Bologna children`s Books fair 2012

Foreign Rights
Catalogue
Bologna
children’s Books
fair 2012
Alessandra Mele
Grandi & Associati Literary Agency
Via degli Olivetani 12 – 20123 Milan Italy
Tel. 0039 02 4818962
Telefax 0039 02 48195108
e-mail: [email protected]
Adriano Salani Editore
Via Gherardini 10 – 20145 Milan Italy
Tel. 0039 02 34597624 – Telefax 0039 02 34597206
e-mail: [email protected]
www.salani.it
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FICTION
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IL CLUB DEGLI AMICI IMMAGINARI
March 2012
Pages: 240
The new book by the winner of the Andersen Award 2011
Silvana Gandolfi brings us back to the Isola del tempo perso.
Her book solds over 280.000 copies
Oscar is almost ten. His mind rushes at full speed, but his lungs are weak.
For this reason he spends his summer holidays by the sea together with
his parents, in an isolated house clinging to the cliffs overlooking the tiny
beach of Portopidocchio. By the light of the moon, one night Oscar furtively descends on the beach. Mia, a young mermaid, is waiting for him
on a rock. She convinces him to go to the Island of Lost Time, far away
from his strict and authoritarian father.
However, not everything goes as planned: a group of Cannibals have left
the Island for the Earth, where they are plotting a coup d’état. Mia has a
plan: she wants to gather a small army of imaginary friends to fight the
Cannibals who, in the meantime, have already conquered the Palace of
Power.
«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
«Gandolfi is an inimitable master of engrossing surreal stories
where the fantastic unexpectedly enters the everyday with sensational and exhilarating effects».
Bianca Pitzorno
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 Hans Christian 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.
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Io dentro gli spari
September
2010
Pages: 228
Rights sold to:
Germany
(Carlsen),
Hungary
(People Team
Millenium),
France (Editions
La bambina in fondo al mare
2009
Pages: 200
Illustrations
by Giulia
D’Anna
des Grandes
Personnes, Gallimard), Brazil
(Editora Rocco)
La memoria dell’acqua
L’isola del tempo perso
1999
Pages: 240
Illustrated
by Giulia
Orecchia
Rights sold to:
France (Ecole
des Loisirs),
Germany
(Bertelsmann),
Brazil (Editora Rocco), Russia
(Samokat)
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)
Pasta di drago
1993
Pages: 224
Rights sold to:
Germany (Bertelsmann), Brazil (Editora Rocco),
France (Editions des Grandes Personnes)
Editore
Aldabra
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)
Occhio al gatto
1995
Pages: 216
Rights sold to:
France (Ecole
des loisirs),
Germany (Beltz
& Gelberg),
Brazil (Editora
Rocco),
Hunghary
(Ulpiushaz)
FICTION
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Editore
GIOVANNA D’ARCO,
LA RAGAZZA DAL VESTITO ROSSO
The new historical novel by Teresa Buongiorno, together with
Bianca Pitzorno, Silvana De Mari, Silvana Gandolfi, one of the
most celebrated voices in children’s literature. Her books sold
more than 100.000 copies.
February 2012
Pages: 208
Cover illustration by
Gianni De Conno
TERESA
BUONGIORNO
Joan of Arc is a legendary character. There are rumours that she escaped
the stake and was replaced at the last moment by someone else. According to this version, Joan was sent to Rome to meet the Pope and obtain
his forgiveness. What if this rumour is true? What if Joan survived, only
to be forced to confront the myth she left behind? In the 600th anniversary of her birth, The Maid of Orléans is alive and kicking in this novel,
busy with her daily life, her petty chores, her friendships, revenges and
resentments: the portrait of a visionary and extraordinary nineteen year
old girl comes to life.
«Teresa Buongiorno has a great gift: to tell the history so fascinating, like most great novels».
Bianca Pitzorno
Teresa Buongiorno was born in Rome and has a degree in Medieval
History. She is a journalist and successful author of historical novels that
have been translated into French, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian,
Spanish and German. The following titles are all published by Salani:
Olympos, il diario di una dea adolescente; La stella di tramontana. La storia dell’ultimo viaggio di Marco Polo; Il mio cuore e una piuma di struzzo.
Sui misteri dell’antico Egitto; Camelot. L’invenzione della Tavola Rotonda; Il ragazzo che fu Carlomagno; Il vento soffia nella foresta.
