Before me

“Before me, there was nothing. Well, no. Before me, everything was there.” Luisa Mattia makes us hear the sound of a fresh new life, through the clear voice of a baby. Discoveries, intuitions, bliss, questions raise in front of the greatness of the Universe. A moving cosmos appears under the baby sight  teaching it how to be, and to think of itself, as a part of the whole, just made of the same material: water, wind, light, storm, fire. Until the most mysterious of all: the word.

Two mice

This is a little book with a great adventure. There are two tiny characters you will never want to leave. There’s a simple text, sentences made up of two words, with big lettering for children to improve their reading. There’s mathematics for them to learn counting up to three. There are Sergio Ruzzier’s drawings with plenty of details for them to discover. There’s a story full of emotions, misadventures, joy and an unexpected happy ending. The ideal book children and adults can read together, in search of something new, again and again. [Text in Italian]

Red

Rosso belongs to a new series of P.i.P.P.o. collection published in collaboration with Musei Civici di Firenze, each one being dedicated to a specific colour. The first is Red, king of all colours, proud, lively, powerful. It stands for fire, blood and love. But we should rather speak at the plural form since there are so many kinds of red: purple, crimson, red lead, cinnabar, vermilion, carmine and many others.

Avventure / 18: A Ravenna nasce Momo

Come sapete il lavoro dei librai ci interessa molto, in particolare di quelli specializzati, collaboratori così importanti per noi. Non è che ci sia un particolare merito, in questo: per noi ognuna di queste librerie costituisce un riferimento essenziale, un legame con il territorio insostituibile. Per questo, ogni nuova libreria è un evento da salutare con entusiasmo e merita grande attenzione.

Stare nella foresta

«… l’intento che mi ha spinto a raccontare sta nel desiderio di affermare con forza che i bambini devono essere ascoltati, perché di fronte al bello, alle difficoltà e anche alle tragedie della vita, sono capaci di nitidezza ed autenticità rare, che credo faccia bene a tutti incontrare.»
Franco Lorenzoni, I bambini pensano grande, Sellerio

[di Cristina Bellemo]