Right List 2024 - Bologna Children's Book Fair

Right List 2024

Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Franca Filippo & see you in hall 25 at booth B36

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LAURA BONALUMI

ANNA, THE MINUS 40

ANOREXIA AND DIFFICULTY OF LIVING IN A NOVEL FOR TEEN

Anna is an anorexic 16-year-old girl who... can’t do it. When she disappears, however, we readers can still hear her and she can still see what her friends do and observe the behaviour of her mother, with whom the relationship was always problematic.

In this way Anna revises her existence and, while considering the point of view of others, allows us readers to compose the puzzle of a life marked by the silent eating disorder and allows her, the protagonist, to question herself.

The book of Bonalumi is not scary, it does not alienate, indeed. His words are welcoming and praise the awareness of life, without rhetoric, without sweetening anything, without unnecessary sentimentality. How teens are. How they like it.

Rights: World

14+ pp. 144

14,5 x 21 cm.

THEMES: anorexia, difficulty of living, eating disorders, friendship, relationship with mother, family, death, hope

Laura Bonalumi, after a long experience in advertisement, discovered the passion for writing and became a kids books author.

70 million people internationally live with eating disorders

About one person dies every hour as a direct result of an eating disorder

A quarter of those with anorexia are male. Men have an increased risk of dying because they are diagnosed much later than women. This could be in part due to the misconception that men do not experience eating disorders

An estimated 0.5-3.7% of adolescent girls develop anorexia

95% of people with eating disorders are aged 12 to 25

18-20% of anorexics die within 20 years of contracting the disease

ELENA SOPRANO BABYGECKO

DISABILITY AND INCLUSION IN A NOVEL FULL OF HUMOUR

BabyGecko, a very weird baby who looks like a lizard, is born in a modern extended family. Once at home, everybody have a different reaction towards the newborn. BabyGecko, who will get the attention of the media from all over the world and the interests of doctors to try new therapies, will manage to make everybody understand what really matters in life.

Rights: World 8+ pp. 96

12 x 19 cm.

Paperback

THEMES: overcoming prejudices, fun, fantasy, adventure, disability, humour

ROALD DAHL’S STYLE

Elena Soprano writes for adults and kids and published with many publishing houses. She wrote texts for the Radio Rai and for Radio Svizzera Italiana, and also short stories for newspapers.

AntonGionata Ferrari works with many publishing houses in young adult book publishing. In 2007 won the Anderson Prize as best italian illustrator for kids.

FUNNY ILLUSTRATIONS

BY ANTONGIONATA FERRARI, ANDERSON PRIZE 2007

INVOLVING RHYTHM, VERY IRONIC AND STUNNING!!!

CHIARA PESSINA - FRANCESCA VILLA

DANIELA MAZZILLI I WANT IT!

IMPORTANT THEMES REGARDING THE GROWTH OF TODDLERS

Lea the bunny sees Teo raccoon with some sticks and she decides to take them away from him without asking for his permission. This generates an unsolvable quarrel, until Gigi the bear intervenes. It is a book thought and created by kindergarten teachers in order to face the problems of everyday life being in contact with the toddlers. Through a very understandable language and simple and impactful images, the book speaks about the importance of sharing, which is for the first time faced at this age, when the first social interactions start.

THEMES: importance of sharing, social interaction

NEW SERIES CREATED WITH A TEAM OF PEDAGOGISTS

Rights: World 0-3

pp. 32

20 x 18 cm.

Hardcover

PICTURE BOOK

EASY LANGUAGE AND IMPACTFUL IMAGES

THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE BOOK

CHIARA PESSINA - FRANCESCA VILLA

DANIELA MAZZILLI

I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE YOU, MUM!

IMPORTANT THEMES REGARDING THE GROWTH OF TODDLERS

Lea the bunny loves to be close to her mom and to hold her yellow scarf, that she never let go, because it is soft and has her mother’s perfume. Lea never lets it go, but in this way there is a lot of games she cannot play, until… Thought and created by kindergarten teachers to face the problems of everyday life being in contact with the toddlers. Through a very understandable language and simple and impactful images, the book is inspired by some moms’ help requests to make the breastfeeding interruption easier. Lea will discover new ways to share time with her mom, leaving the scarf, metaphor for the bond created during the breastfeeding.

