Translations
Novels
Gli
uomini del giovedì. Tonino Benacquista (E/O, 2012)
Il mare della tranquillità. Sylvain Trudel (ALET, 2010)
Le chiavi della notte. Sylvain Trudel (ALET, 2010)
Il sangue del cielo. Piotr
Rawicz. Introductory essay by Guia Risari. (Giuntina, 2006)
La vita perfida. Maryse
Condé. Glossary by Guia Risari (E/O, 2018; I ed. 2004)
Il grande orfano. Tierno
Monénembo (Feltrinelli, 2003)
La mia migliore amica.
Anne-Sophie Brasme (Feltrinelli, 2002;
Kowalski, 2008)
Essays
Non solo
baci. I più grandi film d'amore. Robert Marich (White Star, 2010)
India
del Sud (Vallardi Viaggi, 2004)
Children
and young adults litterature
Lea
by Nancy B. Pilon (Settenove, 2023)
Il libro del potere
by Claire Saunders et al. (Settenove, 2023)
SOS: nuova prof!
by Dominique Demers (EL Einaudi Ragazzi, 2017)
Il bambino che si
arrampicò fino alla luna.
David Almond (Salani, 2012)
Ritorno al bosco dei cento acri.
David Benedictus (Nord-Sud, 2009)
Il tempo delle rose. Michael
Hoeye (Salani, 2009)
Ecology
Il
pianeta lo salvo io ... in 101 mosse! Jacquie Wines e Sarah
Horne (EDT, 2007)
Tales
Diversi a chi?
Claire Cantais and Sandra Kollender
(Settenove, 2022)
La nudità
che male fa?
Rosie Haine
(Settenove, 2021)
Sottobraccio
Remy Charlip
(Ed. Primavera, 2021)
Una goccia sul melo
Emily Dickinson
(EL Einaudi Ragazzi, 2021)
Il mio super
eserciziario femminista Claire Cantais (Settenove, 2019)
Favole
di La Fontaine, vol. 2. Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu
(L'Ippocampo, 2010)
Favole
di La Fontaine, vol. 1. Jean de La Fontaine and Thierry Dedieu
(L'Ippocampo, 2010)
L'Africa, piccolo Chaka...
Marie Sellier and Marion Lesage (L'Ippocampo, 2005)
Cinque
minuti di pace. Jill Murphy
(EDT,
2007)
Una serata colorata
Jill Murphy (EDT, 2008)
La
Signora Enorme dorme. Jill Murphy (EDT, 2008)
Solo una fetta di torta
Jill Murphy (EDT, 2008)
Il
grande volo di Odilio. Nadia Roman, Pascal Vilcollet (EDT, 2007)
Il
risveglio. Laurence Cleyet-Merle (EDT, 2007)
I Coniglietti tontoloni. Dav
Pilkey (Nord Sud, 2009)
Largo ai coniglietti tontoloni.
Dav Pilkey (Nord Sud, 2009)
Marta sta nel mezzo. Jan
Fearnley (Nord Sud, 2009)
Biancaneve. Grimm and
Quentin Gréban (Nord Sud, 2009)
Series "Paesi e popoli del mondo"
EDT-Giralangolo
Andersen Award 2008: "Miglior collana di divulgazione"
Afghanistan.
Sylvette Hachemi, Adrien Chapuis (EDT, 2007)
Cile.
Aude Le Morzadec (EDT, 2008)
Cina.
Barbara Martinez (EDT, 2007)
Dedi
e
il riso di Giava. Séverine Bourguignon (EDT, 2007)
Fatna
e la bianca Tetouan. Mohamed Ad-Daïbouni (EDT, 2007)
Giappone.
Marc-Henry Debidour (EDT, 2008)
India.
