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It’s All About Knots
From the knot untied at birth to the shoelaces learned on winter afternoons, each moment of growing up is linked to a different kind of knot. Some knots tighten in the throat on the first day of school, others are loosened by sharing small daily stories. As the child grows, he learns that knots—like imperfections—make each life unique and strong.…
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TINY HOUSES. Achoo, Mimì!
Welcome to Tiny Houses Island — a place where every house has a voice, a heart, and a unique personality. A rainy day brings puddles, laughter and play to the Island of Tiny Houses — until Mickey Monet is nowhere to be found. When his friends discover that he is soaked, sneezing and unwell, they immediately try to help him…
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TINY HOUSES. Happy Birthday Mimì!
Welcome to Tiny Houses Island — a place where every house has a voice, a heart, and a unique personality. On the Island of Tiny Houses, Mimi Maison wakes up full of excitement: it’s her birthday, and she can’t wait to celebrate with her friends. But one by one, everyone seems too busy to play, and Mimi begins to feel…
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Are You There, Bigfoot?
An invitation to chase a mystery — and discover the world instead. Four friends set off to find the legendary Bigfoot, climbing a mountain with blankets, a giant net, notebooks and cameras. They follow footprints, cross forests and meadows, and call into the trees — but every clue leads to mountain goats, foxes, beavers and frogs instead. When their dog…
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Brief History of Happiness
Humans have searched for it across time, it sometimes slips through our fingers when we try to grasp it too tightly: we name it “Happiness”. On the Island of Big Questions lives Sofia, who answers what cannot be weighed or measured—questions about Happiness. There was a time when happiness did not yet exist. Then life appeared on Earth, and with it…
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Brief History of Freedom
On the Island of Big Questions, Sofia introduces her best friend: Freedom. Through a lively, ironic, and accessible journey across time, the book explores what freedom truly means — and what it does not. From the laws of the universe and the constraints of nature to humanity’s inventions, readers discover how freedom emerged as a uniquely human achievement. Yet freedom…
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Brief History of Friendship
Friendship has shaped survival, culture, and happiness across time. On the Island of Big Questions, we are led by a special guide: Sofia. She’s a little girl who is thousands of years old. With her help, we’ll start for a lively and surprising journey into the history of Friendship. From atoms forming molecules to whales surrounded by companions, from prehistoric fires…
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Little (Sh)red Riding Hood
A hilarious revisitation of the classic fairy tale by Brothers Grimm, with a final plot twist! Little Red Riding Hood’s days are always full of commitments; after all, she has an entire office of Specialised Children to manage. “Take the basket to Grandma’s!”, “Do all your homework!”, “Recite your Christmas poem to me!”. Everyone has a request and everyone counts…
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Ball, Where Do You Go?
If we were balls, with our jumps and our bounces, and we were free to go wherever we wanted, where would we go? A restless little ball dreams of bouncing beyond the limits of playtime and asks: where would I go if I were truly free? Off it springs into a bustling city that looks still but pulses with life…
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Ask Mum, Ask Dad
A funny, fast-paced tale that reminds families what can happen when no one really listens On a rainy Sunday, Martino is trapped at home with two very busy parents and a huge amount of imagination. Boredom turns him into a whirlwind of questions about costumes, cartoons, popcorn, and baths. Mom sends him to Dad, Dad sends him to Mom, and the…
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Hi, I Am Moon
Our oldest cosmic companion finally tells “her side” of the story. A proud, slightly ironic narrator who has watched Earth for 4.5 billion years: the Moon. Speaking directly to readers, she tells the story of her birth from a colossal collision between the young Earth and a wandering planet, explaining how this violent origin made her composition similar to Earth’s…
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Hi, I Am Time
Time has a voice—and it’s ready to tell its story. A playful and informative journey in which Time itself becomes the narrator. Speaking directly to young readers, Time explains where it comes from and how humans have tried to measure it. From the Big Bang to calendars, sundials, and atomic clocks, science and history intertwine. The book explores days, months,…
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Hi, I Am Air
You can’t see her, but you can’t live without her: the true story of an invisible lady Air speaks directly to readers in first person. With irony and warmth, she reveals how she is everywhere—between words on a page, in our lungs, around the planet as the atmosphere. She explains what she is made of, from nitrogen and oxygen to…
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Hi, I Am Future
The future isn’t something to wait for—it’s something to imagine and create Future is a curious, outspoken child who speaks directly to readers and invites them to look at tomorrow as something alive and open: she explains that she has existed for as long as humankind, because every human generation has imagined what comes next. From the first control of…
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Hi, I Am Robot
A curious little robot, a big journey into the wonders of science and friendship The true and extraordinary story of a small robot, heir to the long tradition of ancient automata and forerunner of a new generation of curious, thinking machines. Equipped with a computer for a brain, this little robot can see in the dark, help with homework, tidy…
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Hi, I Am Sun
The story of the Sun told by itself, without mincing words A cheerful science book where the Sun itself grabs the microphone and starts chatting with Earthlings. In a friendly, slightly cheeky voice, it tells its life story: how it was born from cosmic dust, how it shines, and why life on Earth depends so much on its daily work.…
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Hi, I Am Micro
The epic story of life on Earth—told by one of its smallest but most powerful inhabitants. Micro, an invisible microbe, tells his own life story across billions of years. Born on the early Earth, he survives volcanoes, oceans, and mass extinctions. Microbe is the witness to the grand history of life: the rise of oxygen in the atmosphere thanks to…
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Hi, I Am Gea
The true and extraordinary story of a planet alone in the Universe and of how it became the mother of all living beings. A story that begins before us and continues around us, together with us. Because Gea is our Earth. Hi, I Am Gea is the story of Earth told in the first person, as if our planet itself were…
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Hi, I Am Zero
True and extraordinary story of Mr. Nothing and how he became a magical number, capable of opening doors onto infinity, creating universes, and multiplying by ten the numbers he stands beside. Zero is a number, like Seven, Three, and Nine, but it is a very special number. If monuments were built to numbers, the largest should be dedicated to Zero.…
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Hi, I Am Water
A witty, science-rich journey where facts and personality mix, and where the narrator is quite literally the substance of life. “Hello, I am Water. And I have a lot to say”. Water introduces itself as an ancient, globe-trotting protagonist who has seen everything: the birth of life in primordial oceans, the age of dinosaurs, the rise of civilizations, and humanity…
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