RICOTTINA’SRI THE MYSTERY JOURNEYJ OF THE ORANGE PEEL bologna 2017 Ricottina is a girl made of ricot- Anna is faced with a mystery to Edizioni EL ta and her friends are Waggy, solve: why doesn’t her grandma a little mongrel dog that reacts Miriam like the candied orange peel New Titles to everything that happens to that her grandpa magically pre- RODARI him with a happy wag of his pares? In order to find out, Anna, NEW Einaudi Ragazzi Einaudi Ragazzi tail; the Little Chocolate Man, a modern Jewish girl, turns into ALL YEAR ROUND so sensitive that he melts every a real detective: she will have to collection time he looks at Ricottina from investigate and go on a journey GOLD the window of a pastry shop; into the story of a Jewish family The Einaudi Ragazzi Gold collection NEW A year of tales and nursery rhymes by Gianni Rodari. his friend Sugar Drop, a sweet, during the Second World War. So is designed to provide readers with our Emme Edizioni Gianni Rodari has written hundreds of nursery rhymes and smiling girl with a face as round Anna finds herself having to come collection as a candy; and finally Doctor to terms with the dramatic events greatest successes that by now constitute tales related to the Seasons of the year and to the festivi- B-Flat who hears the music her own grandma had to face as a a milestone in the history of children’s inside people and cures them child when she was forced to flee to ties that the calendar bestows on us every month. SIMPLY HEROES age 9+, 144 pages literature. by playing the keys of a piano. Switzerland to escape the Shoah. The collection starts off with two master- The 64 tales and nursery rhymes included in this book are Roberta Mastruzzi A latter-day fable rich in poetry Lia Tagliacozzo taken from Gianni Rodari’s most acclaimed work. It is a and sweetness. tories of ordinary people who have entered history outside the limelight because, in the pieces by Italian authors who still exer- age 7+, 144 pages age 9+, 120 pages perfect Rodari Calendar in which the succession of the name of an ideal and with no thought for personal advantage, they have simply acted cise their fascination and modernity after S more than 50 years since they were first FICTION months and Seasons mingles with the lighthearted irony according to their civic sense of duty, sometimes at the cost of their own life. mario lodi gianni rodari LITTLELI STORIES OF GREAT THE LITTLE BOY WHO Cipí Tales on the Phone published. + of the literary inventions that emerged from the excep- tories of true heroes, often without a name, who never hesitated to lend a hand to those EXTINCTE CIVILIZATIONS INVENTED THE HORSE NON CHRISTIANCHRISTIAN HILLHILL tional imagination of Gianni Rodari. in difficulty and to fight for and keep faith with imperative moral judgements that are illustrations by Antonella Abbatiello The Incas, the Aztecs, the In remotest Prehistory, in the S FICTION Phoenicians, the Etruscans… midst of mammoths and sabre- the true sign of human and civic worth. age 5+, 320 pages These peoples are not extinct, toothed tigers, Krom, son of the Daniele Nicastro they still exist. Now they are head of a tribe, prefers cave n an age that is increasingly devoid of values, it is right and fitting to tell the tales of called Peruvians, Mexicans, drawings to hunting. When he is Isimple, honorable people who, without even wanting to, have become an example for BIG Libanese, Italians… What is kidnapped by a warrior tribe he extinct, however, is their ancient will have to use all his wits and all of us. The mafia through the unaware eyes of a boy. ‘modus vivendi’, that is their courage to get free and return Thirteen-year-old Luke wants to go on holiday with his friends. beliefs, social organization, home. What a Instead he is made to go to a remote village in Sicily. Not even the 18 SPORT customs and everything that He will be helped by a drawing made up the mosaic of their hidden on the wall of a cave and age 12+, 224 pages companionship of his cousins can raise his spirits. Paul has become CHAMPIONS cultures. An Aztec legend, an by a special horse with which he a bookworm who thinks only of his studies, his family and their incredibile competition between will undertake an adventurous Ch a m p ! the inhabitants of Easter Island, journey full of dangers and chal - shop and Cettina is too young and besides she’s a girl. Luca gets a Mayan tomb, a rope bridge… lenges. For the first time in his- to know Mario who has a scooter and the latest iphone model and Unforgettable champions in sports and in life! Stefano Bordiglioni The stories in this book focus Eliana Canova tory a human being rode a horse. Eighteen biographies of eighteen world sports champions. on the historical facts of some what’s more, he invites him to the pub. Luca has never been to a The RomansThe Romans The GreeksThe Greeks age 7+, 144 pages of the peculiar aspects of these age 9+, 144 pages pub. No one has ever offered him a drink. That’s for grown-ups. Men, women and teams who have left their mark not so much ancient civilizations. for the records they broke as for their originality, their genius, But he can’t wait to do grown-up things. “If you stick with me you’ll have a good time”, Mario tells him. The summer is saved their great personality or for their determination to beat all the odds. They were models for young people yesterday and still but behind all that freedom, parties by the swimming pool and are for young people today. new buddies, there lurks a pitiless enemy. Its name is Mafia. A book that reveals curious and little known facts about the life of people who have become part of the collective imagination to the point of being considered modern heroes or film stars. Donata Turlo Guido Sgardoli Come and GETTING TO LOVE THE GREAT CLASSICS OF In few words illustrations by Giuseppe Ferrario, 8+, 160 pages FROM ONE TO INFINITY The Olympics of Courage The Olympics of Courage paola capriolo visit our antonio ferrara Home Lampedusa LITERATURE EVEN BEFORE READING THEM A USB flash drive, an enigma to solve… A symbolic story from the “Welcoming Mexico City, 16th October 1968: on the Where has the USB flash drive that Marcie sees sticking out of the stand! sofa come from? Who hid it there and why has it turned up on the The EgyptiansThe Egyptians The Vikings GREAT PEOPLES OF THE PAST age 8+, 120 pages Island”. victory podium the winning athletes raised a THE LITTLE This is the fictional story of a boy who fist, and with that gesture made history: the age 12+, 192 pages very day of her birthday? Intrigued by the strange find and nervous Hall 25 B 2 represents symbolically all the inhabit- Black Power was born. about what might be on it, Marcy ask Leo’s help... On the screen in new series that deals with the great peoples whose exploits helped to make History great. MONSTERS BOOKS Fabrizio Altieri ants of Lampedusa. It tells the simple Icons of a period of great change, three front of the incredulous eyes of the two of them a letter begins to The secrets and wonders of the great ancient civilizations revealed in breathtaking unfold, inviting them to solve a game made up of mathematical by FEBE SILLANI, 5+, 48 pages. age 10+, 152 pages Guido Sgardoli, age 9+, 128 pages acts of kindness that these islanders have men alone pacifically inspired the fight for stories that are full of information. bestowed over the years on thousands of human rights, paying for that act of civic enigmas. Marcie and Leo accept the challenge and decide to try A THREE FRIENDS AND A HORSE The Best of the Illustrated Classics for Little Girls and solve the mystery. Real adventures with strong protagonists, well-thought-out plots, great show-downs and A summer by the sea, a bored little girl, her refugees. This the un-acknowleged hero- courage by being ostracized from sports satisfying end-results. Real stories set in an historical background that can transmit a great mother who is an impoverished aristocrat The Best of the Illustrated Classics for Little Boys ism of ordinary men and women who for the rest of their lives. A gesture of silent In the back ground of this challenge their relations with their who makes inedible cakes, an old-fashioned A journey through the ultimate worldwide masterpieces of children’s lit- classmates, their parents and the world of adults. 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