The first two books of Kitty Crowther’s series for little ones is finally available in Italian: Poka & Mine, the adventures of a father and his daughter through the joys and troubles of daily life. In this episode, Mine wants to play football. "It's a sport for boys", Poka says. "So what?", Mine answers. Then, Poka signs her up in a football team and buys her brand new shoes. But her team mates are quite bully, and Mine becomes very angry...
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The first two books of Kitty Crowther’s series for little ones is finally available in Italian: Poka & Mine, the adventures of a father and his daughter through the joys and troubles of daily life. In the first book, Mine fell down and one of her wings broke. Poka takes her to the doctor. There are two solutions: either to fix the broken wing or to buy a new pair of wings. “I want new wings!” Mine says, and asks her father to take her to the shopping mall… [Text in Italian]

Mr Fermo Sicurini has the task of filing all citizens of the Land of Labels into lists, and issuing certificates to prove their existence. Mrs Evelina, for example, has a certificate of floor sweeper. Mr. Mario is the potato roaster. Lucia, officer for hedgehogs crossing the street. And so on.
One day, twelve children burst in his very tidy office. None of them is labelled yet, and Sicurini sets to work. But he soon realises the task is more difficult than expected...
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An ancient Iranian folklore legend tells that every year Naneh Sarma, who lives in the sky beyond the clouds, awaits the arrival of Norooz. While waiting, she cleans her house, preparing to welcome her handsome husband-to-be. Norooz also dreams of Naneh, but when he finally arrives, on March 21st, he finds her in deep sleep because of the long wait. A story about time and the cycle of seasons gracefully told by the words of Elham Asadi and the monotypes by Sylvie Bello. [Text in Italian]

Fogs and crystal skies, breezes and storms, starry frost and quiet moonlit nights. A meteorological gallery of clear poetic splendor will show you the invisible nothing of the air and how it becomes the theatre of the most fascinating spectacle in the world: the beauty of the changeable and iridescent creation, made of grand phenomena and minimal movement, endless silence and noisy rumbles, slow rhythms and the most rapid of melodies. Similar, in its incessant change, to the emotional states that accompany the stream of life.

After In spiaggia (At the beach) and Al mercato (At the market), we follow our little Eva on a trip to the museum, with her teachers and classmates. She ventures among works of art of all kinds... A fascinating and mysterious universe to be discovered, populated by stranger visitors than the characters in the paintings.
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One day, the forest suddenly bursts with human presence and noise. An amusement park is soon installed. The animals of the forest pop out their lairs to have a look. They see people having fun and feel an irresistible wish to imitate them. When the night comes, they cross gates and fences... How will it end?

One day Mr. Full and Mr. Empty meet. Curious and suspicious, they exchange a few words and stay in silence. Both would like to be seen as they want to appear: one full, one empty. When they try to switch roles, something truly miraculous happens. A deep and wise philosophical story, told through the highest synthesis of signs and words.

Mia is a little magician. How do we know? Because she sees things that don't exist. Or rather, things that exist, but others don't see, like tiny red roosters in love who jump and run. She also knows the wizard of wizards: Ki, who casts strange spells in the woods such as spreading kindness. A story full of enchantment.

After their first edition, which dates back to 1979, these wonderful "chained" fairy tales by Beatrice Solinas Donghi, are back. A collection of compelling, funny, enchanting stories, written by a great protagonist of children's literature from the 20th Century, and illustrated by the amazing drawings by Irene Rinaldi. [Text in Italian]