Sylvette Bareau, Crescence Bouvarel, Camille Pilet (EDT, 2008)
Ravi
e i pescatori di Goa. Etienne Appert (EDT, 2007)
Thi Thêm e la fabbrica di
giocattoli Françoise Guyon, Roger Orengo (EDT, 2008)
Il
Tukul di Yussuf. Séverine Bourguignon (EDT, 2007)
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GLI UOMINI DEL GIOVEDÌ by
Tonino Benacquista Original titleHomo erectus,
Gallimard,
Paris, 2011 Imaginez une confrérie informelle qui réunit
exclusivement des hommes, venus se raconter, en quelques
mots ou en quelques heures, leurs histoires d'amour,
sentimentales ou sexuelles. |
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IL MARE DELLA TRANQUILLITÀ by
Sylvain Trudel Original title La mer de la tranquillité,
Les Allusifs,
Montréal, 2006 Voici neuf histoires inquiétantes et profondes
comme l'eau des puits, où se mêlent la loufoquerie et le
tragique, la chimère et le désastre, le souvenir et
l'angoisse. Neuf histoires contrastées dans lesquelles,
touchés par la grâce ou anéantis par la violence de
la fatalité, les êtres pourchassent la vie heureuse et
espèrent la mort paisible pendant que le monde, né un
matin d'Épiphanie sous la lune couleur d'os, glisse comme un
vaisseau négrier vers les ténèbres où l'on
ne voit plus que la nudité des restes de l'ultime boucherie. Il
y a du génie dans cette violence narrative qui ne dit pas son
nom, mais qu'une extrême maîtrise vient arracher au
silence. Car l'espèce de désespérance, de
lucidité un peu effrayante qui émane de ce livre est une
traduction saisissante des sottises de nos dogmes religieux et, sans
doute aussi, de nos démons personnels. Après son roman si
bouleversant Du mercure sous la langue, Sylvain Trudel propose
des nouvelles à l'écriture tout aussi
éblouissante, où l'imagination, l'érudition et
l'émotion composent un troublant bouquet. Il a reçu pour
ce livre le Prix du Gouverneur général 2007. |
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LE CHIAVI DELLA NOTTE by Sylvain Trudel Original title Du mercure sous la langue, Les
Allusifs,
Montréal, 2001 In English Mercury under my tongue, Soft Skull Press, New York 2008 (ISBN 1-933368-96-9, pp. 160, $ 13,95)
We all knew him during high schoolthat 17-year-old notebook-toting
sage, feeling deeply, spouting out tiny poems, acting just a little
too wise for his agebut, despite the factors belying it, still being a
17-year-old. Frederick Langlois, the protagonist of Mercury Under the
Tongue, is of that ilk, a younger Kerouac with a sweet nihilism, a
strong sense of family ties, and a lingering (if sometimes resentful)
sense of responsibility to others. |
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IL SANGUE DEL
CIELO by Piotr Rawicz Original title Le sang du ciel, Gallimard,
Paris, 1961 In English Blood from the sky, Elliott &
Thompson, London,
2004 Widely regarded as a masterpiece of European and
Holocaust literature,
Piotr Rawicz's "wantonly brilliant novel" (Irving Howe) was first
published in 1961. Rawicz, born in L'viv in western Ukraine at the end
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1919, survived the war on the run
and then in Auschwitz, before moving to France, where he wrote his two
books in French. He committed suicide in 1981. Peter Wiles's original
translation was published in the USA and the UK in 1964. This new and
definitive edition has been prepared by the literary critic and
translator, Anthony Rudolf, author of the first and only book on
Rawicz in any language. He has restored passages missing from the
first English-language editions and made certain other
revisions. Rawicz's instinctive balancing of literary virtuosity and
extreme subject matter helps explain the impact of the deeply shocking
and troubling work. Blood from the Sky is existentially complex,
indirect and surrealistic, as well as being "often horrifyingly funny"
(Angus Wilson). It re-presents terrifying and cruel historical events
without complicity and without frisson. Few serious novels, even in
the literature of the camps and ghettoes of occupied Europe,
contemplate such violence and cruelty so openly. In the words of the
book's original American publisher, the legendary Helen Woolf, it is
"the only work which totally transmutes the actual events into a kind
of dark poetry". |
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LA VITA
PERFIDA by Maryse Condé Original title La vie scélérate,
Seghers, Paris,
1987 In English The tree of life, Ballantine Books,
New York,
1992 Copyright © Reed Business Information 1992 |
