After studying visual arts in Brescia and earning a Master’s degree in Editorial Illustration at Ars in Fabula, Lorenzo Sangiò began his career as an illustrator, working with various publishers in Italy and abroad. He has a deep passion for nature, cats, and cities, which he loves to depict in his artwork.
Read again, Nanà
Coming of age
Historical
Picture book
A promise to keep
A looming threat
The power of imagination
Nanà, a young capybara, lives with the condor Coco in a small village in the Andes. Coco, the only one who can read, reads the newspaper every day in front of the other villagers. Until one news story changes everything…
- A universal tale that celebrates the strength of imagination, capable of nurturing hope and resisting any threat, because against imagination and the power of stories, no weapon can prevail.
- The war told to children with sensitivity and poetry.
Publisher:
Mondadori
Target:
5-7
Year:
2025
Author
Marco Magnone
Marco Magnone is one of the children’s authors who is most appreciated and requested by schools, events and reading groups, thanks to which he meets thousands and thousands of young readers throughout Italy every year. He also teaches at Scuola Holden in Turin and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, as well as collaborating on the artistic direction of the Mare di Libri festival in Rimini and Storie in Cammino in Firenzuola.
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