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Eurotoolbox

Special Theme 2019

The Environment

2019

Italian Collection

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Eurotoolbox – What is that?

A handy tool pack for travelling by car in Europe? - an investment package for saving your

hard-earned Euros? - or a free resource for librarians and teachers who need to inspire

children with the latest children’s books in European languages?

If you chose the last of these options you’d be right on the button.

Eurotoolbox is a resource collection which has been put together by Eurolis a group of

expert librarians in the cultural centres of France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland and

Spain with the assistance of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information

Professionals) in the UK.

All the books in the collection have been specially chosen for you, they are the very best

recently published in the following original languages: French, German, Italian, Polish,

Portuguese and Spanish. The English language is represented as well, thanks to a donation

by CILIP of the books shortlisted for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway children’s books

awards in the current year.

With many years of production experience and feedback from the users, the expert team of

librarians have built a resource which enables librarians and teachers to use over 90 books

in each collection for individual reading or group sessions in their own library or the

schoolroom for a month at a time at no cost to their organization other than onward

transportation to the next location in the UK.

Enquiries for all bookings to:

Maria Riccobono

[email protected]

Tel: 0207-3964425


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Content

Special Theme 2019: The Environment ...................................... 3

Il mio nome é Greta ............................................................................ 3

Childrens` Books (5+) .................................................................. 4

Io e la mia paura ................................................................................ 5

Il campanellino d‘argento ................................................................... 6

Oltre il giardino ....................................................................................7

Orme nella neve ................................................................................. 8

Tamara Tombé e la stella del teatro .................................................. 9

Books for Teenagers (11+) ....................................................... .10

Cento passi per volare ...................................................................... 12

Cosa saremo poi .............................................................................. 13

The Stone. La settima pietra............................................................. 14

Le volpi del deserto .......................................................................... 15

Se la tua colpa é di essere bella ....................................................... 16

Partners ....................................................................................... 18

2019 | Italian Collection | Eurotoolbox | Special Theme 2019: The Environment


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Special Theme 2019: The Environment

My name is Greta by Valentina Giannella. Illustration by Manuela Marazzi

Follow in Greta Thunberg's footsteps and

join the global mission to save our planet

from climate change. With in-depth text and

data, this necessary and timely book will

answer readers' questions on what climate

change means, what its consequences will

be, and what must be done to protect our

world.

Special Theme

2019

Il mio nome é Greta Valentina Giannella, Manuela

Marazzi

ISBN: 9788869214301

Centauria, 2019

Recommended Age: 11+

The author: Valentina Giannella, is a

milanese journalist and author aiming to

disseminate scientific data, facts, warnings

and solutions.She moved to Hong Kong six

years ago. Mother of two children, she

founded the journalistic agency Mind The

Gap and writes for the main Italian

newspapers (including Sette, Oggi, Io

Donna, Living, Famiglia Cristiana) and for

the Post Magazine of the South China

Morning Post. Youth, environment and

future are at the top of her agenda.

The illustrator: Manuela Marazzi born in Naples, works as a freelance

illustrator. Passionate about botanical and naturalist illustration, she has

worked on several books, and has collaborated with ethical realities and in

favor of the environment (FAO, Worth Wearing, GRAB)


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Childrens‘ Books (5+)

Italian

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Me and my Fear by Francesca Sanna

A little girl moves to a new country, but when

she starts attending school, fear makes her

feel alone and insecure. If she doesn't

understand what her schoolmates are

saying, how will she make new friends?

Maybe she is not the only one who feels like

this... A profound and delicate story that

shows how each of us can find unexpected

help if we are prepared to share our own

fears.

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Io e la mia paura

Francesca Sanna

ISBN: 886714 8394

Emme Edizioni, 2018

Age: 5+

The author: Francesca Sanna is an Italian

illustrator and graphic designer who moved

to Switzerland to follow her dream to work as

an illustrator. She graduated in 2015 from

the Lucerne School of Art and Design with a

Master of Design with focus on Illustration.

She exhibited her works in many shows,

winning prestigious international awards.

With her first picture book, “The

Journey”, she won the CILIP Kate

Greenaway Medal. She works with major

international publishers.

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The Little Silver Bell by Maria Lai. Illustrations by Gioia Marchegiani

“ a shepherd who was an early riser, woke up at

sunrise one morning and brought his little goat up on

the mountain. It was a happy departure in order to

contemplate the sky up on the highest peaks and to stay

close to the clouds." In the imagination of Maria Lai the

Sardinian legend of the magic goat that leads the

shepherd to a fabulous treasure has had great

significance. The artist rewrote the tale imagining an

alternative ending to the traditional one. The story that

we present here was born from a mix of different

versions and constitutes a metaphor of the great power

within art. Gioia Marchegiani's beautiful narrative

images, together with the events of the protagonists,

nature and the culture of the island landscape, all

illustrate this.

