This is the story of a dot that got bored of sitting in the same place for ages without anything to do. So, it got up and started moving around. And that's when the fun started... Through charming illustrations and a sharp storyline, Hajo explores how the universe is constructed from dots, lines and shapes, and how they are harmoniously ......
Set in the inter-war period, between the late 1920s, when Italy began solidifying its power in its new Libyan colony, and the end of World War II, when control of the country passed into British hands. Spina's chief subjects in these stories are Italian military officers who idle their time away at their club or exploring the strange lands where ......
The Confines of the Shadow is a sequence of novels and short stories that map the transformation of the Libyan city of Benghazi from a sleepy Ottoman backwater in the 1910s to the second capital of an oil-rich kingdom in the 1960s. Alessandro Spina's saga begins in November 1912 with The Young Maronite, which sees Italian soldiers solidifying ......
The Clash of Images is a sweet, Borgesian mix of bildungsroman memoir, family history, short-story collection, fable, and literary criticism. Kilito's story takes place in an unnamed coastal city of memories where a child experiences first-hand the cultural clash of text and image in a changing, modern society.
Set in the present day, Rosa's Bus tells the story of an old man and his young nephew visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. Rosa Parks, now a respected civil rights activist, was travelling to work in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, when she was ordered to give her seat to a white man. She refused and in doing so made a brave stand ......
Paul's friends think he's really cool. They don't know why, he just is. But when he gets bored of being a vegetarian, his experimental diet could be step too far for the other giraffes. This is a story about being yourself - and being yourself comfortably.
A newly translated Young Adult s fiction title set in the American South from the best-selling and award winning author of Iqbal. Oh Freedom is about a child s loss of innocence, and perseverance in the face of oppression. Francesco D Adamo is an Italian author born in Milan in 1949. Francesco D Adamo is well-known for his adult books in the ......
This is the story of Nour, a little girl who didn't have a family or a home. She lived on the street somewhere far away and long ago. Sadly, when you're the main character in a book, you can't escape from your story and go off and find a happier life. Or can you? This enchanting tale teaches children about the limitlessness of the imagination.
