Adriano Salani Editore
Foreign Rights
Catalogue
Bologna children’s Book fair 2011
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FICTION
Salani
IO DENTRO
GLI SPARI
A story of mafia seen through the eyes of a boy
Sicily, today. A mafia ambush. A boy survives. Is a true story.
This is a great novel which deals with one of the most serious problems afflicting Italy. It tells the story of innocent victims, guilty of
being born in the wrong place, but it is not a biography or the story
of an enquiry. It’s a story written for children by an author- Silvana
Gandolfi - who knows what she’s doing.
«These pages can help us become aware of what all this is about and
understand, without being indifferent. In other words they can help
us grow up and take responsibility so that we can become free and
lead a true, authentic life»
Don Luigi Ciotti
Publishing date: September 2010
Pages: 228
Rights sold to: Germany (Carlsen),
Hungary (People Team Millenium),
France (Editions des Grandes
Personnes, Gallimard), Brazil (Editora
Rocco)
«Inside the shots is another book regarding organised crime which
will help us think about this issue and take a stand.»
Ferdinando Albertazzi, La Stampa
«This work was inspired by a true story. It reminds us of e very simple
thing: the mafia exists and is far from being wiped out. On the contrary, Silvia Gandolfi, tells us about it very calmly without emphasising the tragedy of what is happening through the words of a very
real character: Franceso, a magistrate.»
Walter Fochesato, Andersen
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SILVANA
GANDOLFI
Silvana Gandolfi lives in Rome and she
is considered the greatest Italian children’s literature writer. She won many
prizes, such as the Andersen Prize as Italian author of the year in 1996, and she
is among the most translated Italian writers (Brazil, Hungary, France, Russia,
Netherlands, Germany, Korea, Taiwan,
Usa, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Japan).
In Italy all her books have been published
by Salani.
«The thing that shocked me the most about
the true story is the broken childhood of the
protagonists and this is why I have tried to
give a voice to those who have never had
one.»
Silvana Gandolfi
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Salani
Editore
SILVANA GANDOLFI was born in Rome. She wrote short stories, romantic novels, radio stories, but now she’s dedicated to children/teenagers’ books. In
1996 she won the Andersen Prize as Italian author of the year, and she is among the most translated Italian writers.
Publishing Date:
2009
Pages: 200
Illustrations
by Giulia D’Anna
Rights available
Publishing Date: 1997
Pages: 200
Illustrations
by Giulia D’Anna
Rights sold to:
Brazil (Editora Rocco),
Thailand (Image Publ.),
Hungary (Ulpiushaz),
France (Seuil Jeunesse),
Japan (Sekai Bunka),
Portugal (Presença)
Publishing Date:
2001
Pages: 136
Illustrations
by Fabian Negrin
Rights sold to:
France (Seuil
Jeunesse), Germany
(Bertelsmann),
Spagna (Grup 62),
World English right
(Arthur A. Levine
Books/Scholastic),
Brazil (Editora
Rocco), Romania (Humanitas Publishing), Japan
(Sekai Bunka), Korea (Darim), Taiwan (Morning
Star), Russian (Samokat), Hungary (Ulpiushaz),
Taiwan (Morningstar), Korea (Darim)
Publishing Date:
1999
Pages: 240
Illustrated
by Giulia Orecchia
Rights sold to:
France (Ecole des
Loisirs), Germany
(Bertelsmann),
Brazil (Editora
Rocco), Russia
(Samokat)
Publishing Date: 1995
Pages: 216
Rights sold to:
France (Ecole des loisirs),
Germany (Beltz &
Gelberg), Brazil (Editora
Rocco), Hunghary
(Ulpiushaz)
Publishing Date: 1993
Pages: 224
Rights sold to:
Germany (Bertelsmann),
Brazil (Editora Rocco),
France (Editions des
Grandes Personnes)
FICTION
Salani
NATO ALL’INFERNO
Some true stories are so compelling yet so simple they
touch readers’ hearts. This is one such story-it shines
with the special light of a diamond in the rough. A
highly intense and emotional story.
In post-war Sardinia, the poorest part of poverty-stricken Italy, a
young boy grows up alone, hungry and abused. Yet he is indomitable, honest and generous of heart. He worked the land, tended
goats, broughtreligious pictures to the isolated farmhouses and ferried newspapers to the brigands. He sold stockings and underwear
to the wives of day-labourers. He worked in the movies and saved
lives. His name is Mario Gregu and this book is the transcription of
the story of his life, in his own words. Reading this book feels like
meeting the protagonist of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono as a child...
