Davide Morosinotto

What a Story! The Eruption of Pompeii

Historical

Adventures of Yesterday for Today’s Readers

History isn’t just what you learn in school.
It is, above all, the great tale of gripping, thought-provoking, unpredictable, and sometimes frightening events… yet all of them real.
A series of books that bring slices of history to life for today’s young readers.

The Eruption of Pompeii is a historical story for young readers that, through the eyes of Pliny, allows them to relive the dramatic events of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii.

Incredible true stories from ancient times to the modern day.
Each volume includes short sections to explore the topics further: facts, curiosities, and anecdotes.

Publisher: Edizioni EL

Target: 8-10

Year: 2016

Author

Davide Morosinotto

An author whose books have been translated into 25 languages, in Italy Davide Morosinotto won the Super Andersen Prize in 2017 with Il Rinomato Catalogo Walker&Dawn (The Pocket Watch Gang), Mondadori, and the Strega Children’s Prize 2021 with La Più Grande (The Greatest), Rizzoli, with which he also entered the IBBY Honour List 2021. A finalist at the prestigious Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and winner of the Penzberger Urmel in Germany, he has also won the Prix des Bouquineurs en Seine and the Grand Prix des Lecteurs du Journal de Mickey in France, the Vlag en Wimpel and the Zilveren Griffel in Holland, the KJV in Flanders, the Protagonista Jove prize in Catalonia and he was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2022 in the United Kingdom.

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