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 Italy's most acclaimed and sought-after children's authors by schools, festivals, and reading groups. Thanks to these engagements, he meets thousands of young readers every year. His stories, which have earned him two nominations for the Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi Prize, often blend various genres but share a common goal: to explore the profound meaning of growing up. He teaches narrative at the Holden School in Turin and at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan.
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