Publishing date: March 2011
Pages: 112
Rights available
A Milanese gentleman, who was awe-struck and fascinated by the
tales of Mario Gregu’s life, asked Gregu to write his memories down.
This is the autobiography of the author, starting from infancy
straight through to his departure as a migrant worker first in Germany and then in Milan. However, it is also the history of a long-lost
Italy, a history which is the true wealth of this country.
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MARIO
GREGU
Mario Gregu left Sardinia as a twenty
year-old. He went to work in Germany
for a few months then returned to Italy.
He worked in the aerospace industry, for
Caproni in Vizzola Ticino and for Ursina
in Milan. In Milan, he opened a greengrocer’s which flourished over the years.
In 1995 he returned to Sardinia, to the
town of Arzachena, where he lives with
his wife.
«Reading this was like a shot to the heart
and a kick to the stomach. It is a tale of complete internal integrity, of brilliance, of courage, of imagination-a tale of someone
who lived in a world he always believed in
and which always believed in him.»
Paolo Arosio
«This book is not some abstract essay about
haves and have-nots, though the author as a
child was definitely a have-not. That is the
least important aspect of the book. The most
important aspect is that Mario Gregu never
expected any help from outsiders. He used
only his very modest resources and in the
end, he made it. That is, all things considered, the only way to really make it.»
Luca Erizzo
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Salani
FRA NOI DUE IL SILENZIO
A brief, intense and incisive novel.
«Cirikli’s love was my first victory. I gave her everything and she gave
me everything. Perhaps it was just emotion but that was all I asked
for.» Sergio and Elisa fall in love, a unique, overwhelming, totally absorbing love that happens once in a lifetime. School is not an issue,
their parents nagging becomes irrelevant and even their friends
don’t matter anymore. But then reality starts to emerge: she’s a gypsy and their worlds are so different and don’t communicate...
«A teenage love, two worlds apart. Life with all its nuances and
infinite possibilities».
Teresa Buongiorno
Publishing date: March 2011
Pages: 128
Rights available
«Roberto Denti is a witch doctor for children’s literature, and when
we need a remedy to help us go on with our writing, we turn to
him.»
Silvana Gandolfi
«Roberta has been and always will be the guiding star for writers of
children’s books.»
Bianca Pitzorno
Editore
ROBERTO
DENTI
Roberto Denti was born in Cremona in
1924. In 1972, together with his wife, he
opened the famous Libreria dei Ragazzi
(Kid’s Bookshop) in Milan, the first bookshop of the kind in Italy. He was a great
friend of Gianni Rodari and has devoted
hi life to children’s literature, writing
books, reviews, as a journalist, working
with libraries, schools and local institutions. Together with his staff, in the
book shop, he is one of the members
of the jury that awards the Italian Hans
Christian Andersen Prize.
FICTION
Salani
IL BAMBINO CHE GUARDA L’ISOLA
It’s a novel set in a poetic and dream-like atmosphere
and is about the friendship between a painter who has
lost his memory and a child who is waiting for a father
who never arrives.
When Milo meets Emilio on the beach at first he thinks he’s a ghost
because he doesn’t leave any footsteps on the sand. But then he realises he has lost something very important too. And maybe the answers the painter and the child are looking for are over there, on
the island opposite .
One of the most popular and original authors evokes sensitive themes like loss, loneliness and memories and it gives importance to stories which protect us and help us grow up.
Publishing date: March 2011
Pages: 128
Illustrations by Simona Mulazzani
Rights available
«The beauty of Guido Quarzo’s prose easily glides from History to
the ‘story’ transporting the reader like the characters».
Il Sole 24 ore
Editore
GUIDO
QUARZO
Guido Quarzo was born and lives in
Turin. He has a degree in pedagogy
and for many years worked as a teacher
and trainer in a primary school. He published his first short stories, novels and
poems for children in 1989. In 1995 he
won the Hans Christian Andersen award
and in 1996 the Cento Prize making him
one of the most interesting children’s
authors in Italy.
Backlist:
– L’ultimo lupo mannaro in città (1993)
– Clara va al mare (1999)
– Il libraio sotterraneo (2008)
Publishing Date:
September 2008
Pages: 104
Illustrations by
Ilaria Faccioli
Rights available
FICTION
Salani
MAGICA AMICIZIA
A magical friendship out of the ordinary
Publishing date: September 2011
Pages: 160
Rights available
Pandora was born under the lucky sign of sweets and cakes.