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IL GRANDE ORFANO
by Tierno Monénembo Original Title, L'aîné des Orphelins,
Seuil,
Paris, Prix
Tropiques 2000 In
English The oldest orphan, University of Nebraska Press,
Lincoln, 2004 Powerful testimony to an unspeakable historical reality,
this story is
told by an adolescent on death row in a prison in Kigali, the capital
of Rwanda. Dispassionately, almost cynically, the teenager Faustin
tells his tale, alternating between his days in jail, his adventures
wandering the countryside after his parents and most of the people of
his village have been massacred, and his escapades as a cheerful
hoodlum in the streets of Kigali. Only slowly does the full horror of
his parents' death and his own experience return to Faustin. His
realization strikes the reader with shattering force, for it carries
in its wake the impossible but inescapable questions presented by such
a murderous episode of history and such a crippling experience for a
child, a people, and a nation. |
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LA MIA MIGLIORE
AMICA by Anne-Sophie Brasme Original Title Respire, Fayard, Paris, 2001 Breathe is the haunting confession of nineteen-year-old Charlene Boher. From her prison cell, Charlene recounts her lonely adolescence. Growing up shy and unpopular, Charlene never had many friends. That is, until she meet Sarah, a beautiful and charismatic American-French girl who moved back to Paris for high school. Much to Charlene's shock and delight, the two girls quickly develop an intense friendship. With Sarah by her side, Charlene finally begins to feel accepted and even loved. However, after a brief idyllic period, the girls'
relationship becomes
rocky and friendship veers towards obsession. As Sarah drops Charlene
for older, more glamorous friends, Charlene's devotion spirals into
hatred. Unfolding slowly and eerily towards a shocking conclusion,
Breathe is an intense, convincing portrait of a possessive and
ambiguous friendship. LA MIA MIGLIORE AMICA by Anne-Sophie
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CHILDREN
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LEA by
Nancy B. Pilon illustrated by Laura Proietti Original title Roselionne Lea è un libro di narrativa dedicato a bambine e
bambini dai 6 anni in su sul tema del consenso. Inserito
nel filone percorso dalla casa editrice con Consenso,
Possiamo parlarne? dedicato a ragazze e ragazzi dai 14
anni, Lea si occupa dello stesso tema attraverso una
cornice narrativa che rende adatto l'argomento alla
fascia della scuola primaria: da un lato il diritto di
ciascun bambino o bambina di far rispettare i propri
limiti, dall'altro l'importanza di chiedere sempre prima
di agire, quando si tratta di avvicinarsi al corpo di
un'altra persona, sviluppando empatia. |
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IL LIBRO DEL POTERE. Che cos'è, chi ce l'ha e perchè? by
Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Claire Saunders, Mik Scarlet, Hazel Songhurst with ill. by Joelle Avelino, David Broadbent Original title The Power Book: What is it, Who Has it and Why? L'albo corale sul tema del potere che spiega a bambine
e bambini quali sono le forme di potere, indagando il
motivo per cui alcune persone hanno meno potere di altre
e alcune non ne hanno affatto. |
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SOS: NUOVA PROF! by
Dominique Demers illustrated by Tony Ross Original title La nouvelle maîtresse La signorina Charlotte non è un'insegnante come le
altre: indossa sempre un vestito da sera un po'
sgualcito, un paio di anfibi, un cappello a tesa larga
che assomiglia a quello di una strega e intrattiene
amichevoli conversazioni con una pietra... I suoi alunni
inizialmente pensano sia un po' matta, però si rendono
ben presto conto che la scuola, grazie agli strambi
metodi d'insegnamento della nuova prof, è davvero
divertente. Ma... Il preside La Peste. Detto
guastafeste, la penserà allo stesso modo? |
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IL BAMBINO CHE SI ARRAMPICÒ FINO ALLA LUNA by
David Almond illustrated by Federico Appel Original title The boy who climbed into the moon Paul believes that the moon is not the moon, but is a
great hole in the sky. It's one of many strange ideas that he's
never told anyone (at school he was told that he has no ideas
at all), until he meets Molly, his irrepressible neighbour, who
begins to convince him that his theory might just change the
world.