The author: Maria Lai was born in Ulassai,

Sardinia. She studied at the Venice Academy of Fine

Art where she was a student of Arturo Martini. In the

post war years she began to exhibit her works in

different museums, galleries and Venice's Biennial with

notable national recognition. In her last years Maria Lai

lived and worked in her country home near the town of

Cardedu, where she died on 16th April 2013.

Il campanellino d’argento

Maria Lai, Gioia Marchegiani

ISBN: 8898523726

Topopittori 2017

Age 7+

Battello a vapore, 2017

Age: 6-7

The illustrator: Gioia Marchegiani was born in Rome, where today she lives and

works between the sea and the city with her family, her cat Linus and her two tortoises. Her

books have received important recognition at national and international contests including

the selection for the illustrators' exhibition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair in 2017 with

the illustrations for The Little Silver Bell. Besides her career as an illustrator, she teaches

and runs labs that promote reading, environmental awareness via creative-didactic activity

with her Paper Seeds association.



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Beyond the Garden by Chiara Mezzalama, illustration by Regis Lejonc

Chiara's father was an ambassador in Tehran during the

years of the Islamic Revolution, in the middle of the war

with Iraq. In a short space of time almost his entire family

joins him: but in the eyes of a child Iran is a distant

unknown country. Feelings, toys, her puppy, her house

with a dream garden represent for Chiara the inside world,

secure and welcoming, but the outside world is a different

story: it is the black city where long bearded soldiers are

armed to the teeth. It is the war that scares her so much

until the day when Chiara's gaze, past the gate, crosses

that of Massoud...

Oltre il Giardino Chiara Mezzalama, Regis

Lejonc

ISBN: 8899064938

Orecchio acerbo 2017

Age: 5+

The author: Chiara Mezzalama, is currently living

in Paris where she writes and translates. Born in Rome,

the daughter of a diplomat, she had the opportunity to

know and to learn about very different cultures and places

that have always enabled her to keep a very open mind

and perspective on the world. In her novels, published in

Italy by E/O, the story is often inspired both by political

social and interior reflection. Beyond the Garden is

inspired by her childhood experience in Iran under the

Khomeini regime.

The illustrator: Regis Lejonc is a French artist, painter, illustrator, graphic designer

and author of children’s literature. He curently lives in Bordeaux and is part of an artist studio

named "Flambant neuf". Self taught, he devoted himself to painting until he met Olivier Douzou

in 1994, during the creation of Editions Du Rouergue. Following the discovery of children’s

illustration, Regis also launched into wtriting and divides his time between his projects,

advertising in the illustration agency "Illustrissimo", and the artistic direction of the "Zig-zag“

series by Editions du Rouergue.



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Footprints in the Snow by Beatrice Masini. Illustrations by Angelo Ruta

Mummy and Daddy have left for the Caribbean and

having been forced to spend Christmas with his

grandfather the whole prospect looks decidedly dull and

boring for a young lad. However, unexpectedly, things

take a turn for the better because grandad has prepared

and devised a secret plan: a house in the foothills

surrounded by a densely wooded forest at the foot of

mountains amid the silence and the snow and an

inexplicable adventure, which is only possible at

Christmas with a very special grandad, awaits them.

Orme nella neve

Beatrice Masini, Angelo

Ruta

ISBN: 88 6656 498 0

Einaudi Ragazzi, 2018

Age 5+

The author: Beatrice Masini works and lives in

Milan as a journalist, writer and translator. She is the

well-known translator of the Harry Potter stories, by J.

K. Rowling published in Italy by Salani. Her novels, for

children and young adults, have been awarded

numerous prizes including: the Andersen Prize for best

writer in 2004, The Pippi Prize and the Elsa Morante

Prize.

The illustrator: Angelo Ruta, born in Ragusa he

has completed his education in Milan where he attended

the Stage Design Course at the Brera Academy of Fine

Arts, the advanced course in Illustration and Comics at

the Art & Message School and the Cine-television

Technique course at the Civic School of Cinema.

He works mainly as an editorial illustrator even though

over the years he has explored the world of cinema and

theater. For the theater he wrote the two narrative texts

"My place is in a wheat field" and "The flying poet", as

well as a text for children entitled "Millesoli".



