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The great classic by Carlo Collodi returns in a refined graphic layout and as a picture book to bring even theyounger public closer. The double pages illustrated by Filippo Barbacini give at the same time the magic of the dreamy atmospheres of the history and the classicism of a masterpiece that continues to be among the most translated and sold in the world. On his way to becoming a real child, moving around the Land of Toys and the belly of a Whale, the small wooden puppetcreated by Geppetto meets the Talking Cricket, the Cat and the Fox, Mangiafuoco…Le avventure di Pinocchio is the first in the series of the classic illustrated by Filippo Barbacini for Nomos.

 


Born in Reggio Emilia in 1990, Filippo Barbacini established himself as an international-level swimmer,  then he followed his artistic vocation and attended the three-year course in Illustration at the Comics School of Reggio Emilia. His images are published in illustrated magazines, then he specializes in the illustration of children’s books. He works mainly in mixed media mixing pencils, collages and textures with digital media. Colour stains are her trademark.

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