Illustrated Books

It won’t be the strongest or the most overbearing who will win, but those who work as a team. Sasha and Alex don’t even know each other, but when war breaks out in Ukraine, they find themselves sharing everything: a house, school, and two younger sisters who have become friends. Yet even in Italy, where they are safe, there are still acts of bullying and injustice that require a brave choice… What is life like at thirteen? Well, friends come first, and Sasha and Alex have no doubts about that. Then there’s school, sports, and that special person who, for some reason, you keep bumping into everywhere. But what if one day war arrives? In Ukraine, Sasha suddenly has to face it: the real thing is nothing like video games, and in an instant, it takes everything away, even his dreams. He has to flee. Fortunately, in Italy, there is Alex’s family to welcome him and his little sister, so they can continue to study and live a more or less normal life. But even among the desks and classrooms, hatred and bullying find their way… Sasha and Alex do not give up and devise a plan inspired by the feat accomplished in 1942 by the heroes of Dynamo Kyiv, with which they will prove that violence cannot win in the face of solidarity and a sense of justice.

Cuori aperti contro la guerra, by Sonia Elisabetta Corvaglia and Lucia Perrucci, illustratated by Manuela Santoni – September 2022 – Mondadori Electa
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20 illustrated stories. 20 female artists which used music as a mean of fight, indipendence and resistance: Kae Tempest, Fatoumata Diawara, Les Amazones D’afrique, Jesse Paris Smith, Lhasa De Sela, Ani Di Franco, M.I.A., Lady Gaga, Ana Tijoux, Lizzo, Tracey Thorn, Björk, Denise Ho, Beyoncé, Helin Bölek, Billie Eilish, Elodie, Discwoman, Madame and Nana Ashour.

Illustrations for the volume written by Italian author Clarice Trombella.

Sister resist. 20 storie di resistenza e di sorellanza nel mondo della musica, da Billie Eilish a Kae Tempest, by Clarice Trombella – July 2021 – BeccoGiallo Editore
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Twenty women who led a music revolution all over the world: Dorothy Parker, Janis Joplin, Mahalia Jackson, Melba Liston, Nina Simone, Joan Baez, Rebeca Lane, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Sonita Alizadeh, Patti Smith, Joséphine Baker, Miriam Makeba, Calypso Rose, Blanche Calloway, Wanda Jackson, Mavis Staples, The International Sweet Hearths of Rhythm, Negin Khpalwak and the Zohra Orchestra.

Illustrations for the volume written by Italian author Clarice Trombella.

Sacerdotesse, imperatrici e regine della musica, by Clarice Trombella – December 2018 – BeccoGiallo Editore
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Illustrations for a children book, written by Australian author Paul Jennings and translated by Francesca Capelli.

Storie proprio buffe - July 2016 - Il Castoro Editore
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Illustrations for a children book, written by Italian author Alberto Pellai.

Girl R-Evolution. Diventa ciò che sei - January 2016 - DeAgostini Editore
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