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Tamara Tombé and the Star of the Theater by Gloria Danili, illustrations by Laura Re

Tamara Tombé e la

stella del teatro

Gloria Danili, Laura Re

ISBN: 88878746275

Lapis, 2018

Age: 7+

The illustrator: Laura Re Born in Rome during the fabulous 80s, after completing her

art education at the “Scuola Romana del fumetto” begins a solid working relationship with

Animundi srl in the role of character designer, concept artist and illustrator. After attending

some courses at the international School of Illustration in Sàrmede moves to Milan. In recent

years, she has collaborated with the most famous children’s publishing houses (Eli Editions,

Fabbri, De Agostini, Giunti, El, Pelle d’oca and Lapis).

Welcome to the Rodari School! The Headmaster, the

terrible Mario Mariotti, is in great spirits this year and the

reason is simple: finally he will soon retire! But he has

not yet dealt with those in Class 2nd B. the craziest class

of all time! In 2nd B a golden opportunity has arrived: the

students will participate in a theater show of Cinderella.

Who will be the protagonist? Obviously her: Tamara

Tombè, with her neck like a Swan and her tutu over

jeans! But the unexpected is just around the corner, and

Tamara will have to pull all the strings... or it's going to

mean trouble!

The author: Gloria Danili was born in Monza

(Milan) in a home full of history and philosophy books,

dreaming about fantastic stories and adventurous

places. She’s worked as assistant production decorator

for TV commercials and as author for children’s TV

programs (DeaKids). She’s an associate member of the

creative literary agency Book on a Tree, with whom in

2018 she published “Tamara Tombé e la stella del

Teatro” (Lapis Edizioni) and a 1600s french history

inspired book “Blanche - una spia per la regina”, co-

authored with Lucia Vaccarino. She Lives in London with

her husband, a pair 4 yo twins and Smok, an imaginary

gentledragon living in her garden.



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Books for Teenagers (11+)

Italian

Collection


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One Hundred Steps to Fly by Giuseppe Festa

Lucio is fourteen and lost his sight when he was young.

He still remembers colours and the form of things but

everything is now enveloped in darkness for him. Lucio

is inebriated by the mountains which he knows more

intimately than he knows his very self. He walks,

clambers up mountain paths with much more

assuredness than many city kids. Precisely is on one of

his trips to The Devil’s Peak in The Dolomites with his

new friend Chiara that the story develops. Here he

meets Zefiro, a young eagle, stolen by unscrupulous

thieves. Everything seems hopeless but the Mountain

pulsates with life and clues which can reveal the real

and true state of things to those, like Lucio, who know

how to listen...A novel which has to be listened to with

all the senses, an experience which permits the readers

to stretch their wings.

Cento passi per volare

Giuseppe Festa

ISBN: 8893813914

Salani, 2018

Recommended Age: 9+

Libro realizzato in collaborazione col

C.A.I. - Club Alpino Italiano

The author: Giuseppe Festa has a degree in

Natural Sciences and works principally in educating his

fellow man on the environment. Being a passionate

musician he is a singer with the Lingalad Group. He was

the driving force of the much acclaimed documentary

Oltre la Frontiera (Beyond the Frontier) which won

numerous prizes and has directed numerous

documentaries for Italian Television (Rai). He has

published Il passaggio dell’orso (2013), L’ombra del

gattopardo (2014) and La luna è dei lupi (2016), all

published by Salani and all translated into several foreign

languages.



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What shall we be Then? by Luisa Mattia and Luigi Ballerini

Everything has already happened. Lavinia, fourteen

years old, has attempted to commit suicide. Why?

Falco, the most arrogant between the kids, knows this

all too well: he and a few others, for months have made

Lavinia the object of ridicule and insults on social media.

They had fun. Not her, who slowly and stubbornly,

recomposes the memory of what has happened. It is a

long and painful process. The desperation that has so

heavily marked her is difficult to defeat. Accounting on

herself is not enough, she will find a new strength thanks

to an actress, a Shakespeare comedy and a boy to fall

in love with trust and joy.

. Cosa saremo poi Luisa Mattia, Luigi Ballerini

ISBN: 8878745292

Lapis Edizioni 2018


The authors: Luisa Mattia was born in Rome,

where she graduated with a degree in Pedagogy. She

collaborates with magazines in the educational sector

and coordinates educational projects writing for

schools. She was part of the group of authors of

"Melevisione", the popular children's programme on Rai

3, and since 2003 has also written the script for the show

"The Journal of Fantabosco." She is a teacher of fiction

for children at "Bottega Finzioni", a writing school

directed by Carlo Lucarelli. In 2008, due to the happy

outcome of her life's narrative and civic passion that

animates her works, she was awarded the best writer

Andersen award.

