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Edizioni EL Einaudi Ragazzi Emme Edizioni Your name Luca Azzolini Edizioni EL ILLUSTRATED THE MOST DANGEROUS is courage ROAD IN THE WORLD GIANNI This is the true story of three children and the incredible journey It takes courage to oppose human traffickers. Salem Osman had it ven after the fall of the Ro- Einaudi Ragazzi they have to complete. Arun is just seven years old, Waman is ten E but at what a cost! For three years he had to separate himself from age 12+, 144 pages ! his son Asad and his daughter Zarah. They too had to show their fa- and Manjula is twelve. They were born in one of the most remote man Empire, Latin continued HIGHLIGHT ther’s courage when, without knowing what had become of each other, valleys of Kashmir in the far north of India between its borders to be for centuries the univer- BOLOGNA ! ALMANAC they left North Africa on emigrant boats. They had to face fear and 2018 with Pakistan and China. They have a dream: to go to school… sal language of philosophers, Emme Edizioni RODARI HIGHLIGHT solitude. The learnt to look out for themselves, to trust the right peo - BOLOGNA 365 GREAT EVENTS ple and never to lose hope. Amidst ambushes, unexpected help and To make this dream come true they have to walk more than a scientists and learned people 2018 Every day is special. On every day in the history encounters that showed that human solidarity never dies, the brother hundred kilometers through wild and hostile territory at a height in general. This explains the and sister reached Rome. They had suffered hunger, hidden in tomato of 4000 meters. huge number of mottos, judgments, ways of of mankind something incredible, astounding, fields and escaped from the traffickers who were NEW TITLES Three children, four days in the mountains, on insidious paths revolutionary or epoch-making occurred. We travel pursuing them. They passed through thick and saying in which it is rich and that are still through all the dates in the calendar discovering thin and became stronger and more courageous ! amidst sharp rocks and in arctic winds. No commodities: just a used today. In a very lighthearted, even jok- the most curious, peculiar or significant events just as their father had always wanted them to hundred kilometers to cover by foot along the most dangerous ing way, this Latin lover refers to the “Lover GIANNI RODARI. THE NICEST be and who was now waiting for them in Milan. HIGHLIGHT road in the world. To get to school. To get to their dreams. from prehistory to the present day. A book to of Latin” and proposes and explains forty leaf through from beginning to end or to consult by AQUILINO BOLOGNA ILLUSTRATED STORIES 2018 of the most famous Latin sayings to young 240 PAGES, AGE 4+ at random. 365 great events, one for every day cover illustration by A. BARONCIANI, readers who, if they haven’t already heard of the year. CHAMPIONS age 10+, pages 176 them, will hear them sooner or later and A VOLUME THAT INCLUDES EIGHT OF THE MOST FAMOUS STO- ! A book, an almanac, a calendar, Nicoletta Bortolotti RIES OF GIANNI RODARI, THE GREATEST ITALIAN CHILDREN’S and a time machine all in one. ! will, hopefully, use them forever. HIGHLIGHT HIGHLIGHT WRITER OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHO, WITH HIS IMAGINATION THE LIE THAT SAVED BOLOGNA BOLOGNA Text by: Mino Milani AND FORESIGHT, HAS ENTHRALLED MILLIONS OF READERS ALL OVER THE WORLD. THIS IS A SELECTION THAT HAS BEEN LATIN LOVER 2018 Christian Hill, illustrations by 2018 THE WORLD Illustrations by: Sara Not ILLUSTRATED BY THE MOST NOTABLE CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN ARTISTS IN ORDER TO PAY HOMAGE TO AN AUTHOR WHO, Giovanni Costa, age 8+, 216 pages Seen through the eyes of two children, this is the story of age 12+, 160 pages Latin for everyday life pages 96 MORE THAN ANY OTHER, KNEW HOW TO PLAY WITH WORDS. THIS IS A GIFT-BOOK THAT IS ENHANCED BY THE IMPRESSIVE 192 pages 144 pages Giovanni Borromeo, a leading physician who, on 16th October LARGE FORMAT GRAPHICS. A new, modern series dedicated 1943 when the SS swept through the ghetto in Rome and entered A CHRISTMAS TOY to sports champions. The grip- the hospital opposite, saved the lives of the Jews who were ping stories of the lives of men ! patients there. How did he do it? By relating that they were 80 PAGES, AGE 6+ HIGHLIGHT suffering from the terrible and highly contagious K syndrome Come and and women, 30 champions for each BOLOGNA Turn It Up! AN UNUSUAL TOY IN AN OLD-FASH- (that didn’t exist) and frightening even the Nazis. Sometimes visit our sport, and the victories and tri- 2018 IONED SHOP WINDOW, A STRANGE umphs that made them great. history can depend on a marvelous lie. stand! Goals that changed the outcome 20 LEGENDARY ROCK-STARS The story of Giovanni Borromeo, “Righteous among the Pirandello LITTLE MAN AND A DAD LOOKING Hall 