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Peter Setter Detective
When Mr Petulson’s precious multi-purpose snapper is stolen, Peter Setter and Perry, his feathered assistant, rush to the scene of the crime. There they find footprints that are… gigantic! Who could have left those pawprints behind? A story by Book on a Tree
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Goodnight, Oscar. Tales for My Dog
Did you know that dogs, just like children, fall asleep more easily with a good story? So here are twenty-one short illustrated stories – a bit funny, a bit adventurous and a bit playful – starring dogs, perfect for your four-legged friend and, why not, for all the children who’d love to have one.
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Three Friends, One Last Year
The final exams are getting closer, teachers keep asking about high school choices, and the experimental smartphone ban is still in place. So Lola, Zoe and Isi continue sharing their secret Friends’ Diary, filling its pages with fears, crushes, disasters and dreams for the future. Between theatre rehearsals, karate lessons, broken hearts and difficult family expectations, the three girls will…
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Three Friends On Holiday
One summer. Three best friends. One travelling diary that keeps them together. Lola, Isi and Zoe are inseparable—but this summer, each will be far from the others: one at a theatre camp in the mountains, one in a fancy resort by the sea, and one on a family trip to Scotland. To bridge the distance, they invent the “Friends’ Diary”—a travelling journal…
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Three Friends, One Diary
If you can’t use your phone, how do you survive at school? With a diary for you and your friends! There’s a new rule at Locatelli middle school: students won’t be allowed to use their mobile phones for a whole school year, neither in class nor at home. How will Zoe, Isi and Lola cope with life at school without texting each…
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My Life After Juno Sparks
A girl with a blue walkman, a legendary monster, and the summer that changed everything. Sagramoso, summer 1994. Twelve-year-old Enea lives trapped inside his fears — and behind a closed door he cannot bring himself to open. Everything changes when Juno Sparks arrives: rebellious, magnetic, armed with a blue walkman and grunge music blasting in her ears. Together with a…
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72 Minutes to the End of the World
Seventy-two minutes: the exact amount of time between the launch of a nuclear missile and the end of the world. Sixteen-year-old Little Boy learns this when he joins B-72, a secret group of teenage preppers, led by the magnetic and dangerous Jip. Hidden in the mountains, the group builds a bunker, studies nuclear survival protocols, modifies Apocalypse Watches programmed to…
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Irma – Big Boredom
Irma doesn’t feel like doing anything today: she’s been struck by a real case of the blues. Is there an antidote? Let’s try to find one together with Grandma. Good luck! Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The protagonist tackles everyday adventures with spontaneity. She is not afraid to express her feelings or…
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Irma – Perfect As I Am
Irma is facing her first day at school, but suddenly anxiety makes her stomach knot and makes her want to run away. A little red shell teaches her just how beautiful, unique and special everyone can be in their own way. Just perfect as we are. Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The…
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Irma – Happily Us
Irma and Tobi play “If I were” imagining finding possible happiness in something as big as the wind, the sunset, the sky, as well as in an ant, a cloud, Ball the cat, a blade of grass. But what if all possible happiness were even closer? Irma is a four-book character-driven series by Maria Gianola dedicated to young readers. The…
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Irma – Heebie Jeebies
Irma’s world is filled with games, sports, daily challenges, and moments of reflection. With so many activities, she experiences a wide range of emotions, which can sometimes be difficult to recognize. At the swimming pool, Irma can’t find the courage to dive off the diving board, but she does not admit her blue fear. Until a gesture of friendship manages…
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Enid Enigma 4. Beyond the Last Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. This time the grave in Enid’s dream is her own. When Cicuta leads Enid to her own grave, the rules of the game change completely. With the crows closing in and the magical medallion still missing, Enid and Julio must uncover the truth beneath Midway before…
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Enid Enigma 3. The Dance of Shadows
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. When Enid dreams of Amanda Almond’s grave in a cemetery whose paths slide like conveyor belts, she knows another murder is coming. As Midway’s mayoral race heats up, Enid and Julio must decode a trail of misleading clues before a hidden enemy turns a library archive…
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Enid Enigma 2. The Flower of Darkness
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid’s dreams keep dragging her back to Midway’s cemetery — but this time it’s a swamp, and another death is coming. Guided by a magpie and haunted by cryptic visions, Enid tries to save Lucrezia Dubois, the town’s beloved cake baker, from a mysterious fate. Between…
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Enid Enigma 1. Thirteen Magpies for a Murder
She has a magpie friend and a gift: she solves cases before they happen. Enid lives in Midaway, a seaside town where everything feels half-finished – and nothing ever truly ends. When she dreams of thirteen magpies, someone is about to die. To stop the crime, she relies on a special pocket watch that once belonged to her grandfather, marked…
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Igor, a Total Disaster
I’m Igor, at your service! I’m a whizz with a broom and a mop, and I’m not afraid of bats, rats or anything else (spiders aside). I’m the perfect assistant, and I’m sure Lord Malsifer will hire me: someone’s got to polish his collection of blades and knives… What an eccentric fellow, that Malsifer, so full of interests! A story…
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Journey Through Time
What inspired Virginia Woolf to write her novels? Paola Zannoner explores this question, drawing inspiration from the young writer’s teenage years. Journey Through Time is a story that weaves its way through Virginia Woolf’s introspective explorations to discover, through writing exercises and analysis, the narrative genre that brought the writer to fame: the psychological novel. In the Footsteps of the…
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Madame K’s Cabinet of Poisons
The boutique of Madame does not sell ink. It sells destinies. Edinburgh, 1905. Oliver works as an apprentice in Madame’s ink shop, the largest and most refined establishment in all of Scotland, frequented by Europe’s wealthiest gentlemen. Madame’s customers seek inks with evocative names such as Silver Dawn, Breath of the Night, and Fire Vermilion—unique creations made with special ingredients,…
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The Gang of Lingotto
November 1918. The war has just ended and Guido, aged fifteen, leaves the Asiago Plateau to move to Turin with his father: the Big Factory is looking for skilled carpenters for its new plant. The city seems wonderful to him, full of things to discover. Guido soon makes new friends at the Lingotto, where he learns a language of freedom,…
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Peppino Pine and the City Cat
It is a sweet spring morning, and Pino Peppino is resting after all the hard work — and the joy — of Christmas. One of his old friends arrives: Pippo the cat, who has run away from home to reach the forest and explore it. But the forest is big and mysterious, and Pippo the cat is a little scared.…
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