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IBBY Italy Choice 2025- White Ravens 2025
IBBY Italy Choice 2025Lucia looks back on her life through her most treasured memories: the love she shared with Giorgio, summers in Ischia, and laughter-filled Sundays with friends. But her story goes beyond personal recollection—it becomes a tapestry of generations, crossing continents and centuries.
From seafaring grandparents and adventurous ancestors to ancient origins rooted in the heart of Africa, Cromosomi is a celebration of shared heritage, diversity, and the invisible thread that connects us all through time. With Fabian Negrin’s lyrical storytelling and Kalina Muhova’s evocative illustrations, this picture book is a heartfelt tribute to the beauty of family history and the universal DNA that binds humanity together.
The story of a family told back in time. Geographical origins disparate in heritage genetic heritage, back back to… an iconic figure, everyone’s ancestor: Lucy. An extraordinary journey, paradigm of all families, showing the common origin of human beings.
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Dedalo & Dharma
It’s a summer evening when, without even realizing it, Dharma comes out of the cinema screen to escape certain death and meet that very spectator, Dedalo, who comes to the Kazan Cinema every single day to see her. Dedalo is thirteen and has an unbridled passion for films and Dharma, who’s the same age, is a character who escaped a destiny which,…
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The Tiger’s Riddle
A fable with fangs — darkly witty, profoundly clever, and delightfully wicked. A cunning tiger confronts a flock of frightened sheep hiding in a mine. With charm, riddles, and irresistible manipulation, she lures them out one by one… with predictable results. But in a final twist, the tiger meets an even more surprising end: the trickster will be tricked! Told…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 1 – Giorgione: The Tempest
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! In a dimly lit room in the Palatine Gallery, the blackbird Mercurio hands Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo a scroll with a dark mystery. When lightning rips…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 4 – Giotto: Rise Up to the Stars
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! ‘Where’s Mercurio got to?’ wonder Nina, Jamal and Lorenzo, worried. They’re outside the Scrovegni Chapel, wearing leggings and ankle boots. The magical blackbird, who has just…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 5 – Artemisia Gentileschi: The Light of the Muses
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! A thunder, a gust of wind, the blackbird Mercurio spreads its wings and Nina, Jamal and Lori find themselves in the Eternal City: Rome. But… in…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 3 – Caravaggio: Love Wins All
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! To Nina, Caravaggio is the greatest painter of all. And she can hardly believe her eyes when she, Lori and Jamal come across the great maestro…
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The Mysteries of Mercurio 2 – Michelangelo: The Prisoner of Stone
An old man who lives in the top of a tower in the heart of Florence challenges three friends to a dangerous mission: to discover and solve the hidden mysteries of the art world! Who is trying to frame Michelangelo to stop him from finishing his David? In Renaissance Florence, Nina, Lorenzo and Jamal find themselves in the service of…
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At Cockcrow
There was a kingdom far back in time that chose its rulers in a curious way: it was the roosters who chose the new regent. The name of the chosen one had to be sung in chorus by all the roosters of the kingdom. Thus, between one king and the next, years passed in which chaos and war, ruin and disarray reigned. When the…
