Agenzia Servizi Editoriali FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR 2011 Children and Young Adults Rights List Agenzia Servizi Editoriali Anna Spadolini, Guido Lagomarsino Via Adelaide Bono Cairoli 37 | 20127 Milano | Italy Tel +39 02 28510504 | +39 02 87393515 email: [email protected] www.serv-ed Works by Pinin Carpi Pinin Carpi (1920-2004) was one of the most popular and appreciated Italian authors of children books. Generations of children have grown up with is most famous books: Cion Cion Blu, Mauro e il leone, Sussanna e il soldato, Dietro alla porta d’oro, Le avventure di Lupo Uragano. And a number of boys and girls were introduced to arts by his albums – Vermeer, il silenzio abitato delle case, Canaletto, il ponte del paradise,Rousseau, la zingara della giungla, Van Gogh, la notte stellata. Most of his books were illustrated by himself. The full list of hos novels includes: L’ESTATE CHE UNO DIVENTA GRANDE by Francesca Capelli Sinnos (2010) 128 p. 14x21 cm € 10,00 + 13 y.o. An amazing coming-of-age novel for young people about experiences of the past that, though painful, can result in a new strength which allows to change the present and hope again in the future. Summer is coming. Saverio’s father must go to Argentina on business and he invites his son to go with him for the whole month of July. But it’s Winter in Buenos Aires, cold and rainy, and the proposal doesn’t seem so attractive to Saverio… However, it will be “the most important summer of his life”. Saverio will meet Rosana and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo), he will learn about their stories full of pain, but also of love and hope in the future, and he will eventually develop a new awareness and a new way of looking at his own life. Francesca Capelli was born in Bologna, she is a freelance journalist and a specialist in science subjects. In the last years she has been writing novels and educational books for teenagers, treating of environmental education, nutrition problems, citizenship etc. In 2001 she started the blog www.ragazzinet.it. She is also translator of children and young adults books. A Aggeen nzziia aS Seerrvviizzii E orriia allii Eddiitto Fabrizio Casa PIOGGIA SPORCA Sinnos 2010 128 pages € 12,00 14x21 cm + 14 y.o. An amazing YA novel, set in one of the many suburbs of our cities, that tells, with pressing pace and passion, the tensions, errors, but also the positive forces that animate boys. Alex, “Bone” and Luca are 15 years old boys who live in one of the many suburbs of our major cities. Mosca (Fly) is their idol, the older brother of Alex, an amateur boxer (Hence his nickname). The three boys, dragged from Mosca and his friends, find themselves involved in a punitive raid against a nomad camp, during which the Novaks, a Sinti family, are particularly hit. The Novaks are a Gipsy family coming from Germany and traditionally work with merry-go-rounds. A young police inspector – Salvatore Mitraglia – investigates on this act of hooliganism - he will plunge into that “black rain”, to bring out the lights and shadows of the event, but also to reveal the heroic role of Tony Novak, the head of the family, during World War II. Meanwhile, between Moscow and Myra, the oldest daughter of Novak, a striking tension is growing, which will lead to unexpected results ... Fabrizio Casa is the author of TV shows for children and creator of table games, dealing with literature and leisure for children. He collaborated with Treccani – the Italian Encyclopedia Institute - for initiatives on the Italian language for kids, worked with the 'Almanac on line "of the National Research Council, writing science stories for children and book reviews, and worked for the Auditorium of Rome in organizing scientific events for high school students. Agenzia Servizi Editoriali Via Adelaide Bono Cairoli 37 | 20127 Milano | Italy Tel +39 02 28510504 | +39 02 87393515 | email: [email protected] | www.serv-ed.it The unpleasant Beatrice, the insufferable Aunt Clodomira and the terrible Senofonte Affoghi, swimming teacher, are the nuisance of Ester and Bernardo. But a special broom is going to revenge them… Author: Claudio Comini Title: BUTTATI, BERNARDO! (Plunge in, Bernardo!) ISBN: 978-88-89921-50-0 Price: 8,50 euro Size: 14 x 21 Pages: 64 Illustrated by: Umberto Mischi Age: 8-10 Special editing and design processes support children with reading difficulties. Special editing and design processes support the children with reading difficulties CHARLOT AND I author: Arianna Di Genova illustrator: Alessandro Sanna size: 14,5 x 19 cm pages: 80 The book tells the true story of Charlie Chaplin, and of the magic that transformed a poor boy, born in the slums of London at the end of the nineteenth century, into a genius of world cinema and one of the richest men in America. At the outset, Chaplie was just a young boy who lived from hand to mouth in a bad neighbourhood, sharing the misery of his daily life with his step-brother Sidney. But, unlike his companions in misfortune, he had a dream: to act, to make people laugh, to become a great comedian. First he did it in the theater, following in the footsteps of his parents. Then he moved to America, where the new art form that was the cinema had been born. It was in America that Charlie became Charlot. All it took was a very British bowler hat, over-sized shoes, a thread-bare jacket, and a swirling walking stick; and so the eternal vagabond wandered out into the world, hoping for a better future. The author Arianna di Genova, culture correspondent for Il Manifesto, an expert on the cinema and on art history, she is the author of The Circus in Art, published by Il Saggiatore and aimed at adult readers. The illustrator Alessandro Sanna likes to think that he writes with images. He has illustrated books written by David Grossman, Italo Calvino, Gianni Rodari and Beppe Fenoglio. He is the designer and author of illustrated books and graphic novels. He works with publishing houses such as Edizioni Corraini, Arte bambini, Einaudi Ragazzi. He won the Andersen prize for the best book on art in 2006 with his book Have you ever seen Mondrian. ZÁTOPEK THE HUMAN LOCOMOTIVE author: Marco Franzelli illustrator: Umberto Mischi size: 14,5 x 21 cm pages: 144 A famous sports journalist recounts the extraordinary life of Emil Zátopek, the athlete and the man, who from being a worker in a shoe factory, became a record holder and a winner of olympic gold medals. A story of dedication, determination and modesty, both in life and in athletic competitions. A fast paced narrative, which also takes in the history of the twentieth century – the nazi occupation of czechoslovakia, the initial hopes after the end of the war, the onset of the cold war, the days of the springtime of prague, when zatopek courageously defended democracy. Against the background of these events, zatopek’s story is a wonderful example, both his stunning victories and his defeats, which restored to sport the highest and best sense of a school for life. “An athlete should run with hope in his heart, dreams in his head, and not much money in his pocket” Emil Zátopek A message that is more relevant than ever for young people today. The author Marco Franzelli has worked in TV news in the Italian channel RAI 1 since 1980. He has covered the main international sporting events, from the Olympics to the Formula 1 World Championship, as well as light athletics, and is a contributor to the Sunday sports programme in Domenica Sportiva. Since 2008, he has been editor for society and sport. He is the author of Luca Montezemolo, the great victories of Ferrari (2001, Bompiani, publisher), Godot’s grimace – Alessandro Del Piero with Donatella Scarnati (2006, Limina-Rai Eri), The most important match, the autobiography of Gianluca Pessotto with Donatella Scarnati 2008, Rizzoli, winner of the essay section of the Coni Prize for Literature in 2009, and Carlo Mazzone – a life on the field with Donatella Scarnati (2010 Baldini Castoldi Dalai, publisher). The illustrator Umberto Mischi works as illustrator and art director with the publisher Bianconero. He is a graduate of ISIA in Urbino, and has studied illustration and type design at the École Estienne in Paris. He has worked as an illustrator with the publishers Edizioni Corraini and Contras Books, and with newspapers including The New York Times. 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