A DAY FULL OF SURPRISES
In their
grandparents’ attic, Simone and Elena find an old map of the Royal
Palace in Monza…. and so, almost as if it was one of Grandpa’s
memories, this is how the story starts. It is set in the beautifully
decorated halls and splendid gardens of the Royal Palace in Monza at
the end of the 19th
Century, and with the help of historical characters, imagination and
a little curiosity, the reader discovers a day full of lots of
entertaining surprises.The Royal Palace between history and imagination
Patrizia la Porta, Originally from Rome, she now lives and works in Milan. She has illustrated books for numerous publishers both in Italy and abroad. Since 2004 she has taught on a course for illustrators at the European Design Institute in Milan.
The text is by a group of children from the Second and Third classes of the Confalonieri Elementary school in Monza, who have attended a storytelling workshop held by Marco Ravasio, a teacher at the famous Holden School in Turin.
Illustrations: Patrizia La Porta
Bound and illustrated volume • 64 pages • In 17 x 20 cm format • Age: from 7 years upwards
Series: Stories
with wings
A series of enthralling illustrated books in which to lose yourself amidst tales, fables, myths and legends, and also to appreciate all the different styles of story-telling.
A series of enthralling illustrated books in which to lose yourself amidst tales, fables, myths and legends, and also to appreciate all the different styles of story-telling.
Other titles in the series:
- Long-legs tales - A collection of fairy tales coming from distant countries
- A world of mythical adventures - A collection of illustrated myths and legends
- A world of fabolous tales - An illustrated collectios of classic fairy tales
- Up there at the castle there was - Legend from a land of border
- Kuta's invention - Writing and the history of the written manuscript
- What a Revolution! - From Gutemberg to e-books
- A world of other stories - Illustrated tales from far away-countries
- A dive into the heart - Memories from life on a farm
- Filippo and the others - Good-night stories
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