Helped by a very long ladder, some highly irregular characters,
two rather worried parents and a great deal of community spirit,
Paul takes to the sky.
But his astonishing discovery there can't keep him away for long - what is waiting for him back at home is turning out to be better than he'd ever imagined. |
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RITORNO AL BOSCO DEI CENTO ACRI by
David Benedictus illustrated by Mark Burgess Original Title Return To The Hundred Acre Wood Over eighty years since Winnie-the-Pooh first delighted
readers, David Benedictus takes us back to the Hundred Acre Wood for
more adventures. "Return to the Hundred Acre Wood" allows readers to
spend a few more treasured hours with the Best Bear in All the World. |
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Il TEMPO DELLE ROSE by Michael Hoeye Original Title Time to smell the roses Hermux Tantamoq – watchmaker, cheese connoisseur and
detective extraordinaire – is finally getting married to delectable
daredevil Linka Perflinger. But sinister things are afoot in Thorny
End: a body washes up on shore, a strange new breed of killer bees is
on the loose and someone is up to no good in the lab on Jeckel Island.
Hermux must find the missing link. And this time, it's personal... |
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ECOLOGY |
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IL PIANETA LO SALVO IO ... IN 101 MOSSE! by
Jacquie
Wines and Sarah Horne Original Title You can save the planet. 101 ways you
can make a difference,
Buster Books, London, 2007 "You Can Save The Planet" is a call to action. Our
planet is facing a crisis and it's up to you to save it. The effects of
pollution and the destruction of our planet have never been so visible.
Extreme weather, fuel shortages and a dramatic increase in animals
facing extinction are among the massive global problems that need to be
addressed now. "You Can Save The Planet" is packed full of smart,
practical and fun solutions kids can follow to make their homes,
schools and neighbourhoods more environmentally friendly. Cutting-edge
and humorous, "You Can Save The Planet" empowers kids to make a real
difference to the future of the planet. |
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TALES |
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DIVERSI A CHI?
by Claire Cantais and Sandra Kollender Original TitleOn n'est pas si différents, La
ville brûle,
2015
(ISBN 9782360120543, pp. 48, £ 13,00) La pubblicità di una famosa crema di cioccolato e
nocciole dice "Ce ne vuole di energia per essere un
bambino". È vero, e vale per tutti i bambini e tutte le
bambine... anche per chi non si vede mai negli spot
televisivi. Che sia nato con disabilità o che lo sia
diventato, che l'handicap sia fisico o mentale, visibile
o no, che parli o comunichi a gesti, che veda o possa
solo percepire suoni, nulla può togliere a un bambino o
a una bambina la voglia di ridere, essere felice,
innamorarsi, fare sciocchezze, lamentarsi... e
soprattutto fare amicizie. I protagonisti e le
protagoniste di questa storia si presentano senza
fronzoli, con l'evidenza delle loro fragilità ma
sottolineando gli aspetti meno raccontati che, invece,
accomunano tutte e tutti noi: persone normodotate e con
disabilità. |
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LA NUDITÀ CHE MALE FA?
