo per facilitare
le prime esperienze
di lettura autonoma
del bambino.
DAI 3 ANNI DI ETÀ
PULCINO, PESCIOLINO, FRATELLINO!
AGOSTINO TRAINI
FIVE
MATTEO RASCALS
SA CHE PRESTO
AND A
ARRIVERÀ
UNMAGIC
FRATELLINO. POT
ill:
TRAINI
GIÀ,AGOSTINO
MA DA DOVE ARRIVA?
SILVIA VECCHINI
SILVIA SOMMARIVA
I DON’T WANT ANY
VEGETABLES!
ill: CARLA MANEA
Silvia Vecchini
Agostino Traini
LITTLE CHICK, LITTLE FISH,
BABY BROTHER
• 48 pages
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illustrations: SUALZO
FIVE LITTLE RASCALS
• 48 pages
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illustrations: AGOSTINO TRAINI
When a little brother is on the way…
it’s better to get ready!
SIMONE FRASCA
THE FOREST SCHOOL 4
A VERY SPECIAL
FAIRGROUND
ill: SIMONE FRASCA
SILVIA SOMMARIVA
MY CHOCOLATE
FRIEND
ill: FRANCESCA
ASSIRELLI
Mum and dad tell Lucia she’ll have a
little brother. But where does he come
from? From another planet? How does
he could manage to get home? And
how will he look? And most of all, she
wants to play with him, can he arrive
straight away ?
The fun and freedom of playing with
imagination
The five inseparable friends are always
looking for adventures. After having met
a magic pot, a wizard and a sea dragon and rambling through the fairy tales,
fun and surpise are not over!
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FIRST READERS
AGE: +6
FIRST READERS
NEW GRAPHIC
LAYOUT!
+6
A collection which guides young readers in the
pleasure of reading, through simple text and bright
illustrations
ANNA SARFATTI
RHYMES, RULES
AND FROGS
ill: S IMONE FRASCA
ENZA EMIRA FESTA
THE CROCODILE’S
TERRIBLE QUARREL
WITH HIS OWN
TOOTHBRUSH
ill: ALFREDO BELLI
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Annalisa Strada
Miriam Dubini
I WANT TO SEE CLEARLY
• 48 pages
paperback
illustrations: G
IULIA BRACESCO
I DON'T LIKE READING
• 48 pages
paperback
illustrations: F
RANCESCA CARABELLI
How to get over the stigma of glasses with a giggle.
A first step to enjoy the adventure
of reading
It’s the Opening of the Opera season
and Vinicio wants to go and cheer on
his dad, who will be performing. Along
the way to the theatre the little boy will
bump into enormous green monsters,
walk along piano keys and see candyfloss clouds… Is it possible that the excitement of going to see his dad has
sent him loopy?
Books - what a bore! After sitting still
for a while, your legs beocme numb and
your eyes burn. But Anna the teahcer says that when you find the perfect
book you never get bored and that people are lost without books. What an exaggeration! You can do lots of things
withour books! But maybe you will miss
a lot of wonderful adventure.
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PIETRO TOMATO
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ALBERTO MELIS
LIES, LIONS AND
TWO-HEADED
DRAGONS
ill: ALFREDO BELLI
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AGE: +7
+7
JUNIOR
FIRST READERS
NEW GRAPHIC
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Junior +7 appeals to those who are already
reading with confidence
SILVIA VECCHINI
ISABELLA & CO
THE MISTERY OF
THE MUTANT FISH
ill: SUALZO
MIRIAM DUBINI
I DON’T LIKE
WRITING
ill: F RANCESCA
CARABELLI
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VIVIAN LAMARQUE
THE LITTLE GIRL
ON TIPTOES
ill: MANUELA SANTINI
STEFANIA LEPERA
3 DETECTIVES AND
2 MATH-MYSTERIES
ill: F RANCESCA
CARABELLI
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LIA LEVI
THE MAGIC RUBBER
ill: DANIELA VILLA
Mario Desiati
Silvia Vecchini
WITH WINGS ON YOUR FEET
• 96 pages
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illustrations: LINDA CAVALLINI
CHIARA ZULIANI
BOYS AGAINST GIRLS
• 128 pages
paperback
illustrations: SUALZO
Will rivalry or team spirit prevail?
Lucia is sat on the sideline benches transfixed by the sight of her dad
training twenty rough teenage boys.
She would love to slip on some football boots instead of the same old ballet
shoes! She would send a great pass to
that talented striker Tonio! If only they
could find a way to stop fighting…
A smart story to introduct the topics
of prejudice and gender difference.
Zoe’s mother drives a truck, her grandfather threads pearls, and she is a fan
of Star Wars! Since Zoe started at
his school, Giovanni’s world has been
turned upside down. He no longer understands which things are for girls and
which are for boys. And yet, the rules are
straightforward: a boy should never do
girls’ things, talk to girls or share things
with them, and the same goes for girls!
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Junior +9 have been created for advanced readers
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pina Varrale
HOW TO SET UP
AN EXPLORER CLUB
• 120 pages
paperback
illustrations: IVAN BIGARELLA
YUSUF IS MY BROTHER
• 108 pages
paperback
illustrations: ILARIA URBINATI
A true story told by a mother and son
about growing up and adventure.
