The Befana has lost her precious shoes…

On the night of the Epiphany, hanging from every fireplace in the city, thousands of stockings are waiting for the Befana to fly from home to home with her broom and fill them with sweets (or coal, if the children have behaved badly!). But this year, just before leaving, something went wrong and the nice old woman, accompanied by little Charcoal, found herself without her precious shoes… So here she is running around the fairy tale world to look for some new ones: from Cinderella to Puss in Boots, from the White Rabbit to the Little Mermaid, the Befana meets many famous characters but none of their shoes are right for her… Will she be able to resolve the situation and visit the fireplaces of all the children who are waiting for her this year too?

  • The tale of a magical traditional Italian character: the Befana.
  • An unusual and amusing story involving all the typical Christmas characters.
Publisher: Nomos Edizioni (Italy)
Target: 0 - 5
Year: 2019
Author
Annamaria Soldera

She inherited from her family a love for stories: those found in big, colorful books, those whispered at bedtime, and the funny ones told in the meadows. Stories that blur the line between reality and imagination. For her, they became so essential that she started searching for them everywhere. She listened to them, read them, and, as soon as she could, turned them into books.

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Author
Yvonne Campedel

Yvonne Campedel, born in 1992 in Recanati, a picturesque town near the sea, nurtured original dreams as a child: becoming a dog trainer, a chimney sweep, or an illustrator. Her passion for art eventually prevailed, leading her to earn a degree in Graphic Design in 2014 and a master’s in Editorial Graphics and Illustration in 2016. Her first three illustrated books (Buongiorno e Buonanotte, Un cucciolo è nato!, and Back to front) were published by Clementoni in 2017. In 2019, in collaboration with Book on a Tree, she illustrated Le scarpe della Befana (Nomos), written by Annamaria Soldera.

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