by Rosie Haine Original Title It isn't rude to be nude, Tate,
2020
(ISBN 9781849767002, pp. 32, £ 11,99) Un libro illustrato ispirato al principio della
filosofia body positive con illustrazioni ad acquerello
e inchiostro che celebrano i corpi di ogni colore, forma
e dimensione. L'età ci cambia, alcune cose
cambiano più velocemente di altre e alcune non
cambiano affatto. Un albo per proclamare che tutti i
corpi sono straordinari, che ciascuno di noi è
unico e, per fortuna, inimitabile. |
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SOTTOBRACCIO
by Remy Charlip Original Title Arm in arm, New York Review of Books, 2019
(ISBN 9781681373737, pp. 40, € 18,45) Se volete sapere a cosa somiglia la felicità, aprite una copia di Sottobraccio. |
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UNA GOCCIA SUL MELO
by Emily Dickinson, ill. Sarah Wilkins "Scardina, scompagina, scompiglia e sovverte. Si prende
la tua voce e in cambio ti dà bellezza. Fa
ridere, fa piangere, sognare e innamorare. Ti porta su
un battello e ti insegna a naufragare. Ti dice
«chiudi gli occhi!» e tu impari a vedere, ti
dice «ascolta bene» e impari il silenzio. E
poi, sussurra «aspetta» e ti insegna ad
andare. E poi, ti dice «leggi» e resta ad
ascoltare. È la poesia. Maestra di bellezza e
libertà, ti prende per mano e ti porta oltre la
siepe." |
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IL MIO SUPER ESERCIZIARIO FEMMINISTA
by Claire Cantais Original Title Mon super cahier d'activités
anti-sexiste, La ville brûle, Montreuil, 2015
(ISBN 9782360120673, pp. 20, € 13) Over 50 pages of games dedicated to girls and boys to
question, in a funny way, the clichés related to the male
and female gender and to develop critical
thinking. Collage and coloriage, rebus, logic games,
labyrinths, a game of goose with Angela Davis (!), the
"find the differences", the points to be connected, masks
and elements to cut out and paste, or to "wear", in the
proposed activities. My Super Notebook of anti-sexist
activity brings the unmistakable style of Claire Cantais
to Italy for the first time. Paper, scissors and collages
to propose a world of infinite possibilities in which
appear science fiction, superheroes, super-heroines,
characters that really existed and fictional characters. |
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FAVOLE DI LA FONTAINE, vol. 2 by Jean
de La Fontaine and
Thierry Dedieu Original title Fables de La Fontaine mises en
scène par Dedieu, Lièvre et la Tortue et autres fables,
Seuil,
Paris, 2009
(ISBN 9782021003970, pp. 20, € 18) Thierry Dedieu a sélectionné six fables de
La Fontaine (Le Lièvre et la Tortue, Le Chêne et le
Roseau, Le Renard et le Bouc, Le Héron, Le Renard et la Cigogne,
Le Loup et l'Agneau) et les a magistralement mises en perspective dans
des tableaux tout en dentelle d'ombre et de lumière. |
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FAVOLE DI LA FONTAINE, vol. 1 by Jean
de La Fontaine and
Thierry Dedieu Original title Fables de La Fontaine mises en
scène par Dedieu, Corbeau et le Renard et autres fables,
Seuil, Paris, 2009
(ISBN 9782021003963, pp. 20, € 18) Thierry Dedieu a sélectionné six fables de
La Fontaine (Le Corbeau et le Renard, La Cigale et la Fourmi, La
Grenouille qui voulait se faire aussi grosse que le Boeuf, Le Loup et
la Cigogne, Le Lion et le Rat et Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs)
et les a magistralement mises en perspective dans des tableaux tout en
dentelle d'ombre et de lumière. |
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L'AFRICA, PICCOLO
CHAKA... by Marie Sellier and Marion Lesage Original title L'Afrique, petit Chaka...,
Réunion des Musées
Nationaux, Paris, 2001 La palette de Marion Lesage fait danser les costumes
clairs des hommes
et les robes colorées des femmes. |
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GLI
ALBI
GIRALANGOLO |
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CINQUE MINUTI DI PACE by
Jill Murphy (ISBN 8860402379, pp. 28, € 6.50) Original Title Five Minutes' Peace, Walker Books, London, 1999 (ISBN 0744581648, pp. 32) |
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UNA SERATA COLORATA by
Jill Murphy (ISBN 978-88-6040-357-5, pp. 32, € 6.50) Originale Title All in one piece, Walker Books, London, 2006 (ISBN 9781844285341, pp. 32) |
