Gianni Rodari is widely considered the father of modern Italian children’s literature. In 1960, he collaborated with the Education Cooperation Movement to develop exercises to encourage children’s creative and critical thinking abilities. The recipient of the prestigious Andersen Prize in recognition of his contribution to children’s literature, he was also one of Italy’s most important educators and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination.
Jack Zipes is a renowned children’s historian and folklorist who has written, translated, and edited dozens of books on fairy tales (
Breaking the Magic Spell, The Irresistible Fairy Tale, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm). He is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota.
Matthew Forsythe is the award-winning author-illustrator of picture books
Pokko and the Drum, Mina, and the illustrator of
The Golden Leaf. He was also lead designer on Cartoon Network’s
Adventure Time and production designer of the Oscar-nominated short film
Robin Robin.Gianni Rodari is widely considered the father of modern Italian children’s literature. In 1960, he collaborated with the Education Cooperation Movement to develop exercises to encourage children’s creative and critical thinking abilities. The recipient of the prestigious Andersen Prize in recognition of his contribution to children’s literature, he was also one of Italy’s most important educators and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination.
Jack Zipes is a renowned children’s historian and folklorist who has written, translated, and edited dozens of books on fairy tales (
Breaking the Magic Spell, The Irresistible Fairy Tale, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm). He is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota.
Matthew Forsythe is the award-winning author-illustrator of picture books
Pokko and the Drum, Mina, and the illustrator of
The Golden Leaf. He was also lead designer on Cartoon Network’s
Adventure Time and production designer of the Oscar-nominated short film
Robin Robin.Widely considered the father of modern Italianchildren’s literature, Gianni Rodari (1920–1980) grew up inNorthern Italy and wrote hundreds of stories, poems, and songs for children. In1960, he collaborated with the Education Cooperation Movement to developexercises to encourage children’s creative and critical thinking abilities. Therecipient of the prestigious Andersen Prize in recognition of his contributionto children’s literature, he was also an educator of paramount importance inItaly and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination.
Jack Zipes is a renowned children’s historian and folklorist who has written,translated, and edited dozens of books on fairytales. He is a professor at theUniversity of Minnesota.
Matthew Forsythe lives in Montreal where he draws and paints for picture books, comics, andanimations. His picture book Pokkoand the Drum was a PublishersWeekly and NPR Book of the Year and won a Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor and Charlotte Zolotow Honor.