Musli was born, under the sign of animals. Viola under the sign
of flowers.
Mobli was born under the sign of furniture. He’s a great inventor.
These four children were all born on the same night. The day of
their tenth birthday, they meet by chance in a camp-site by the
sea and they witness the odd disappearance of objects and the
appearance of rather strange characters. Taking advantage of
their special gifts, they start investigating and they soon discover that a rather nasty individual is behind all this: the Ice
Man. When the children start to disappear, including Pandora
and Musli, Viola a Mobli are ready to do anything to save their
two best friends, even to go to the South Pole where the Ice
Man exploits the kidnapped children for his own shady purposes.
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ANDREA
BOUCHARD
Andrea Bouchard, one of the best knowen young authors in Italy, was born in
Milan in 1963. When he was twentyone, he dropped out of university to follow his artistic vocation. In Rome he attends various courses in music, acting
and creative writing while working at
the same time. In 1998 the Town Council of Rome and Amnesty International
choose one of his papers to promote
the ‘Universal Declaration for the Rights
of Children’ in the schools in Rome.
Acqua dolce recently won the prize Biblioteche di Roma 2010.
Publishing date:
96 pages
Rights available
5 reprint
FICTION
Salani
LA CASA INCANTATA
Two great masters in a masterpiece of literature for
young people
One night a dining room suddenly comes to life. Someone is looking
for the last pages of a book entitled The Red Vampire. But who is the
Red Vampire? The investigation is conducted by Daniele, a young
hero who wears jeans. He finds himself exploring the cupboards,
old compartments drawers and hidden nooks and crannies. During
his search he meets a helpful gorilla, and gigantic squid, and a mysterious Kokkino, director of this underground theatre. Eventually he
solves the mystery of the missing pages.
«A blaze of fantasy to be read with a word of caution: this story tells
no lies».
Cristina Taglietti, Corriere delle Sera
Publishing date: February 2011
Pages: 160
Rights available
«Daniele and Kokkino, are characters from the fairy tale and are
‘magic’ children who Jesi moves around in a world of myths, alternating light and darkness - as in the Greek myths. This is an enchanting
story»
Marco Belpoliti, La Stampa
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FURIO
JESI
Furio Jesi (Turin 1941 - Genoa 1980) scholar, critic, historian and archaeologist - was above all a researcher of
myths. He published a series of studies
on ancient Egypt and ancient Greece.
He was also very interested in the survival of myths in modern culture and
anthropological,
philosophical
and
aesthetic problems related to these issues.
Emanuele Luzzati (Genoa, 1921-2007)
was author and illustrator of many famous children’s books. He also made
films and cartoons and sketches for the
most important Italian and foreign theatres. In 1982 he won the Hans Christian
Andersen Award.
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Salani
QUANDO IL DIAVOLO TI ACCAREZZA
An ‘impossible’ love story between a girl and a very
handsome ‘human’ devil. It is an Italian novel set in modern and contemporary Milan, through a gothic and magical perspective.
Publishing date: February 2011
Pages: 368
Rights available
One night Lena, an Italian student and Arioch, a demon as old as the
world itself, meet under the pouring rain while he is duelling with an
angel and falls to the ground, injured. Lena takes him home and
looks after him and this is the beginning of a journey within the
supernatural folds and precipices of her city, where angels and demons fight on the rooves of skyscrapers, where creatures from other
worlds and times wander through the narrow streets and where
dreams are as real as flesh and blood.
Lena knows that Arioch’s next victim will be her best friend, but she
can’t stop herself from following him, from fighting with him against
human and non human opponents and from risking her own life to
save his. This is because Arioch has something profoundly human
which gradually rises to the surface. Falling in love with a demon
is madness, but falling in love with a man is far too easy...
«This book is addictive: if you read the first two pages you won’t be
able to stop until you get to the last. You’ve been warned».
Francesco Dimitri
«This brilliant Italian author shines the spotlight on variations of the
genre eithin the genre».
Alan D. Altieri
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LUCA
TARENZI
Luca Tarenzi (Somma Lombardo, 1976)
is a writer and Italian translator, author
of fantasy novels and essays. Graduated
in History of religions at the Università
Cattolica in Milan, he has been a journalist and copywriter. He translated books
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
for Rizzoli, Jonathan Stroud and Nahoko
Uehashi for Salani.
