I desideri degli animali

Who doesn’t have a wish, even a small one, to cherish in their heart? A secret hope to whisper between dreams and sighs? In this book, through poetic words and evocative images, and the beautiful poems of Chiara Carminati, animals reveal their most hidden desires, helping us discover something that perhaps we are also missing: a little star ready to shine in our sky. The crab is looking for a gift for his beloved, “a jewel to make her a necklace: a grain of pomegranate-coloured sand”; the hedgehog would like to finally have a soft curl instead of those spiky hairs that stand straight and inflexible; the jellyfish would like, for once, to show off a little tan, but she knows she cannot sunbathe or she would risk melting. These dreams are given shape and colour by Pia Valentinis’ beautiful illustrations, created on ceramic tiles, which transform every desire into an image to be touched with the eyes and the heart. Recommended reading age: 6 years and up.