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Tempi moderni

Quando sono cambiate le cose? E perché? Quando siamo diventati moderni? Quando le merci e la tecnologia hanno smesso di esistere in funzione dell’homo sapiens e l’homo oeconomicus ha cominciato a esistere in funzione della merce e della tecnologia?

The holidays of the missing mouse

If you enjoyed The missing mouse and can’t wait to find how the story of the weirdest friendship of the world follows, this book is for you. Here they are, together again, the cat and the mouse, with plenty of relatives who know everything about holidays, either at the beach or at the mountains: what you are supposed to eat, to drink, to see, what you should bring with you and, especially, what you'll leave at home out of excitement.
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Nel nostro piccolo

[di Sara Stefanini]

Darkness please go away!

This book is for those children who are scared of the dark. Author Hélène Gaudy is a visual artist and has written successful novels; her text is illustrated by Simone Rea’s fine dreamlike drawings. Oscar is a hyperactive rabbit who wants to play, eat, jump, run, swim, listen to stories, anything but sleep. Until one night, his wise mom finds the way to help him overcome his fear of the dark. [Text in Italian]

I versi tra le dita. Braille e Lis lingue sorelle della poesia

[di Silvia Vecchini]

Lo scorso anno ho lavorato diverse volte sulla poesia dedicata ad Hansel e Gretel contenuta nel libro In mezzo alla fiaba. Il tema dei fratelli attraversa anche il libro Poesie della notte, del giorno, di ogni cosa intorno, ma nei testi nati dall’ascolto profondo delle fiabe si è condensata in pochi versi. Sono questi.

The elephant

The elephant is a classic of Russian literature by Aleksandr Ivanovic Kuprin, which has been translated into Italian for the first time now and illustrated by the very talented Riccardo Guasco. It’s the story of a little girl suffering a disease that has made her weak and loose her appetite. She asks her father an elephant, as the only thing that would make her feel better. Sasha, her father, tries his best to make her last wish come true and manages to bring home “little” Tomi, which turns out to have unexpected healing power.
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Parole di terra, di fuoco, di acqua, di aria

Vi presentiamo oggi la nostra prima novità di settembre: è Ascolta. Salmi per voci piccole di Giusi Quarenghi e Anais Tonelli. Lo facciamo attraverso le parole di chi li ha scritti. Seguirà nelle prossime settimane, il punto di vista di chi li ha illustrati.

Sun Moon Star

This masterwork of Northern American literature, out now in Italy for the first time, was originally published by Hutchinson in 1980. Kurt Vonnegut tells Christmas Eve and the birth of the Creator from a very unusual perspective, being ironic and poetic at the same time. So does Ivan Chermayeff with his minimal illustrations. What comes out from their union is true marvel. [Text in Italian]

Listen

Listen. Psalms for little voices is a poetry collection that dates back to the Bible’s ancient times and reaches us today with unchanged strength, relevance and intensity. It’s a guiding voice that helps us discovering ourselves and the world, our need for protection, the fear, happiness, anger, love, despair that we all feel, children and grown ups. Giusi Quarenghi rewrites forty enchanting psalms, with illustrations by Anais Tonelli: a rising star of illustration, being this her first -astonishingly mature- picture book. [Text in Italian]

Six legs and little more

Six legs and little more inaugurates a new collection on nature and science, PiNO: Piccoli Naturalisti Osservatori. It is a practical guide for little entomologists to learn and recognize species of insects, to observe how they look like, how many legs, how many wings, how many eyes they have; whether they fly or jump; if they change colour; if they sting or are harmless; how big they can be; where they live; what they eat. The words and images by Geena Forrest, a young expert on natural science, guide us into observation and practice. [Text in Italian]