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UN PITONE NEL PALLONE
A story of sport and friendship that has a lot to say about the
transition from childhood to adolescence.
Federico is in his last year of primary school. One morning his peaceful
routine is upset by the arrival of a new classmate. While Federico becomes increasingly angry and isolated, a python appears by his side,
murmuring defensive football strategies in Federico’s ear and growing
bigger and bigger. Federico is convinced no one else can see the python,
but luckily there is a special granddad who dedicated his life to building
ships in bottles and has a special ability: he can see pythons and the feelings generating them.
January 2012
Pages: 128
Cover illustration by
Lorenza Natarella
Fabrizio Silei is one of the most renowned Italian authors for children and young adults: he won Premio Mariele Ventre 2009 –
Shortlisted for Unicef Award 2010 – Premio ‘‘Il Gigante delle
Langhe’’ 2010 – Premio Scelte di classe 2010.
«A book about friendship and responsibility, that teaches how those who
are different are not always luckier. And that jealousy, after all, is nothing
butfear defeat is the first step to becoming great». Gaia Rau, la Repubblica
«A funny story about imaginary friends envy and children. [...] Fabrizio
Silei is one of those Italian writers who can make everyone laugh and
have fun. It also teaches something about how to get rid of negative
feelings». Pierdomenico Baccalario, la Repubblica
FABRIZIO
SILEI
Fabrizio Silei. His first novel Alice e i Nibelunghi (Alice and the Nibelungs) was acclaimed by critics and readers alike. In 2008 Silei was
the only Italian author to make it to the final selection for the
Unicef Award for human and children’s rights literature. Alice e i Nibelunghi and Bernardo e l’angelo nero are both published by Salani.
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NIENTE MI BASTA
In 2006 Giusi Quarenghi was awarded with the Premio Andersen Italia
«For the quality of her writing which in time has become more and more
refined and aware. For her skill in moving with great mastery in different
fields, between humour and commitment, fun and her skill at creating
fantastic tales».
An amazing and intense novel that uncovers one of the most disturbing aspects of being a teenage girl.
This is Gaspara’s story: an unsettled teenager with a serious problem of
anorexia.
March 2012
Pages: 144
GIUSI
QUARENGHI
«The protagonist’s story has a taste of real life and is measured
with a human reality that today, more often than not, involves
the adolescent stage of life».
Roberto Denti
Giusi Quarenghi lives in Bergamo. After obtaining her degree in Philosophy, she worked on animated cartoons, comics and illustrations. She is
a journalist and her articles regularly appear in newspapers and specialized magazines. She published her first short story in Il Corriere dei Piccoli in 1979. Her first novel was published in 1982. Her books have
been published by Italian prestigious publishers. In 2006 she
was awarded the Premio Andersen-Italia. E sulle case il cielo,
her collection of poems has been included in the IBBY Honour List
2010, a biennial selection of the most outstanding children’s books from
all over the world.
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MAGICA AMICIZIA
A new, out of the ordinary story of magical friendship from the
most ‘‘reprinted’’ Italian author for young readers
September 2011
Pages: 160
already 2 reprints
ANDREA
BOUCHARD
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 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.
Andrea Bouchard, one of the best known young authors in Italy,
was born in Milan in 1963. When he was twenty-one, he dropped out of
university to follow his artistic vocation. In Rome he attended various
courses in music, acting and creative writing while working at the same
time. In 1998 the Town Council of Rome and Amnesty International
chose 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.
96 pages
5 reprints!!!
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VITA DI BERNIE
The renowned historian Massimo Salvadori tells us a dog’s life,
narrated from the animal’s point of view
With a preface by Claudio Magris on the amazing relationship
that can sparkle between a dog and its master
March 2012
Pages: 128
Face to face with some animal, and especially dogs, we often think: «If
only it could speak...» In this book the reader hears Bernie’s voice loud
and clear. And that’s clearly a lucky exception, given that when his masters are around Bernie generally refuses to bark. Abandoned at a very
young age, the puppy is adopted by a young couple living in town: Matteo and Dorina. At the beginning, living with humans is not that easy for
Bernie... Life, from the point of view of four legs instead of two, is very
different: vets and dog-washers torturing you, human nieces teasing
you, and then there are the leash, the muzzle, the outings with the
grandparents and the flights. Now that he is older and wiser, Bernie
shares with the reader, in a proud and self-conscious tone, what the special life of an ordinary dog is like.
