The water is cold and blue, it slides and splashes; it's warm and foamy; it's a mirror that reflects the colour of the sky and the trees. Starting from familiar images, Cécile Roumiguière and Marion Duval take little readers into an exploration of the world through the four elements.

Beneath me, all around me, is the earth. First, the earth is dark and ready for sowing. Then it becomes white with snow revealing the tracks of animals. Finally it turns into a green meadow full of flowers and bees. Starting from familiar images, Cécile Roumiguière and Marion Duval take little readers into an exploration of the world through the four elements.

Those who know everything about Rotraut Susanne Berner's Wimmelbooks will recognise all the characters in this new book of her series, and make new friends as well. Those who haven't met this extraordinary author yet are welcome into this big house in Wimmlingen: they will dwell on every tiny detail probably thinking they will never want to leave. In either case, one thing is sure: sneaking into one of Rotraut Susanne Berner homes means having plenty of stories to tell.

This is a little book to celebrate the birth of a baby. At each spread paper tabs open and close making seven animals pop up. The white pages become a turtle, a mouse, a rabbit, a duck, an elephant, a frog, a bird, and are accompanied by the sweet verses of a nursery rhyme that invites listeners to interact with them. Reading thus becomes a sensory experience to honour the wonder of coming into the world.

It's shopping day for Pasqualina and her mother. As they get in the supermarket, Pasqualina wants to sit in the cart like all other children. She wants everything from the shelves, and at each unfulfilled wish she becomes softer and softer until she turns into a slimy, shapeless mass. And then a bird mistakes her for a snail, and carries her away. Will she find the way back home, this time?

Wicker baskets, carpets, embroidery, friezes: decorating a tool can require as much ability as making a painting one can find in a museum. These artifacts are often created by entire communities or anonymous craftsmen who hand their know-how down from generation to generation. Francesca Zoboli, an illustrator and decorator, will help readers to create interesting patterns and experience the beauty of shapes through the work of great artists like Sonia Delaunay.

Nei giardini segreti is a book made in collaboration with Galleria di Villa Borghese, one of the most prestigious and well-known Italian museums. Art historian Valentina Lapierre and botanical illustrator Gioia Marchegiani take readers into a botanical tour of the gardens created by Scipione Borghese next to the Villa, exploring how the topic of nature is developed in the masterpieces on display, allowing for a new and exciting experience between art and nature.

Since the ancient times we've heard of peculiar messengers who travel fast and far: Hermes for the Greeks; Mercury for the Romans; the incredibly fast Pheidippides who arrived from Marathon to Athens in one day; the angels; the homing pigeons trained for bringing urgent and secret messages, and many more. This book, produced in collaboration with Museo dei Tasso e della Storia postale (in Northern Italy), retraces the history of communication.

The main character of this book is the body, which is familiar to every child as much as it can be a mysterious territory to discover, with fear and bewilderment. Something ordinary happens to a young girl: she falls down and hurts her knee. After a while a scab comes up, and for the child it's a new presence to be questioned. What does it want? Why did it came? How many days it'll take to go? Or will it stay forever? One day, surprise, surprise, the scab starts to speak.

A new essay full of activities for hands, eyes and thoughts by Enrica Buccarella, a primary school teacher, committed to educational workshops for children and adults. It will lead readers through different didactic experiences built around the children's needs, including readings, manual activities, conversations, experiments with art techniques, writing exercises, artefacts making and setting up of small-scale museums. For schools to become beautiful places, they must encourage pupils to fully express their creativity.