Davide Morosinotto

Mini Classics. The Aeneid

Classics

The most beloved classics of all time, in simpler, shorter versions.

The epic tale of Aeneas’s long journey across the Mediterranean Sea after the fall of Troy to the Greeks. The hero, prince of the Dardanians and son of the goddess Venus, overcomes immense dangers before finally landing on the shores of Latium—where, after epic battles, he will found the greatest city of the ancient world: Rome. Virgil’s classical poem of Roman mythology, retold by Davide Morosinotto and illustrated by Fabio Visintin.

A handy, pocket-sized edition with a carefully designed layout.
Featuring vibrant, eye-catching graphics created to draw young readers into the story.

Publisher: Edizioni EL

Target: 8-10

Year: 2019

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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