Mara Dompè is an author of children’s books published by Mondadori, Codice Edizioni, Biancoenero Edizioni, and more. She won Premio Nazionale Il Gigante delle Langhe in 2013. She also works as a translator and lives in Turin.
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Last Present
Mademoiselle Gelsomina and her niece have a problem: the aunt receives too many presents from a devoted admirer! So many that aunt and niece often have to set up a little street market to free up some space. The presents are of all types, paintings, maps and ornaments, but also carnivorous plants, a guard goose and some large herbivores! And…
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The Band-Aid Box
I had a box full of band-aids. A square, tin one. I got it for my birthday because I like band-aids. I like them colorful, but a bit see-through. They hide the scratch I’ve got and at the same time tell me exactly where it is. I always want to know where my scratches are. Each scratch is a mark…
