Midnight Elephant
2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Winner- 2025 Nami Concours – Purple Island Winner
- 2026 Bettoni Award Winner
2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition WinnerAn extravagant, yet delicate picture book that follows the adventures of Elio the elephant, who can’t sleep. So he gets dressed and leaves home at midnight to start wandering in a silent but magical city in the middle of the night.
Together with Elio we walk the dark streets of a sleeping city, among minute details, all to be discovered. Far from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we accompany Elio in search of a bit of peace and silence, while all the main actors of the city–from the toys in the shop windows to the rides in the funfair–can finally rest and show their true essence. Midnight Elephant is not just a story to read before going to sleep: it is an invitation to explore the wonders of the imagination, to discover things when no one else is looking and to always find the path that leads to ourselves.
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