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MANUELA MONARI

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 Manuela Monari lives near Modena, where she works as a teacher at a local Primary School. For years she has written and published books for children, as well as poems and song lyrics and writing remains her main passion. She has published picture books with all major Italian publishing houses and many of her titles are now translated in several foreign languages. Manuela has also been awarded literary prizes for her poetic texts and rhymes. Her deep interest for inner and personal growth fills her writing with a great attention to beauty, ecology, universal ethical values and to the poetry of life and emotions.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR SPRING 2020 RIGHTS CATALOGUE!

YELLOW PARROTS, BLUE PARROTS

Picture Books, 3+

Yellow parrots think they are better than the blue ones. And the blue ones are sure to be better than the yellow ones. One day, Bluetta – as blue as the night sky – shortly after leaving the egg falls from a tree. Ciuffodoro – as yellow as the sun – helps her, gives her all cares, especially friendship and love. They will discover that despite some differences, similarities are many more.
Bluetta and Ciuffodoro will combine their resources, their feathers, their hearts and eventually their chicks, wonderfully green, will show everyone that war is the most stupid thing in the world. This book is a hymn to the value of diversity and peace, against all wars.

Texts: Manuela Monari
Illustrations: Silvia Vignale
Format: 22 x 28,5 cm
Pages: 24
Binding: Hardcover
Target: Picture Books, 3+

FLOWERS

Picture Books, 5+

A picture book that is also a gift, a scent profusion of flowers of every shape, color, substance. There are visionary flowers, extravagant, unlikely, unreal ones but at the same time they look so real that you can almost touch them. Flowers that come to life and rejoice thanks to Sophie Fatus’ wonderful illustrations, where colours merge with forms in surreal images vibrant with joy. A book that is a hymn to the beauty of flowers, companions of life, looks and dreams.

Texts: Manuela Monari
Illustrations: Sophie Fatus
Pages: 24
Binding: Hardcover
Target: Picture Books, 5+

I PLANTED A DREAM

Picture Books, 5+

A dream is not just a dream, just something abstract. A dream is something you can touch. If you plant it and build a small fence around it then you can be sure it will keep safe. Then the sun and the rain will take care of it.
And if, by chance, one evening, your dream should get afraid? Then you can sing a beautiful song, you can hold it tight reassuring it with smiles and cuddles. A beautiful story of persistance and love that explains how dreams, if well protected and cultivated, can sprout and unfold their wings.
Texts: Manuela Monari
Illustrations: Evelyn Daviddi
Pages: 24
Binding: Hardcover
Target: Picture Books, 5+