Rights: World 0-3 pp. 32 20 x 18 cm.

Hardcover

PICTURE BOOK

EASY LANGUAGE AND IMPACTFUL IMAGES

THEMES: breastfeeding interruption, indipendence of toddlers

THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE BOOK

LAURA BONALUMI DESTINATION CHRISTMAS

TEENAGERS’ LOVE STORY TO FIND OUT CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

BY A BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Giovanni, 17 years old, takes the boring 7.07 am train every morning to go to school, when one day he sees her, beautiful and unreachable, wearing a rainbow scarf to light up the dark mornings. But how can he get close to her? How can he get to know her? How can he make her fall in love? Maybe he could start with a postcard… a postcard a day. And since there’s only one month left until Christmas, it will be Christmas cards.

A love story under the Christmas tree between two teenagers to find out together the magic and traditions of Christmas.

Rights: World

12+ pp. 168

14,5 x 21 cm.

Paperback

THEMES: love story, christmas, feelings, traditions, family, teenagers, christmas food and songs

Laura Bonalumi, after a long experience in advertisement, discovered the passion for writing and became a kids books author.

ANNALISA PONTI VIPER POWDER

AN EXCITING AND CURRENT MEDIEVAL NOVEL

Victim of a violent father, Maria flees home to start a new life: with herself she has nothing but courage, intelligence and a knowledge of plants and their healing properties, bequeathed by her mother. With the help of Pasquale, a teenager, Maria learns the hard life of the road, thus cosying up with Magister Rudolfo, the most famous doctor of Naples, and then with the apothecary, from which he will learn many recipes to treat the sick, but also to kill…

Rights: World

12+ pp. 272

14,5 x 21 cm. Paperback

THEMES: history, middleages, herbal medicine, femicide, violence on women, feelings

Annalisa Ponti is a high school teacher in Milan. In 2016 she published Storia di una principessa e della sua forchetta (Rizzoli) and in 2021 Dove vengono le idee? (Libraccio Editore).

MIRCO MAZZOLI - MATTEO MERLI

MINNOW

AND THE FLINT’S SKY

In the second adventure Minnow will meet the Flints. Flints?! The seagulls! After discussing about Landa Patella Kingdom and about who’s the king, Minnow has to deal with «the pirates» who do intensive fishing taking everything the sea has to offer with their nets. Minnow will be the protagonist in this episode as well and he will try to save the planet.

Minnow will also meet Captain Smollet at the end of the book, the protagonist of the third book.

THEMES: ecology, pollution control, environmental sustainability, intensive fishing

THE SECOND OF TEN RELEASES!!!

MINNOW SERIES

1. MINNOW AND THE KINGDOM OF LANDA PATELLA

Rights: World 8+ pp. 32 24 x 21 cm.

Paperback

PICTURE BOOK

MARTINO SANTUARI BLACKFEATHER

FRIENDSHIP, GROWTH, DISCOVERY OF EMOTIONS IN A NOVEL FULL OF HUMOUR

After an initiatory test, Blackfeather, a sparrow of the flock Fourwings, get in touch with the flock of Nestless, a jumble of birds without a homeland and it becomes friend of these.

Blackfeather will have to face various trials and challenges, in order to return home and become heir to his flock.

The return home is then granted, but once again Blackfeather amazes: it brings with it all the Nestless that join the flock of sparrows.

Rights: World

11+ pp. 160

14,5 x 21 cm.

Paperback

THEMES: formation, growth, feelings, acceptance of self, nature, friendship, resilience

FICTION

Martino Santuari has been a teacher at secondary schools since 2016. In 2021 he published the book Michele e i colori.

