What happens at home, when the whole family goes on vacation? The key turns in the lock and a prodigiuos transformation starts. All of a sudden, the deserted and silent space becomes crowded with a whole bunch of characters: who are they? Where are they from? What are they doing? The images of this book will solve the enigma. Thanks to these illustrations, the reader discovers that even the most familiar places can hide secrets and can become the theatre of marvellous events. [Text in Italian]

Hands are for cheering and for caressing. Hands can be happy or thoughtful. Hands can dance and can cook. Hands are meant for playing, working, stealing, even doing nothing at all. Hands are animated by a subterranean flow of life: they have desires, feelings, and their own peculiar enthusiasm, as well as people do. Hands are beautiful and mysterious. And they talk about us, revealing who we are, how we feel, what we think.
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An ancient, folkloric version of a famous fable: Little Red Riding Hood. A version preceding Charles Perrault. In our story, the little girl saves herself from the evilish hunger of the wolf, thanks to a clever trick. No God-sent hunter to solve the situation: the little girl succeeds in escaping the evil, counting only on her fear and cleverness. A declaration of trust in kids, and in their inexhaustible resources of intelligence, ingenuity and courage. [Text in Italian]

Every hour, a thousand tons of plastic are poured into the ocean. It's time to do something! Ana Pego, biologist and author, called this species Plasticus maritimus. Through her guide, we'll be able to analyse the specimens, implement a strategy to reduce it, contribute saving the planet and become more aware of environmental issues. [Text in Italian]

This story, first published in France in 2002, was inspired by Gianni Rodari Giacomo di Cristallo. Gisèle is so transparent that all her thoughts are visible to anyone. She doesn't end up in jail, like Giacomo, but she's marginalised and forced to travel the world in search of a house. La bambina di vetro, Beatrice Alemagna says, is not about "how powerful the truth is, but about self-confidence and courage". [Text in Italian]

Night has come. Everybody's sleeping, even animals do. Or so it seems. Some lights are still on and this quiet summer night bustles with people, cats, owls, dogs and tiny details. Someone's reading at the library, someone's at the park, someone's pitching a tent, someone has stolen Susanne's hat, someone has forgotten to switch their bike-light on, and someone's flying away. After her wonderful Wimmelbuch series, Susanne Berner portrays a night sequence in the same town, showing a secret, dark, precious world. [Text in Italian]

Those were hard times. The war had started. Germany had invaded Poland. Soon after, Lithuania had been occupied by the Soviet Union. Most of the Lithuanians were considered enemies of the S.U. since they had not celebrated their arrival. And enemies should be gotten rid of. They started deportations. They took people out their homes and sent them in the farthest, harsh lands of Siberia. Many of them died. Others were more lucky, like the children who were sent back on "the train of little orphans". Algis, my father, was one of them.

The lives of Ada is a book about metamorphosis. An unidentified being travels through different bodies, creatures and things, each one of which triggers a different story, until a touching, surprising ending. Text by Gaia Formenti and Marco Piccarreda is illustrated by Sarah Mazzetti, recently awarded by Bologna Children's Book Fair. [Text in Italian]

Fox & Chick are back with new, hilarious adventures. This time they are up to a quiet boat ride, eating a mysterious chocolate cake and watching the sunrise. All sorts of things in Ruzzierian style will happen. [Text in Italian]

A little boy and a bird. A cute mysterious thing that once was there and then no more. What does "no more" mean to a child? This meeting on a balcony becomes a true experience of knowledge. A story as simple as wide as children's curiosity, by renowned writer Nicola Cinquetti, and illustrated by Juliana Salcedo, here at her first book published in Italy.
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