Bookbird 2 / 2024
Tracing the Evolution of Contemporary Italian Children’s Literature
EDITORIAL
Tracing the Evolution of Contemporary Italian Children’s Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Marnie Campagnaro and Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang | 1
FEATURED ARTICLES
The Long Reach of Creativity: The Lasting Impact of 1970s Italian Children’s Literature .. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Marnie Campagnaro | 5
Words at Play for Emerging Readers: Children’s Poetry in the Framework of Italian Preschool
Education (Ages Zero to Six) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Ilaria Filograsso | 14
From Queens to Rebel Girls? Biographies about Women within Italian Children’s Literature .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Chiara Malpezzi | 24
Diversity in Italian Picturebooks for Children: Themes, Limitations, and Provocations .. . . . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Paul Venzo | 32
The Sound of Silence: Metaphors of Childhood, Disability, and Incommunicability in Italian
Children’s Literature .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Silvia Pacelli | 40
The Power of Translation: Rediscovering the Work of Renée Reggiani for Young Readers Today
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Claudia Alborghetti | 48
INTERVIEWS
Watery Imaginings: Exploring the Watercolor Odysseys of Alessandro Sanna .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Marnie Campagnaro | 55
When the Five Senses Are Not Enough: An Interview with Fausta Orecchio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Chiara Malpezzi | 58
LETTER
Peperini: A Comics Series for Young Readers by Diabolo Edizioni.. . . . . . . . by Eva van de Wiele | 61
Francesco D’Adamo’s Ordinary Moral Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Maria Rosa Truglio | 64
BOOKS ON BOOKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . edited by Jutta Reusch—International Youth Library | 66
FOCUS IBBY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Carolina Ballester | 75
POSTCARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . edited by Siobhan Parkinson | 4, 23, 47, 57, 63, & 80
