You can read nature as if it were a tale. Verbs like to blossom, to sprout, to grow, to fruit, to wither, pace the story. Following a common thread, Antonella Abbatiello creates a sequence of primary images achieving the look of someone who is watching them for the fist time and reducing the great complexity of the world into fresh, bright shapes. A gallery of signs, volumes and colours that precisely describe the prodigy of nature. [Text in Italian]
The well known Sardinian legend of the magic goat who leads a shepherd boy to a treasure had a great influence on Maria Lai’s work. She rewrote it again and again, imagining a different ending. The story in this book comes from a contamination of many different versions and it’s a metaphor of the power of art. Along with the story, the illustrations by Gioia Marchegiani narrate the landscape and the culture of the island. [Text in Italian]
A hilarious logbook about childhood in East Berlin with student protests, crazy grandparents, countryside against city manners, dance parties, weather forecasts, fake flowers, hens, TV shows, graveyards, polluted water, weird frogs and lots of holding one’s nose. Because Nadia Budde makes us travel into her olfactory (and other kinds of) memory with her great sense of humour. From the golden age of childhood to the turmoil of adulthood. [Text in Italian]
[di Marianna Merisi]
[di Viola Niccolai]
What is movable type? Who invented it? How did they print books in the past? What has changed since then? Everyday we read, write and digit words. These signs were born longtime ago and can have different shapes, which are types. Through the letters we communicate: we can shout or whisper, be straightforward or indirect, formal or affectionate. Michela Gasparini shows the art of typography in this PiPPo volume, to make children aware of how they use type and space.
This volume of PiPPo collection of art books is dedicated to landscapes. It is conceived following the example of en plein air landscape painters who used to wander about with their canvas and colours. Children can carry it anywhere, to the countryside, to the beach, to the mountains as well as through the city, to the suburbs and small towns. Texts by Marta Sironi disclose the secrets of the greatest painters with images by Pia Valentinis, master of still-life drawing.
A huge, purple-golden cloud lifts above the sea. What is it? It’s the dust falling off the butterflies wings after a terrible trial has stated they must give it away in the name of profit. But not all hope is lost, younger butterfly generations are still sleeping in their cocoons, ready to fly up in the spring air. A wonderful story by Lucia Tumiati on the struggle of beauty against wicked power, in a book that spreads out with real wings drawn by Francesca Zoboli. [Text in Italian]
Qualche settimana fa, a Milano, siamo andati a vedere uno spettacolo bellissimo e unico nel suo genere: I Quattro moschettieri in America. In scena, oltre agli attori, un disegnatore impegnato a costruire live scene e azioni. E alcuni grandi libri pop-up che hanno il ruolo di raccontare pagina dopo pagina alcuni momenti della trama.
In the sky the cloud runs, the bird flies, the plane goes by… And in the sea? The crab runs, the fish swims, the turtle goes by… After the successful Quando il sole si sveglia (When the sun rises), a new board book by Giovanna Zoboli and Philip Giordano to show the little ones the brotherhood between creatures from the sky and from the sea. . Through the careful work of images and words, children will find an astonishing kinship between worlds that seem far off, understanding the delicate harmony which brings all things together in the world.