A funny story about prejudice, immigration and integration between
children.
Pierdo is fascinated by documentaries
about explorers and dreams of following
in their footsteps: living adventurously in
the outdoors, challenging himself against
the wilderness. You do not need much to
get things going: a few mates, a shared
passion, a secret base and a good name:
Explorer Club. The autobiographical account of the childhood of one of the most
successful Italian writers for children.
When the teacher suggests to the class
to publish a newspaper, straightaway
the project is a great success! This is
largely thanks to the daring comic strips
created by Yusuf, the Syrian boy who
has found asylum in Italy. But Yusuf’s
journey towards freedom hasn’t ended
yet: not everyone is happy to have him
on the editorial team.
MARIA TOFFETTI
A PUPPY TO
RESCUE
ill: : F EDRICO
BERTOLUCCI
DANIELA MORELLI
THE BOY
FROM ITHACA
ill: PAOLO D'ALTAN
CAROLINA CAPRIA
ALMOST
BROTHERS
ill: ALFREDO BELLI
MIRIAM DUBINI
THE RECYCLING
UNCLE
ill: ELENA PRETTE
GUIIA RISARI
DECAMERINO
ill: E LISA MACELLARI
MARIO SALA GALLINI
THE GUARDIANS
OF THE LIGHT
ill: LAURA ZANNONI
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Tania Cagnotto
The Penguin Who
Didn’t Want to Dive
An endearing story about overcoming the fear of
water and exploring the magic of learning to fly.
In the Land of Ice, amidst the endless blinding white snow and the freezing blue
sea, millions of penguins have made their home. Among them, there is a particularly special chick going by the name of Pino.
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THE PENGUIN WHO DIDN’T WANT
TO DIVE
• 32 pages
hardcover
illustrations: GIOVANNI MANNA
Pino adores sliding, huddling up tightly and enjoying the warmth of the other
penguins, but unlike all his friends, he refuses to swim, he just doesn’t like the
idea of entering the water. Pino dreams of flying, flapping his wings and taking
flight: after all, he is a bird!
On the day of the Big Dive off the cliffs he believes his moment to fly has arrived. He breathes deeply, takes a run up, starts to flap his wings and… his attempt to fly turns into the most marvelous acrobatic dive. Diving really isn’t that
bad and it feels just like flying!
Available from June 2016
The first children’s book from
the world champion diver, Tania
Cagnotto, one of the most famous and loved Italian sporting
figures.
ANIA CAGNOTTO. 30 years old, daughter of an Olympic
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medal winning diver, she’s the current world champion in the
field of the 1 metre springboard dive and winner of the most
medals in the history of the European Championships (25, of
which 17 are gold). Rio de Janeiro will be her next Olympic
challenge and she is likely to be chosen for the role of flag
bearer for Italy at the opening ceremony.
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NON FICTION
AGE: +11
Massimo Picozzi
The handbook of the
scientist investigator
The most important Italian criminologist reveals all
the secrets of the today’s Sherlock Holmes.
All the precious secrets about science at the service of the modern investigation. In other words, when we need toxicology, entomology, odontology, genetic biology, botanic, chemistry, ballistics, information technology and psychology
to solve a case.
The most popular and curious cases and plenty of experiments to train yourself
to become a real detective of the future!
THE HANDBOOK OF THE
SCIENTIST INVESTIGATOR
• 208 pages
hardcover
illustrations: FRANCO PORTINARI
ASSIMO PICOZZI born in Milano, is the most renowned
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Italian criminologist. He has worked on most of the toughest
crime investigations in the recent past in Italy and as an
author he has cowritten many bestselling crime stories and
non fiction books with established authors such as Carlo
Lucarelli and Andrea Vitali. This is his first book for children.
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Elena Gatti
AGE: +9
NON FICTION
I Want to Be
a Scientist
What kind of scientist are you?
Archeologist or vulcanist? Aerospace engineer or botanist? Ethologist or climatologist? More than 20 scientific subjects which could be your future job! A book
which reveal all the tricks, the curiosities, the standard working day of the most
incredible scientific professions.
I WANT TO BE A SCIENTIST
• 96 pages
hardcover
LENA GATTI graduated in Natural Science, has volunteered
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for naturalistic projects, and has worked in the field of
environmental education for children.
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NON FICTION
AGE: +11
Francesco Orsenigo
The History
of Food
A book tracking the history of food through the
ages, from prehistoric dishes to those of the future
What did prehistoric men eat? What tickled the taste buds of the Greeks and
the Romans? Did you know that the discovery of America also led to the discovery of new ingredients that form part of our modern daily diet, such as potatoes and tomatoes?
There is also an insight into what people eat nowadays around the world, the
most disgusting food ever, ‘made up’ dishes and what could appear on restaurant menus in the future.
THE HISTORY OF FOOD
• 200 pages
trade paperback with flaps
illustrations: FEDERICO MARIANI
Unknown ingredients, weird dishes, cooking curiosities
through times and all around the world!
RANCESCO ORSENIGO is a journalist, he writes about
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technology, tourism, sport, economy but also about nutrition,
habits and customs of people. His friends call him a “knowall” but in the end they always listen to his stories.
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