«Thanks to this novel, we get to know the real essence of the
relationship between a man and his dog».
Claudio Magris
MASSIMO
SALVADORI
MASSIMO L. SALVADORI, an Italian historian and politician, was born
in Ivrea on 23 September 1936. He studied under W. Maturi in Turin and
under F. Chabod at the «Istituto italiano per gli studi storici» in Naples.
He furthered his academic education at Trinity College in Dublin and at
Leipzig University. He has been teaching History of Political Doctrine in
Turin since 1967. Between 1992 and 1994 he was an MP for the leftwing party «Partito Democratico della Sinistra». Among his many publications are Il Novecento: un’introduzione and Democrazie senza democrazia, published by Laterza.
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SCHELETRINA CICCIABOMBA
Simona Vinci internationally acclaimed author, did a terrific job
creating a great story for children.
Two stories in one. Two delicate, metaphorical tales about children’s discomfort.
Two stories, two points of view and two covers within the same book:
read the story of Miss Skinny (Scheletrina) and then turn the book to
discover the story of Miss Chubby (Cicciabomba), or the other way
round. Just keep on turning the book again and again.
March 2012
Pages: 96
Illustrated by
Raffaella Ligi
SIMONA
VINCI
SIMONA VINCI was born in Milan and currently lives outside Bologna.
Together with other young writers, she runs the literary web magazine
Incubatoio 16. Her debut novel, Dei bambini non si sa niente (Einaudi
Stile Libero), was published in 1997. The novel raised a storm of controversy, was praised by critics and became a great success with the public
even in the States. In 1999 Vinci published a collection of short stories, In
tutti i sensi come l’amore, (Einaudi). Vinci is also author of two children
books, Corri Matilda and Matilda city. During her career, Vinci has been
shortlisted for the Strega and Campiello awards.
RAFFAELLA LIGI lives and works in Zurich. In 1997 she started working
as an illustrator in publishing for children. Her books are published in Italy
and abroad.
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From the book Scheletrina Cicciabomba
«The story of a girl who is too fat and another that is too
thin, who in the end discover they are one and the same
girl: Olivia, who is neither too fat nor too thin, does not
bear the weight of unfriendly or cruel nicknames, and
learns, together with those close to her, to love what
she eats (and therefore her body and herself) without
being devoured. It is both wonderful and exhausting
being a child. Bodies that are simultaneously fragile and
very strong, that lengthen, grow and change in just a
few short months. A constant transformation that soaks
up so much energy not just from the body, but also from
that thing that inhabits it and each one of us calls as best
he or she thinks: soul, spirit, character... But most of all it
is difficult being a child among other children, as happens
at school, when this body we inhabit and reveals us to
others can become a source of insecurity, unease and suffering. For children, kitchens have become a mysterious
and forbidden place to which they have free access only
to consume a meal decided, thought up, bought and prepared by adults, never a place of fun and experimentation. Thus, food becomes lots of different things all rolled
into one, but rarely something that passed through their
hands and their intelligence. It would often take so little
to try to harmonize body and food, as well as that other
thing that each one of us calls as best he or she thinks. A
little fantasy would be enough, some attention paid to
that food that should nourish us and help us grow up
happy, without becoming an obsession either because it
is too much or too little. One approach could be to use
stories that make things real and, in this case, edible. It
is up to the parents to find the creativity, the attention
and the time. And Olivia is a good place to start!»
Simona Vinci
Editore
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ALFABETO EBRAICO
Matteo Corradini is an eclectic intellectual with the gift of writing.
Grazia Nidasio is the most important Italian illustrator of all time.
Stories that show how to read the wonders of the world.
April 2012
Pages: 96
MATTEO
CORRADINI
and
GRAZIA
NIDASIO
The book presents every letter of the Hebrew alphabet together with an
illustrated story inspired by Jewish mythology and culture, offering a
comprehensive introduction to their origin, meanings and history. The
texts are written in an approachable style and are suitable for readers
of any age. A section of the book is dedicated to the calligraphic techniques one has to learn in order to write the Hebrew alphabet.
MATTEO CORRADINI has a degree in Hebrew and is very active in organizing events, workshops and didactic activities on the topic of the
Shoah. He regularly writes in the magazines Andersen, Popotus, Animals
and Scuola Italiana Moderna. Corradini was awarded the national Alberto Manzi award for the best educational communication for children.
His website is www.matteocorradini.com.