25 B 2 of a match, a kick from backfield Nations”. from FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS: THESE The howls of Nirvana, the provocative rock of the D. Aristarco that made history, a spine-chilling SIMPLY HEROES Age 9+ A. Strada, G. Spini The Resistance of the seven Cervi brothers Katja Centomo Franca Viola, The girl who said no ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF A STORY Rolling Stones, the spatial experimentation of by pass, the technical perfection of a Sara Not IN WHICH RODARI SHOWS HIMSELF Second World War, the seven brothers Cervi refused to be stopped 1965. Franca Viola said no. Having decided that she could not be robbed FOOTBALL BASKETBALL dance step. All this is what makes Pink Floyd, the transformations of David Bowie, by the rising wave of violence: if anything, they drew strength from of her freedom, with great courage she changed the history of Italy: she ill. by YET AGAIN TO BE A POET WITH AN the technology of Daft Punk. TURN IT UP! tells up sport. All this is what warms the it and had no fear in facing a firing squad on 28th December 1943. brought charges against the man who had kidnapped and raped her, thus Natale Perego INEXHAUSTIBLE IMAGINATION. hearts of the fans. the lives of some of the biggest stars in rock and The civic example of an entire family. An exemplary and heroic opposing a culture that expected a rape victim to marry her aggressor. A PERFECT CHRISTMAS STORY. A 4 richly illustrated volumes full of pop history who with the courage of their artistic family that became a symbol of the Freedom movement. Franca Viola’s act of courage allows women today to be free. DRAGONS DON’T SCARE ME LOVELY GIFT-BOOK THAT PAYS HOM- news-reports and curious details. convictions, changed the face of modern music. 20 Are there still dragons to be overcome? Yes, there are. GETTING TO LOVE THE GREAT CLASSICS OF AGE TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF All the texts are inserted within a In few words revolutionary musicians whose lives are an exam- George, an eleven year old who has just begun secondary school has a LITERATURE EVEN BEFORE READING THEM RODARI. A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR modern and engaging layout that ple of the force of willpower, determination, spirit 1918 personal dragon to crush right on his doorstep. He has discovered that PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. makes the reading of them even of freedom and courage to be yourself. age 12+, 144 pages two unsavory types are keeping prisoner, in a hut behind the apartment more gripping. MANDELA 2018 block where he lives, three small boys who they are training as pick- “A GIANT OF HISTORY” BARACK OBAMA pockets. A solitary, imaginative boy, but also stubborn and with a mind of his own, George follows his instinct. He intends to free the A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HIS BIRTH, this is the occasion to recount the AT THE THEATER WITH GIANNI RODARI extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela, a man who fought against racism and injustice and became boys even if it means being captured himself. This is not the usual 200 PAGES, AGE FOR ALL a moral example for his country and for the whole world. A giant of history who fought for what afternoon adventure to pass the time because if it doesn’t succeed he believed in his whole life long and who faced with dignity the many years he spent in prison in his own life would be affected. But there are some things that you paperback, A COLLECTION OF THEATRICAL TEXTS BY GIANNI RODARI IN A DELUXE EDITION. TO CREATE A THEATER FOR CHILDREN, By Mark Menozzi, Luca Cognolato, LAURA PUSCEDDU ABIS order to keep faith with his ideals of freedom, equality, justice and peace. can’t turn a blind eye on and George never holds back when he sets STARTING FROM THEIR INVENTIONS AND THEIR WORDS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS CLOSE TO GIANNI RODARI’S HEART IN Daniele Nicastro, Sarah Rossi illustrations by BLA Graphics The courageous life of a Nobel Prize Winner for Peace 112 pp (100 pp of text) himself a goal. This is a fast-moving adventure story intended for THE ‘SEVENTIES, LEADING HIM TO CARRY OUT AN EXPERIMENT THAT INVOLVED PARENTS, TEACHERS, EDUCATIONALISTS AND age 8+, pages 96 age 11+, pages 160 CAR RACING DANCE kids and written in the language that they use. THEATER PEOPLE. THE THEATER OF GIANNI RODARI IS A THEATER THAT WAS BORN FROM CHILDREN AND RETURNS TO THEM. TOMMASO PERCIVALE, age 7+, 80 pages bologna 2018 gianni rodari new titles Fiction NON fiction / Fiction fiction fiction 12-14 fiction New Titles Your name Luca Azzolini Edizioni EL ILLUSTRATED THE MOST DANGEROUS is courage ROAD IN THE WORLD GIANNI This is the true story of three children and the incredible journey It takes courage to oppose human traffickers.
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