Guia Risari was born in 1971 in Milan, where she graduated in Ethics at Università Statale with a dissertation on Jean Améry. She specialised in Modern Jewish Studies at Leeds University, with an M.A. dissertation on Italian antisemitism. Later, she moved to France where, while writing and translating, she taught and carried on researches in Socio-criticism, History, Oral Literature and Comparative Migration Literature. As a children’s
author she has published dozens of award-winning titles. She writes and publishes in four languages.
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What Is the Sky?
A collection of universal questions, blending philosophy and humour, designed to spark a search for meaning and to fire the imagination. This luminous and original picture book, Guia Risari gathers twenty-four universal questions — the kind children ask naturally and adults often struggle to answer. Her responses are playful, unexpected, and poetic: trees bloom because they are incorrigible optimists; bees…
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We Are Not Angels
«The other day, a man leaned over my baby brother’s crib, smiled and exclaimed: “What a little angel!”. “They’re all little angels,” my father replied. Apparently he had forgotten the time I filled his slippers with silly putty and used his pipe to blow bubbles. Are we all little angels? I wouldn’t say so.» We all know that children are…
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Ada Upside Down
Ada’s world is delightfully unique and her story is a perfect read for young readers who love embracing their differences. Ada is a unique child—she does everything backwards! From speaking and walking to writing and playing, her world is upside down. While some people find her strange, Ada remains happy and true to herself. This delightful and thought-provoking picture book…
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Wonderful Creatures
«I am a new creature and I live in the forest. My dad is a swallow and my mum is a wolf. They met in a forest, where animals did not live apart, but in great harmony.» From the multi-award-winning authors Guia Risari and Cinzia Ghigliano comes a timeless story that transports us to a special forest, where creatures halfway…
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Little Blue Riding Hood
A contemporary and surprising version of the famous fairy tale, in which nothing is as it seems. Little Blue Riding Hood is not docile nor she lets herself be impressed. The dense forest is not so menacing (and is not even a forest). The wolf is not so diabolical nor fierce. But, most of all, the stories are a path…
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The Thread of Hope
Vita, an elderly Sicilian woman, is confined to her home, where she is reflecting on the past and putting her emotions in order, and she decides to leave a testimony to her granddaughter Nina. Through her memories, she tells the story of her youth, the times when she embroidered and fought against exploitation. Inspired by a true story, the novel recounts the great mobilisation of…