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Salani
CHIAMATEMI SANDOKAN!
It is a heartfelt homage to Emilio Salgari to celebrate the
centennial anniversary of his death.
A little girl who’s on holiday at her grandmother’s, discovers some
books on Sandokan in her grandmother’s wardrobe. It’s a fatal attraction. From that moment onwards nothing will ever be the same,
and when she plays with her cousin Aldo the two of them become
pirates, adventurers, hunters, and the kitchen and playrooms become the sea, the jungle, battleships...
Thanks to Negrin’s artful illustrations, fantasy and reality become
one and a whole, but above all Sandokan, the hero who made children and adults dream, at last becomes immortal.
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FABIAN
NEGRIN
Fabian Negrin, one of the greatest International illustrators, was born in Argentina in 1963. He graduated in graphics at the Independed Metropolitan
University of Mexico City and has been
living in Milan since 1989. His drawings
and illustrations have been published in
various magazines and books of the
most important international publishing
houses. In 2000 he won the Hans Christian Andersen Award as the best illustrator of children’s books of the year.
Publishing date: May 2011
Text and drawings by Fabian Negrin
Pages: 64
Rights available
Publishing Date:
November 2009
Pages: 80
Rights and
coedition available
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Salani
A SCUOLA CON NEANDERTAL BOY
The Italian version of the Flintstones whose main characters are children at school, hunting, on holidays and experiencing something different in the Prehistoric Age.
What did children do in prehistoric times? Did they have time to go
to school?
Neanderthal Boy tells us that even kids in the Ice Age had more or
less the same problems that kids have today: they had lots of subjects to learn (hunting, fishing, collecting, lighting fires, building a
hut, magic drawing, propitiatory songs), lots of sports activities to
do (jumping across a torrent, throwing a club, lifting enormous
rocks, jumping on a rolling tree trunk, stroking bears and running
away from tigers) and whoever didn’t do what they were supposed
to risked a suspension...
Publishing date: June 2011
Pages: 128
Rights sold to: Russia (Azbooka), Korea
(Sunset Publishing)
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LUCIANO
MALMUSI
Luciano Malmusi loves painting, drama
and playing football. He teaches in a
middle school in Vignola, near Modena,
and directs the ‘Festival Nazionale del
Teatro dei Ragazzi di Marano sul Panaro’
for whom he has written and directed
numerous plays. The Neandertal Boy series has also been put on stage.
FICTION
Publishing Date:
February 2010
Pages: 192
Rights available
Salani
Editore
BERNARDO
E L’ANGELO NERO
IL RITORNO
DI PINOCCHIO
A subject of burning topicality, a clear insight on war,
a careful consideration on racism and prejudice.
A gentle love story between a little girl and a young
boy
Bernardo is a little boy of twelve, the son the town’s head of the
Fascist Party, he is riding his bike across the Tuscan hills. Bernardo would long to be loved by his father, who is ashamed of having such a fragile, asthmatic child, certainly not destined to become a boxer as he was as a boy. Bernardo is wearing the black
Fascist uniform, fez and gun. Quite so, he is carrying a small revolver which was given to him by his father to protect himself
against the ‘rebels’. For days, his father has been nervous and
preoccupied: the American Allies are moving up Italy and getting closer, they bomb the strategic points and send grasshoppers on reconnaissance flights. One day, in this atmosphere of
tension and hatred for the enemy, Bernardo comes face to face
with an injured Afro-American pilot, hanging with his parachute
from a tree. Thinking he was dead he decides to take him down,
but while he is doing so, the man regains consciousness. The
young boy, eager to prove himself, pulls his gun...
A novel full of contrasting shades, with no good guys on one
side and bad guys on the other, a book that depicts the shabbiness and greatness of human nature.
The adventure of a fragile but brave young boy in search of his
own identity. A book dedicated to ‘who believes too strongly in
his own ideas, and to who doesn’t believe enough’.
One town, one little girl, one night. A young boy knocks on a
window, he asks to be let in and claims to be Pinocchio... It is
the beginning of another story. An exceptional adventure made
of encounters, discoveries, friendship along the streets of the
city and of life.
The return of Pinocchio celebrates the discovery of the world
through children’s eyes, free from social and cultural conventions. A visionary journey through the night as seen by the child
who is buried within ourselves, the essence of all of Silvano
Agosti’s preferred themes, the author of the famous and most
acclaimed book Lettere dalla Kirghisia.
