The book of August

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY? AND THE DAY YOU MET YOUR GREAT LOVE?

Whether you are celebrating an anniversary, a birth, or simply remembering a special moment, this book is for you. Because a date is never just a date, and a number and a day can mean many things in the intangible interconnection between humanity, time and space.

FEATURED MAIN EVENTS THE BOOK OF AUGUST

1st, 1936, Algery, birth of Yves Saint Lauren

2nd, 216 a.c, Italy, Cannae battle

3rd, 1883, Germany, indigo synthesis

4th, 1993, Japan, Kono declaration

5th, 352, Italy, Legend of the big snow on Rome

6th, 1926, Usa, Gertude Ederle is the first woman to swim across English Channel

7th, 1947, Perù, Kon-tiki crash

8th, 1786, France, 1st Mont Blanc ascent

9th, 1173, Italy, Pisa’s tower construction beginning

10th, 1927, Usa, Mount Rushmore inauguration celebration

Key selling points:

– all the 365 (+1) days of the year featured, month by month

– events of all the centuries and from allover the world

– best known team of writers and illustrators
– no page numbers: just a date display
– multidisciplinary topics
– each day: one main event told and illustrated + other mentioned

Author & Illustrator

Chiara Lorenzoni writes books for children and young people, some of which also translated in China, Greece, Korea, Brazil, Romania, Portugal, France, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Russia, Laos and Japan. Her written word is aligned with her look at small things, poetry and the wonder they can generate. She writes for children and young people because it is a necessity, because her creativity contains the very vivid memory of the fears, nostalgia and sudden happiness of childhood and that amazing threshold that is adolescence. Her latest published books include titles with the most known Italian publishers. (The book of June – The book of July – The book of August)

Maria Lucia Carbone is an illustrator of Calabrian origin, born in 1994. She currently lives and works in Florence, where, after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts, she has been working as a full-time illustrator since 2022. Her illustrations have been published in newspapers and magazines and have been featured in exhibitions, festivals, and numerous artistic events. Her work continues to grow, moving across different contexts and reaching new audiences.