Humans do not need words to express their feelings. They can use a smile, offer a gift or simply be there. In this way, we humans are a lot like our animal friends. Even when spiders, fish, birds, in other word all types of animals are young and meet someone they like, sparks fly and love is born. Each animal has its own way to win the heart of a mate that in some cases will be its mate for life. This book is a collection of love stories starring romantically monogamous animals like wolves, eagles, lovebirds and penguins. There are also the stories of animals whose courting rituals are surprisingly creative, like the dance of the blue-footed booby or the synchronous flashing of fireflies. The result is truly an ode to love, tender and ironic, fun and colourful, thanks to the stunning images created by Isabella Grott.

 

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2019 by White Star .

Valter Fogato is one of ADMaiora's collaborators of excellence: as an advertiser, graphic designer, illustrator and author of not only scientific educational works, he has designed and set up a big number of dioramas for various museums and visitor's centres in natural parks, including writing their explanatory panels. Isabella Grott has participated to various workshops with international artists that helped and encouraged her in a continuous quest within the illustration field. She has been selected for an exhibition at the Pisa Book Festival. She collaborates with various publishers to create illustrated books, on paper and digital, and she teaches at the Nemo Academy in Florence. Federica Magrin was born in Varese in 1978, has worked in publishing for over ten years, first as editor of Edizioni De Agostini and now as a freelance. She mainly works in children's books, but also writes educational texts and stories and translates novels. She has produced the book `City Atlas' for White Star. Isabella Grott has been selected for an exhibition at the Pisa Book Festival. She collaborates with various publishers to create illustrated books, on paper and digital, and she teaches at the Nemo Academy in Florence.