Fabrizio Silei was born in Florence in 1967. An art school diplomate, graduated in Political Science, he has worked for years
as sociologist for a number of research institutes focusing mainly
on the themes of identity and memory. A writer and an artist, an
expert on social communication, he is one of the new voices of
Italian literature. In his books he is able to tackle with lightness
and strength historical and social topics from a very personal
point of view. His first novel Alice e i Nibelunghi has been
praised both by critics and readers and in 2008 has been the
only Italian novel finalist in the Unicef Prize on literature for
man and children’s rights.
Publishing Date:
March 2010
Pages: 144
Rights sold to:
Ungheria (People
Team Millenium)
‘To imagine is so beautiful, it’s a bit like flying’.
Every single child is of utmost importance. This means that each
child is worthier than who brought him into this world and is
more knowledgeable than those who were born before him.
Silvano Agosti is the author of many books among which Il
genocidio invisibile, Lettere dalla Kirghisia, Il ballo degli invisibili,
La ragion pura. He had nominations for the Strega Prize with Il
cercatore di rugiada, L’uomo proiettile and Il Semplice oblio.
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Salani
LE CITTÀ
PARALLELE
Publishing Date:
September 2008
Pages: 196
Cover Illustration
by D. Pizzigoni
Rights sold to:
France (Editions
des Grandes
Personnes)
A city dwells in a deep cleft between two mountains. Its
name is Ottavia: it is suspended, fastened to the rocks
with ropes and chains, cradled by the wind; its residents
go along with its breath and throb, and the youngsters,
like Schivo, challenge the sky with fearless acrobatics
upon its narrow bridges made out of ropes. The Suspended City lives through the exchange with Zora the
Stone City: but suddenly communication ceases.
A surprising, most original novel that, like a mirror, narrates our world, our contradictions, and with its refined
style, light and elegant, it unforgettably honors the
most important among the Italian writers of the nineteenth century.
« Of one city you don’t take pleasure in its seven or seventy-seven wonders, but in the answer it gives to one
of your questions ».
Italo Calvino
Luca Randazzo was born in Milan in 1971 and spent
his childhood and adolescence in the mountains of
Trento. After becoming a teacher, he taught in Primary
Schools for ten years in the surroundings of Bologna
and Pisa. Le città parallele is his first novel.
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IL MANGIANOMI
A metaphysical thriller, a historical horror fiction,
a novel that would have been appreciated by
Borges.
Publishing Date:
April 2010
Pages: 496
Cover Illustration
by Gianni De
Conno
A relentless beast wanders around in the Kingdom of
Naples, devouring the names of people and things. Once he is done with them, the names disappear along
with the people and the things who bore them. Among
his victims, Asprimia, the earl of Acquaviva’s daughter.
To hunt the monster, her father summons the most famous hunter of the kingdom, Magubalik, who to defeat the beast can only rely on his extraordinary three
dogs.
A merciless hunt begins in nightmarish woods, among
laughing wolves, running trees and man-eating ruins,
straight to the core of a heartless land: the Nameseater
A journey across the symbols of our existence, our
fears, inside our mind’s worse nightmares.
Giovanni De Feo was born in Rome in 1973. Since he
was six he has been drawing maps and dream of
boarding on a pirate ship to sail across the Tyrrhenian
Sea. Whereas, he graduated in History of the Cinema.
In 2002 he won the Solinas Prize for Best Screenplay.
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SILVANA DE MARI lives near Turin with her family and an enormous dog. She’s a surgeon, and has worked in Italy and Africa before devoting herself to
psychotherapy. She has already published tales in several magazines.
Publishing Date:
2004
Pages: 317
Cover Illustration
by G. De Conno
Rights sold to:
United Kingdom
(Bloomsbury), North
America (Miramax
books), Brazil
(Editora Rocco),
France (Albin
Michel), Finland
(Wsoy), Thailand
(Pearl Publishing), Japan (Hayakawa), Mexico,
Central and South America (Norma), Portugal
(Asa), Netherlands (Van Gennep), Spain
(Belacqva), Taiwan (OWL), Latvia (Dienas
Gramata), Romania (Aramis), Hungary (Europa),
Germany (Bertelsmann), Poland (W.A.B.), Russia
(Meshcheryakov), Cina (Henan), Bulgaria
(Emaa)
Publishing Date:
2005
Pages: 720
Cover Illustration
by G. De Conno
Rights sold to:
Brazil (Rocco), France
(Albin Michel),
Ungheria (Europa),
Germany (Random
House Audio),
Netherlands (Van
Gennep), Russia
(Meshcheryakov)
Publishing Date:
2008
Pages: 770
Cover Illustration
by G. De Conno
Rights sold to:
Germany (RHMBertelsmann),
Poland (W.A.B.),
Brazil (Rocco), Russia
(Meshcheryakov)
NON-FICTION
Salani
FACCIA DA CLOWN
«What you will find in this book is not abstract theory.