STEFANO MOTTA BOYS AT WAR

WORLD WAR I IN THE STORY OF THE SOLDIER PETER PAN

In the memorial monument of Monte Grappa (northern Italy) there is a hungarian soldier with a fairy-tale name, Peter Pan, a man who has surprisingly many points in common with the famous character of J.M. Barrie: the agility – he seems to fly in the trenches –, these young fighters defined «Boys lost» as the protagonists of the English text… The tomb of soldier Pan is visited by young people who leave flowers and shells.

The novel is the story of this soldier and many others whose hopes and dreams have been extinguished by the Great War. A touching and original story to let young people know the reality of the First World War.

THEMES: history, World War I, war, friendship

Stefano Motta was born in Desio, near Monza, in 1975. He is a scholar of Manzoni and a lover of the mountains. He published narrative texts for the middle school and an edition of Promessi Sposi in comics. For Einaudi Ragazzi he wrote the novel Lale.

THE PURPLE HOUSE

A FANTASY NOIR WHERE PAIN GIVES SPACE TO HOPE

Clelia’s life is perfect and a future of glory awaits her thanks to the President, supreme authority of her town. The disquieting Purple House, however, draws her, causing odd visions and opening cracks in the soul. Is a flawless life or an authentic existence better? Can unforeseen events turn into opportunities?

A story of growth and training, showing how each obstacle can become a launch pad.

THEMES: pain, happiness, feelings, emotion, growth, self-acceptance, resilience, suffering

Marco Erba, teacher and writer, lives in the province of Milan with his family and a dog very similar to Neve, Clelia’s dog. With Rizzoli published four books, with Àncora Il segreto della spada rubina (2020), a fairy tale about the power of forgiveness.

SABRINA PENTERIANI STORYGAMI

DELICATE STORIES AND ORIGAMIS IN A JAPANESE MOOD

An original activity book that contains five very delicate and funny short stories with kids and animals as protagonists and twelve colorful sheets of paper to create origamis. The red string that links all these five stories is the creation of origamis. At the end of each story there are instructions for kids to make them. QR codes are linked to videos that show how to create them.

THEMES: creativity, manual skill, origami

Sabrina Penteriani, journalist and author of tales and short stories, works for the newspaper «L’eco di Bergamo» and is the director of Santalessandro.org, online weekly magazine of Bergamo’s diocese. She obtained many recognitions, such as Premio Storia di Natale in 2007 and «Sentinella del Creato» Greenaccord prize in 2020.

SABRINA PENTERIANI THE DESERT TOWN

ANIMALS ARE THE NEW MASTERS

Suddenly in the town there is silence, there is no presence of humans, no car speeding through traffic, the streets are empty. Only animals continue their life as always, but soon they realize this silence and the strange absence of humans.

They discover the reason: a dark shadow is threatening the humans who are forced to stay home and not to leave anymore, because otherwise they would be taken away. Will humans be able to return to their normal lives?

Or will animals always be masters of the desert town?

THEMES: ecology, pollution, green, environmental sustainability

Sabrina Penteriani, journalist and author of tales and short stories, works for the newspaper «L’eco di Bergamo» and is the director of Santalessandro.org, online weekly magazine of Bergamo’s diocese. She obtained many recognitions, such as Premio Storia di Natale in 2007 and «Sentinella del Creato» Greenaccord prize in 2020. Rights:

THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE BOOK

LUNA AND THE FEATHERS CASE

A VERY FUNNY BOOK IN ITALIAN, UKRAINIAN, RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH

A very funny adventure with Luna, the brattest of all kids who causes a lot of troubles with her animal friends. The fox Irene has disappeared, Luna and her friends will look for her after they acknowledged that doctor Volpacchioni has prescribed her a feathers soup! But Irene doesn’t want to eat her friends, the chicks! Will Luna find Irene? And will Irene eat the feathers soup?

THEMES: fun, adventure, paradox

Rights: World

Antonio Barbieri, retired literature teacher, has been writing children short stories and poetry for many years. His funny writing style grabs the attention of kids and adults.

3+ pp. 32

18 x 18 cm.

Staple

ANTONIO BARBIERI

LUNA AND HER ADVENTURES 1

LUNA AND HER FRIENDS WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH A LOT!