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LA SIGNORA ENORME DORME by
Jill Murphy (ISBN 8860402638, pp. 35, € 6.50) Original Title Mr. Large in Charge, Walker Books, London, 2005 (ISBN 0763627399, pp. 40) |
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SOLO UNA FETTA DI TORTA by
Jill Murphy (ISBN 978-88-6040-356-8, pp. 32, € 6.50) Original Title A Piece of Cake, Walker Books, London, 2005 (ISBN 9781406320930, pp. 32) |
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IL GRANDE VOLO DI ODILIO
by Laurence Cleyet-Merle (ISBN 8860402344, pp. 36, € 11) Original Title Odilon à tire-d'aile, Les Editions du Ricochet, Nice, 2005 (ISBN 2911013832, pp. 32) |
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IL RISVEGLIO by Nadia
Roman, Pascal Vilcollet (ISBN 8860402352, pp. 36, € 11) Original Title Le réveil, Les Editions du Ricochet, Nice, 2006 (ISBN 2911013921, pp. 32) |
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BIANCANEVE by Grimm and
Quentin Gréban (ISBN 978-88-8203-923-3, pp. 30, € 13.00) Original title Blanche Neige, Mijade, Namur, 2007 (ISBN 978-2-87142-585-4, pp. 28) |
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I CONIGLIETTI TONTOLONI by
Dav Pilkey (ISBN 978-88-8203-897-7, pp. 32, € 9.90) Original title The Dumb Bunnies, Scholastic, New York, 1994 (ISBN 0590477080, pp. 32) |
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LARGO AI CONIGLIETTI TONTOLONI
by Dav Pilkey (ISBN 978-88-8203-898-4, pp. 32, € 9.90) Original title Make Way For Dumb Bunnies, Scholastic, New York, 1996 (ISBN 0590582860, pp. 40) |
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MARTA STA NEL MEZZO by Jan
Fearnley (ISBN 978-88-8203-924-0, pp. 32, € 13.00) Original title Martha in the middle, Walker Books, London, 2008 (ISBN 1406319538, pp. 40) |
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SERIES "PAESI E POPOLI DEL MONDO"
EDT-GIRALANGOLO |
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Afganistan
by Sylvette Hachemi and Adrien Chapuis (ISBN 978-88-6040-214-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Afghanistan, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-266-7, pp. 36) |
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Cile by
Aude
Le
Morzadec (ISBN 978-88-6040-230-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Chili, Grandir, Nîmes, 2005 (ISBN 2-84166-277-2, pp. 36) |
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Cina by
Barbara
Martinez (ISBN 978-88-6040-213-4, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Chine, Grandir, Nîmes, 2005 (ISBN 2-84166-273-X, pp. 36) |
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Dedi e il
riso di Giava by Séverine Bourguignon (ISBN 978-88-6040-225-7, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Dedi et le riz de Java en Indonésie, Grandir, Nîmes, 2006 (ISBN 2-84166-300-0, pp. 36) |
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Fatna e la
bianca
Tetouan by Mohamed Ad-Daïbouni (ISBN 978-88-6040-227-1, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Fatna, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-259-4, pp. 36) |
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Giappone by
Marc-Henry
Debidour (ISBN 978-88-6040-229-5, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Japon, Grandir, Nîmes, 2006 (ISBN 2-84166-249-7, pp. 36) |
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India by Sylvette Bareau, Crescence Bouvarel and Camille Pilet (ISBN 978-88-6040-350-6, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title L'Inde, Grandir, Nîmes, 2006 (ISBN 2-84166-343-4, pp. 36) |
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Ravi e i
pescatori di
Goa by Etienne Appert (ISBN 978-88-6040-228-8, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Pêcheurs à Goa en Inde, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-272-1, pp. 36) |
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Thi Thêm e la fabbrica di
giocattoli by Françoise Guyon and Roger Orengo (ISBN 978-88-6040-351-3, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Thi Thêm et l'usine de jouets, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-185-7, pp. 36) |
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Il Tukul
di Yussuf by Séverine Bourguignon (ISBN 978-88-6040-226-4, pp. 36, € 9) Original Title Le toukoul de Youssouf, Grandir, Nîmes, 2004 (ISBN 2-84166-265-9, pp. 36) |