On the contrary it is the fruit of years of practical experience. So if you want to start and read this book, be
ready to dirty your hands».
Claudio Bisio
Publishing date: March 2011
Illustrations by Claudio Madia
Pages: 176
Rights available
Are you a daredevil? Do you like being in the limelight?
Or are you shy, a bit clumsy? Do you trip up every step you take?
In either case you were born to be a clown and this book is just what
you need.
Don’t worry. You can all become expert clowns, just choose the
character who you look like the most. You can be an Augusto, or
Bianco or even a metropolitan clown. It doesn’t really matter, what
does matter is having a good time, because laughing is the best
medicine you can take and it’s what makes us feel good and what
keeps us together.
You’ll find this book is full of games and activities you can do on your
own to become expert jugglers, extravagant magicians and do the
best balancing act ever. You’ll find lots of hints on how to find your
ideal outfit. Find a red nose and get to work on your own personal
clown kit
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CLAUDIO
MADIA
Claudio Madia is a professional acrobat, tightrope walker, juggler- you name
it he can do it. Together with his wife,
Camilla, he founded the ’Piccolo Circo
Porta Volta’ in Milan. For years he presented the popular children show, Albero Azzurro and worked for many
other TV programmes. His mission in life
is to bring fun and enjoyment to as many
children as he can and so far that’s just
what he’s done.
NON-FICTION
Salani
LO SAI CHE I PAPAVERI...
A book of the series Laboratorio Salani for young gardeners who want to create a garden at school or in their
free time.
After the success of the book «The Salad was in the Garden» printed
five times in three months the teacher-gardener has returned to tell
children and teachers alike about the joys of cultivating the land,
whether it is a garden or a pot on your balcony. «Working the land
is part of a general learning in which the school subjects come to life» by Nadia Nicoletti
Publishing date: March 2011
Pages: 160
Rights available
«This book leads the children step by step, patiently teaching them
all they need to know about plants so that they give us pleasure and
make us happy when they flower- a dream that actually becomes
true and is not just something we imagined.»
Pia Pera
«Italy’s future would definitely benefit from a return to gardens and
vegetable plots. The ancient ties to the land and its inhabitants will
lead to a less sophisticated, but better, more wholesome life for everybody.
Paolo Pejrone
«Even for children, gardens are a metaphor of life, a place where you
can test yourself using your knowledge and ability and where you
can enjoy emotions and be rewarded for your efforts.»
Pia Meda, Gardenia
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NADIA
NICOLETTI
Nadia Nicoletti has been a primary
school teacher since 1975. She lives in
the province of Trento. Ever since she
was a little girl she he has developed a
passion for plants together with her
grandmother. Since 2006 she has edited
the site: www.ortidipace.org, where she
tells stories about the adventures of children who work the soil. Not only does
she have a passion for the school’s herb
garden but she also loves flowers, above
all roses. She is one of the jurors of the
‘Roseto di Ginevra’ prize and often takes
part in international gardening events.
Publishing Date:
February 2009
Pages: 128
5 reprint in 3
months
Rights available
NON-FICTION
Salani
GIOCHIAMO IN CUCINA
One of the series Laboratorio Salani on how to learn to
eat good, healthy food enjoying yourself in the kitchen
It is a manual to be used with children to conquer the wonderful
world of food using all five senses: touching, observing, smelling,
hearing, tasting. It has all the recipes to teach children how to get
to know the different kinds of food and get as much enjoyment
out of it as possible.
«A big thank you to Patrizia Bollo because she teaches us a healthy
and genuine lifestyle whilst enjoying ourselves tremendously»
Umberto Veronesi
Publishing date: August 2011
Pages: 160
Rights available
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PATRIZIA
BOLLO
Patrizia Bollo is a dietician and has
worked for the National Health hospitals
for over twenty years. Since 2002 she
has been teaching ‘Diets and Nutrition
for Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases’ at Statale University in Milan.