GRAZIA NIDASIO was an illustrator and later editor for the magazine
Corriere dei Piccoli and currently collaborates with Smemoranda. She is
a script writer and has created characters such as Valentina Mela Verde
and Stefi. Her graphic style is highly distinctive. Between 1984 and
1987 she was the President of the Association of Illustrators.
In 1987 she won the Andersen award for best author; in 2001 Andersen awarded Nidasio a Special mention for her distinguished
career.
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I VESTITI IMPOSSIBILI
In March 2012 Chiara Rapaccini received the special award for her
outstanding achievement in the field of Illustration.
A masterpiece of imagination and beauty.
A great classic of Italian illustration.
May 2012
Pages: 32
CHIARA
RAPACCINI
Imagine a funny wardrobe with a set of colourful and unique clothes.
The wardrobe is full of «impossible clothes» to do «impossible things»:
there is a pot-hat to play in the kitchen, and a cake-hat to wear at birthday parties, a soft, bubbly dress of foam, an iron skirt, an invisible dress,
some tree-shoes, talking socks, warming knickers and an umbrella full of
holes. Everyday clothes can be, in fact, rather boring and anonymous.
Free your imagination with this book and create your own style.
Chiara Rapaccini currently lives in Rome, where she works as a writer
and illustrator of children books for some of the best Italian publishing
houses. She created cinema and TV cartoons. Her illustrations appeared
in Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, il Manifesto and l’Unità. Her
paintings, sculptures and design works have been exhibited in Rome, Milan, Venice, Osaka, Brussels, Paris, New York and Tokyo.
In 2002 she held a workshop on writing and illustrating for children in
Tokyo. In 1999 she was awarded the national Premio Battello a Vapore for the Best children’s Illustrator.
NON-FICTION
Salani
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COME NON FARSI
BOCCIARE A SCUOLA
An international approach in the tradition of Come si fa una tesi
di laurea by Umberto Eco.
Strategies, techniques, tips, tricks, mistakes and traps to avoid: a
survival guide for students and their parents from an author who
sold 70.000 copies
A practical guide to choose the right school, to behave properly in class
and to manage the relationships with the teachers; but also tips and advice on how to study, how to handle oral and written exams, how to get
back on track when things go wrong, how to overcome performance
anxiety and to enhance your potential...
«From choosing the right desk to smiling to your teacher: all the tips to
January 2012
avoid failing at school». la Repubblica
Pages: 160
2 reprints in 1 week!!!
MATTEO RAMPIN
and
FARIDA
MONDUZZI
Matteo Rampin, psychiatrist and psychotherapist has over twenty
books to his credit, all published in Italy and abroad.
Farida Monduzzi is a former Economics and Law secondary school teacher. Monduzzi currently works as a journalist, writing about art and cinema in weekly magazines and online.
NON-FICTION
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UN SASSO NELLO STAGNO
Gianni Rodari: his life and stories – Book and DVD Box set
An exceptional document about the most important Italian
author for children of the XX century.
An original portrait of Gianni Rodari that follows the stages of his
education and development, the evolution of his poetic vision, and focuses on the aspects that shaped and still shape contemporary imagination.
March 2012
Pages: 32
The Book: Gianni Rodari. Il giocoliere della fantasia contains an introduction to the author, journalist and intellectual who has always been an independent thinker, followed by a rare interview-essay with Roberto
Denti and a director’s note by Felice Cappa.
The DVD: Gianni Rodari. Un sasso nello stagno is the first documentary dedicated to Gianni Rodari, produced by Fondazione Aida Teatro Stabile di Innovazione, Rai Trade and Adriano Salani editore, in
collaboration with Palco e Retropalco Rai 3, Educa and under the patronage of Unicef Italia. Written and directed by Felice Cappa.
A journey to discover Gianni Rodari’s life, places and stories, with contributions, tributes and thoughts by Dario Fo, Cesare Zavattini, Bruno
Munari, Umberto Eco, Tullio De Mauro and many others.
GIANNI
RODARI
«I wish Rodari were still with us. He stressed the importance of understanding the difference between children and adults, and helped children to get together to face the many social problems they encountered:
we can build a better society if we respect children’s autonomy and their
way of thinking... Reading is a fundamental ingredient of growing up:
we can think because we have words, and if you know how to use them,
you can give them different meanings. How do you learn? There is no
such topic at school: reading is the only way. Rodari created a pedagogical approach despite his narrative is far from pedagogic: here lies his
greatness». Roberto Denti