PINOCCHIO. Filastrocche a colori

A journey at the hands of the world’s most famous puppet, punctuated by Vittorio Sessa Vitali’s verse stanzas and illustrated by Alessandro Sanna’s imagination, to play at reinventing the story of Pinocchio according to ever new points of view.

The celebrated story of the puppet who became a child comes alive again in this book through a creative interweaving of nursery rhymes and visions, making children dream and adults thrill. Parading before the reader’s eyes are all the characters and extras of the Collodian world in an original universe of poetry and color.

AUTHOR – Vittorio Sessa Vitali was born and lived in Milan. He has been the author of short stories, plays, books and songs for children. In addition to his activity as a writer, his television production for children has been rich. He also devised and hosted a number of radio and television programs, initiating children into reading and discussing their problems. Beginning in 1966, he participated with more than forty songs in the Zecchino d’Oro, winning 5 times and receiving 4 prizes for best lyrics.

ILLUSTRATOR – Alessandro Sanna a three-time Andersen Award winner, is one of the best-known figures in the field of illustration in Italy and has several publications with major Italian publishers to his credit. He taught illustration for publishing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna from 2013 to 2018. Since 2022 he has been teaching illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Finalist in the five-person shortlist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016. Nominated by ALIR Italian Children’s Laureate for the biennium 2020-2022.