Uncle Cringe
Alessandro Gatti, Angelo Mozzillo, Gud
Marchino the Magician
Humorous
Magic Exists, and It’s Often “Catastrophically” Fun
Wizard Marchino doesn’t fight, he doesn’t have villains trying to kill him, and he doesn’t want to conquer the world. He lives with his friend Andrea – a little dog – in a Moved House, meaning that in their garden, time is shifted by one season. While it’s summer elsewhere, at the Moved House, it’s snowing. He has visions and brilliant ideas, but he’s a bit of a klutz, and often his spells backfire. Luckily, Andrea is precise, never messes up a spell (well, almost…), and always puts everything back in order.
- A simple, non-violent magic that makes you laugh out loud.
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A special friend to believe in and turn to when you’re in trouble.
Wizard Marchino and the Dream Hammock
…And it’s a disaster. Trees sprout everywhere (except where Wizard Marchino wanted them). In the garden, in the neighbors’ fields, in the meadows, even on the roof of the house!
Wizard Marchino and the Dinner Invitation with a Wreck
…And it’s a disaster. All the furniture runs away. The chairs start dancing, the couch jumps out of the window, the table runs off to the garden, and even the old wardrobe starts moving!
Publisher:
Lisciani Libri
Target:
8-10
Year:
2021
Author
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Pierdomenico Baccalario has been writing children’s novels since 1997, when he won the Il Battello a Vapore literary prize with La strada del Guerriero (The Way of the Warrior) using his neighbour’s name. Since then, his bestsellers have been written under as many pseudonyms (the best known being Ulysses Moore and Irene Adler), translated into more than thirty languages and published with major Italian and foreign publishers. He has collaborated with Lucca Comics & Games for more than twenty years, has written for Repubblica, and is a columnist for the newspaper Corriere della Sera’s La Lettura literary supplement. In 2014, he founded the Book on a Tree creative agency in London.
Author
Gabriele Barrocu
Born in Acqui Terme in Monferrato, in 2002 he joined the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia where he graduated in animation.
Immediately after, he worked at Rai as an Illustrator and Animator for L'Albero Azzurro and for several Italian and international productions such as Maga Animation, Movimenti, Enanimation, AnimaTO, Mbanga Studio, Progetto Immagine, Pepito Produzioni, and many others.
At the same time, he continued his freelance career as an Animator, Storyboard Artist, Compositing Artist, and Illustrator. He has collaborated with Lisciani on two books: Mago Marchino e l'amaca dei sogni and Mago Marchino e l'invito a cena con relitto, with texts by Pierdomencio Baccalario.
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