Davide Morosinotto

The Greats. Marie Curie. The Lady of the Atom

Biography

True story

The great figures of History, within every child’s reach.

Marie Curie, the woman who uncovered the secrets of the atom, is the only person in the world to have won two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields. A story of curiosity and passion—because science is a wonderful adventure.

A true and compelling story that combines historical accuracy with accessible storytelling.
A narrative nonfiction series that introduces children to global role models, empowering them to think big from an early age.

Publisher: Edizioni EL

Target: 8-10

Year: 2017

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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