Catalogue | Bologna Book Fair 2014 | Ute Körner Literary Agent

Gianni Rodari one of the 20 th century’s greatest authors for children
TYPEWRITTEN STORIES
age: 11+
Illustrations by Valerio Vidali
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 240 pages
Rights sold: Castilian, Catalan, Greek, Japanese, Hungarian, Chinese,
German
A masterpiece by the great Gianni Rodari, who winds his way
through the vices and virtues of our current way of living.
Weird characters and funny unexpected situations.
Free
for
Brazil &
Portugal
TALES ON THE PHONE age: 6+
Illustrations by Bruno Munari
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 176 pages
Rights sold: German, Castilian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Japanese,
Portuguese (Brazil), Greek, Korean, Bulgarian, French, Chinese, Hebrew,
Bosnian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Russian, Estonian
Every night, at nine o’clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an
accountant in a company, rings his daughter up and tells her a
story. There are seventy short stories, one for each phone call.
A wonderful mix of reality and vivid fantasy.
Free
for
Portugal
A PIE IN THE SKY age: 9+
Illustrations by Bruno Munari
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 128 pages
Rights sold: French, Castilian, Catalan, Albanian, Chinese, Turkish,
Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese, Russian, Ukrainian, Hungarian
Castilian, Galician, Valencian, French, Chinese, Russian
A little town is deranged by a mysterious ‘flying saucer’.
Adults think of an alien invasion and are ready to call in the
army, scientists and researchers. But two children don’t believe
it is an alien invasion and the facts prove them right.
Free
for
Portugal
ONE & SEVEN age: 9+
Illustrations by Vittoria Facchini
Edizioni EL | Trieste | 32 pages
Rights sold: Castilian, Portuguese (Brazil), Greek
This is the story of a child who really is 7 children.
Each child lives in a different part of the world with
different fathers... Gianni Rodari was the first writer to
tell children about such an important issue as peace.
His message is as crisp and modern as ever.
Free for Portugal