From Monday 13th to Saturday 18th May it will be presented, in Villa Sironi to Todaythe third edition of “Books in the Villa”. The initiative takes up the structure of previous editions, although remodulating some aspects. It involves the classes of today’s primary and secondary schools who, in the mornings from Monday to Friday, will have the opportunity to meet illustrators, authors, booksellers and an atelierista and to participate, in most cases, in workshops dedicated to one or more books.
In fact, the third edition of the initiative stands out compared to the previous ones for the choice to involve children and young people more actively through a presentation of the workshop-type texts; the only exception concerns the novel by the Como journalist, Pietro Berra.
As with the other editions, the visiting classes will have the opportunity to visit the book exhibition including reading proposals aimed at their age group, 6-14 years.
On the first floor of the villa, the books selected by ”Il Maggio dei Libri” will be presented – a national initiative in which ”Books in Villa” is part – a small bibliography on Marco Polo on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of his death and books for boys who have been awarded in recent years (Andersen, Strega Ragazze e Ragazzi, Bancarellino, Premio Ragazzi Cento literature).
The books on display belong to the Library and the other associated ones in the Library System of the Lecco Territory; once the exhibition is over, they will be available for loan in the Library.
On Saturday the book exhibition will be open to all, from 10am to 12pm and from 2pm to 6pm and in the afternoon, at 4pm, the prize-giving ceremony for the winning classes will be held. ”One page leads to another”.
The realization of the initiative was made possible by the fruitful collaboration established with the schools of Oggione, with the Angelo Tenchio cultural club and with the booksellers of ”La Libreria del Ragionier Bianchi” of Como.
Additional information on the initiative:
– 29 class meetings with illustrators, authors, booksellers and an atelierista
– 14 classes of primary schools, from second to fifth (7 of the ”Armando Diaz” school, 4 of the “Salvo D’Acquisto” and 3 of the ”Madonnina del Duomo”) and 15 of the lower secondary schools, second and third (12 from the ICS ”Marco d’Oggiono” and 3 from the ”Massimiliano Kolbe” School)
– 9 books presented
– around 200 books on display
List of books presented and type of meetings:
– I am Vincent and I am not afraid / Enne Koens ; illustrations by Maartje Kuiper – Camelozampa, 2022 Workshop with the bookseller and art therapist Jessica Molinari
-I, person / text by Ellen Duthie; illustrations Daniela Martagon – Logos , 2023 and What you want: open look think / [testo] Ellen Duthie ; illustrations Daniela Martagón – Logos , c2022 – Both texts are part of the “Wonder Ponder” series, winner of the 2023 Andersen Award for the Best editorial project and designed to observe, play, question, think and dialogue – Workshop with the bookseller and actress Sarah Paoletti
– Hedvig / Frida Nilsson – LupoGuido, 2024 – Workshop with the illustrator of the text Ilaria Mancini
– Travel / Anna Benotto – LupoGuido, 2023 – Workshop with the author and illustrator of the text Anna Benotto
– Astrid and Miranda / Molly Brooks – The Beaver, 2021 and I Am Mine! Peanuts – Magazzini Salani, 2023 – Artistic-poetic workshop with Anna Buttarelli, atelier artist
– The limit / Vanessa Policicchio Rizzoli; illustrator Elena Casiglio – Il Ciliegio, 2024 – Artistic workshop with the illustrator of the text Elena Casiglio
– … and now fly / Angelo Ruta – Carthusia, 2024 – Workshop on illustrated books for pre-adolescents and adolescents with Anna Buttarelli, atelierista
– The book smuggler / Pietro Berra – Helvetica, 2021 – Presentation of the author
The game-competition in which 150 pupils from the ”Armando Diaz” and ”Salvo D’Acquisto” primary schools of today took part was concluded on the afternoon of Saturday 18 May.
In the three months of play established by the rules, from Tuesday 9 January to Saturday 6 April, the students read 821 books, accumulating a total of 111,913 pages read.
During the ceremony, the 3 winning classes will be awarded (1 third, 1 fourth and 1 fifth), selected based on the highest average number of pages read per student reader; each student present will receive a certificate of participation and the teacher of the winning classes will be given a prize in book vouchers worth €250.00, to be used for the class or school library.