Luna, a very funny little girl with emerald eyes, causes a lot of troubles with her animal friends. The book is about three of her adventures: Luna’s surgery; Luna, Gigi and Tino the elephant; Luna and Biso the bison. We’ll see Luna who will have to go through an appendicectomy; then, together with Gigi, during the soap bubbles spectacle, Tino the ele phant will help Luna to set a princess free and to beat a dragon; in the third one, Luna will get wrong Marco and Chiara’s wedding day. But in the end with her intelligence and her vivaciousness she will always succeed, also thanks to her animal friends.

THEMES: fun, adventure, imagination

Antonio Barbieri, retired literature teacher, has been writing children short stories and poetry for many years. His funny writing style grabs the attention of kids and adults.

STEFANO MOTTA - GIOVANNI BEDUSCHI CHRISTMAS FOR REAL

WHEN A NATIVITY SCENE COMES TO LIFE BETWEEN SHELVES AND SOFA!

In the Mattei family there is little Adriano who has the bright obstinacy to make the nativity scene for real, «for real», he says. In the family of Nazareth is coming another little guy who will upset the world.

Two families in comparison.

And then a protective donkey, a laid-back ox, an unruly lamb...

... and it’s Christmas.

THEMES: Christmas, Nativity, traditions, fun

Stefano Motta was born in Desio, near Monza, in 1975. He is a scholar of Manzoni and a lover of the mountains. He published narrative texts for the middle school and an edition of Promessi Sposi in comics. For Einaudi Ragazzi he wrote the novel Lale.

Giovanni Beduschi, a well-known satirical cartoonist, is included in the Dictionary of contemporary illustrators and his cartoons are exhibited at the most prestigious international humorous exhibitions.

Rights: World 0+ pp. 72 14,5 x 21 cm.

Rights: World 0+ pp. 72 14,5 x 21 cm.

Paperback

Paperback

THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE COVER CAN BE CUT OUT AND BECOMES A NATIVITY SCENE!!!

GHILA PIATTELLI IN LOVE OF A DOSSA

A NOVEL WITH HUMOUR, LOVE AND A HINT OF YELLOW TO KNOW THE BOYS OF ISRAEL

A novel for teenagers, full of hilarious situations, which speaks of love and shows at the same time a real picture of young israelis today. For a reason that launches an investigation worthy of a nice mistery, the family of Ido, a family of jewish israelis perfectly identified with modernity, suddenly has to host five orthodox jewish brothers and pretends to be orthodox so as not to traumatize the little ones who know nothing outside their own reality. You can imagine the consequences and if you add that then Ido takes a real crush on the twelveyear-old Avigail, the troubles never ends!

THEMES: fun, Israel, religion, growth, love, adolescence

SEPTEMBER 2024: SECOND BOOK OF THE PROJECT “BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE WORLD”

Ghila Piattelli (Rome, 1973) has lived in Israel since 1992. She works as a translator and italian teacher. In 2020 she published her first novel Resta ancora un po’.

MICHELA MUSANTE THE GUEST

THE STORY OF A TRANSPLANT ON A SMALL PATIENT: A TALE OF DESPAIR AND REBIRTH. A LIFE EXPERIENCE

Lucrezia, 12 years old, joy of living and a disease that destroys her liver. Waiting for the transplant, the author, mum Michela, lives dramatic days alongside her daughter: sleepless nights, scary visits to the intensive care unit and consultation with doctors and paramedics...

Written in a style that reaches very intensely the mind and heart of readers, this book is a story born in nine months of uninterrupted writing on the edge of a rational and passionate memory. A story of pain and resilience.

Rights: World

15+

pp. 224

14,5 x 21 cm. Paperback

THEMES: pain, illness, children, family, hope, transplants, maternal love, children

Michela Musante, married, has two twin children: Lucrezia and Ludovico. She worked in publishing as an editor, currently she is a teacher of italian and latin at the Liceo Marie Curie in Meda (MB). She lives in Cermenate (CO), north of Italy, near Milan.

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