Bruno Tognolini is a writer “for children and their grown-ups”. He is the author of over 50 children’s books, as well as TV programs for RAI television, plays, essays, songs and video games. As a wandering poet around Italy, he has been meeting children and adults for over 25 years. He won Premio Andersen in 2007 and 2011 and was the first and only children’s writer ever to receive the award for the Best Book of the Year assigned by Fahrenheit RAI Radio 3.
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Angels, Lizards, Children Everywhere
Angels, lizards, children everywhere! Children were seen running like lizards on the walls of the houses, up to the fourth floor. Lizards were seen rising on their hind legs and shouting tremendous threats with powerful voices, in perfect English. Old teacher Rosa Quercia was seen laughing from the window, and throwing pans. Midget Angels were seen swarming into one of…
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Imagine!
Only the genius of Bruno Tognolini, the most beloved children’s poet in Italy today, could create these “rhymes of wishes to shout together”: a song that gives voice to the wishes and hopes of all children. From the biggest dreams of peace, solidarity between peoples, the protection of nature, to the smallest and most intimate dreams, which are no less…