Luigi Ballerini, doctor and psychoanalyst, lives in Milan with his wife and four children. He

is a freelance journalist, writing about school, education and young people in newspapers and

periodicals. He holds writing seminars for primary and secondary school students and he is the

author of many bestsellers for young readers. With "Ms Euforbia" in 2014 has won the

Andersen Prize for best novel for 9 to 11 year old, and with "I am zero" in 2016, the

Castoro Prize and Bancarellino Prize.



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The Stone by Guido Sgardoli

On Levermoir, a small island off the coast of Ireland,

everybody knows each other and life seems to flow the

same it has always been. Liam lives with a father who is

not present in his life, he has recently lost his mother and

he is trying to put the pieces of his life back together. But

the mysterious death of the old lighthouse keeper sets in

motion a series of macabre events that profoundly

transform the island. Under the lighthouse where Mr Corry

hung himself, Liam finds a stone with strange incisions,

similar to the one that his mother had hidden in the

greenhouse. When he finds out that the two stones, if

joined, become a single entity, he shares his astonishment

with his lifelong friends Midrius and Dotty. In the meantime

tragic events follow one another without rest: suspicious

deaths, fires, disappearances, road accidents, and in

every occasion a fragment of that stone appears which

seems to exert a dark power on people’s minds. Liam

wonder what his is role in this design of destiny. An

unmissable read that will leave you open-mouthed!

The Stone. La settima

pietra Guido Sgardoli

ISBN: 8868369958

Piemme, 2018


Winner of the prestigious

Premio Strega Ragazze e

Ragazzi, 2019 edition, for the

category 11+

The author: Guido Sgardoli has won the

Bancarellino and Andersen (2009) Prizes with Eligio S. –

I giorni della Ruota (Giunti) and was a finalist and winner

of various prizes with is most recent work Frozen Boy (San

Paolo). He has published numerous bestsellers for

infants, young children and teenagers with some of Italy’s

foremost publishers.



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Desert Foxes by Pierdomenico Baccalario

Le Volpi del deserto

Pierdomenico Baccalario

ISBN: 8804670674

Mondadori, 2018


Shortlisted for the

prestigious Premio Strega

Ragazze e Ragazzi, 2019

edition, for the category

11+

The author: Pierdomenico Baccalario,

Pierdomenico Baccalario, born in Acqui Terme

(Alessandria), is a renowned Italian author of young adult

fiction, best known for his Ulysses Moore series.

His passion for writing dates back to the teenage years

when he was a student at high school and, during the

lessons, he used to write stories pretending to take notes.

He won the Battello a Vapore Award in 1998 and since

then has written many bestsellers which have been

translated and published in 25 countries around the world.

Journalist, scriptwriter and novelist, he is considered one

of the greatest Italian writers for young readers. He is the

founder of the London based Book on a Tree storytelling

agency.

Two foxes have a secret. Morice is the boy destined to

unveil it. At 11 years old he has just transferred to

Dautremere, a small lost town on Corsica: whilst his

parents will run the decadent Hotel Napoléon, he will go

around recording the sounds of the sea. At least this is the

intention, until one afternoon he meets Audrey, his peer: it

is she who reveals to him the disturbing disappearance of

a German sailor who lived there. And this is not the only

mystery. Morice and Audrey will soon discover that a dark

secret dating back to the Second World War lingers all over

the small town. The same war in which the Nazi General

Rommel, nicknamed "the desert fox", and Saint-Exupéry,

the famous author of "The Little Prince", could have allied

together to overturn the fate of the conflict, triggering a

treasure hunt that has been lasting 40 years and that takes

us right to those cliffs.

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If being Beautiful is your Sin by Giuliana Facchini

This is a novel which deals with the theme of violence

against women and consists of a story narrated from

the view point of an adolescent. It is written in a fluid

and light style which faithfully and realistically

interprets the insecurity and ingenuity of the first

important experiences in the life of a teenage boy.

Valerio is almost seventeen and is in our equivalent of

the Lower Sixth Form. Carlos, Valerio and Lavinia are

his inseperable companions

Life passes gently and pleasantly by for the three

friends divided up equally between study, leisure,

reflections upon their adolescent problems until some

unexpected events break up and alter their pleasant

lives dramatically.

2018

FRENCH COLLECTION

Se la tua colpa é

di essere bella

Giuliana Facchini

ISBN: 8807910463

UP Feltrinelli, 2018


The author: Giuliana Facchini, was born in

Rome where she attended the faculty of Arts. She also

attended cinematographic, acting and dubbing

courses and has been engaged with children’s theater.

She started inventing adventurous stories for her

children, which eventually became novels, and carried

on writing children’s books for many year, which have

been published by prestigious publishers, winnng

various awards such as the Montessori (2008), the

Arpino (2012) and the Giovanni Righini Ricci (2015)

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