For Salani she published Mangiocando in
2008.
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Salani
GATTOTERAPIA
Respecting our cat and its domestic needs means respecting ourselves.
If you respect your cat, it will respect you. By describing the most important characteristics of feline behaviour this new ‘Cat Therapy’
gives advice on the most comfortable organisation of your home
for you and your cat.
Publishing date: May 2011
Pages: 96
Rights available
The physical and psychological health of the owners and their cats
depend on just a few sensible tricks, but above on their ability to
cat-size their houses rather than ghetto-size (isolating and excluding)
their cat.
Editore
VALERIA
TOSI
Valeria Tosi is a freelance editor and
translator. She’s a volunteer in associations for the protection of animals and
a surrogate mother for dozens of abandoned kittens. She lives with her two
children, five cats and a docile dog.
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DIVENTA DETECTIVE
GIOCHI CON LUCI E OMBRE
NICCOLÒ
BARBIERO
There are two packs of cards with 50 different activities
to do either by yourself or with your friends.
Niccolò Barbiero designs, invents and
writes for magazines, books and screenplays for children. For many years he
worked for the famous children’s TV
programme: ‘L’Albero Azzurro’.
He has published games’ books for kids,
illustrated books and invented several
characters for Italian publishers. He also
organises workshops based on his inventions. He also created and worked for
the series: Laboratorio Salani.
Diventa detective
There are all kinds of mysteries to solve and investigations to carry
out, for those of you who want to become detectives. Learn how
to write your own secret codes, how to identify somebody’s fingerprints and create secret hiding places, how learn the Morse code and
lots of other exciting activities to become a real-life Sherlock Holmes.
Giochi con luci e ombre
These will teach you how to make an aquarium without water, how
to build a giant giraffe and a magic torch-in other words how to
spend a whole afternoon having a whale of a time!
Publishing date: 2009
Cards: 50
Rights available
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CONOSCIAMO LA NATURA!
GIOCHI DI IERI
NICCOLÒ
BARBIERO
There are two packs of cards with so different activities
to do either by yourself or with your friends.
Niccolò Barbiero designs, invents and
writes for magazines, books and screenplays for children. For many years he
worked for the famous children’s TV
programme: ‘L’Albero Azzurro’.
He has published games’ books for kids,
illustrated books and invented several
characters for Italian publishers. He also
organises workshops based on his inventions. He also created and worked for
the series: Laboratorio Salani.
Conosciamo la natura!
Let’s get to know Nature: these cards will help you explore nature,
make small experiments and get to know the environment so that
you can learn to protect it. It would be great if your science lesson
was as much fun as these cards are! There are 52 activities you
can do either outside or indoors to learn how things work in nature
so that you can do your best to preserve it the best you can.
Giochi di ieri
What is better than turning endless afternoons into hours of fun,
playing old-fashioned games where you have to look for the objects
and materials you need to play the game with?
Publishing date: 2008
Cards: 52
Rights available
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Salani
GANDHI PER GIOVANI PACIFISTI
An introduction to Gandhi’s for young generations
about this great historical figure.
The great prophet of peace, assassinated in 1948 after having freed
India from the English dominion and having tried to keep the country
united, overcoming economic, religious and caste problems comes
back to life through the words written and spoken in his articles, letters, interviews and public speeches. And all his words demonstrate
how the truth, non-violence, non-possession, courage, tolerance,
equality of religions, importance of promises, sacrifice, fasting, and
the defence of civil liberties are not utopia but can be real. Ghandi’s
life proved it and he is still present with his message of peace.
Publishing date: March 2011
Pages: 144
Rights available
Editore
EDITED BY
BRUNILDE NERONI
Brunilde Neroni, Italianist and Orientalist , has focused on the works of Tagore
and Sanskrit poetry, translating works by
Kalidasa, Kabir, Tukaram, Ramakrsna,
and Aurobindo. She has published her
own collection of poems Tra i fiori
(among the flowers), a book of short
stories, A casa (at home) published by
Sellerio in 2008, as well as the text of
the Ecumenical Prayer of Assisi , Tutti i
cieli (all the skies). She is famous for
being an ecologist and a pacifist and
has also published an exemplary translation of the Bhagavadgita, the sacred
book of Hinduism.