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Born in 1947, Roberto Piumini is Italy's foremost living author of children's stories. His books are found in every Italian bookshop and school and have been translated into many languages across the world. He received the Rodari Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, and is nominated for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award. Glowrushes was first published in 1987 and is considered his masterpiece.I don't think I have read anything like this before - a tale of life, death love and beauty that by the storyteller's art makes those things true, fresh, real and important. I hope this unforgettable story finds all the readers it deserves.
- Philip Pullman,
This elegant, moving novella is a classic of Italian children's literature, filled with understatedly exquisite, transporting prose.
The Guardian
A touching story of friendship... The perfect stocking-filler for thoughtful children... Beautiful
The Times, Children's Book of the Week
You'll read it really quickly, but it will make you think for a long time...Incredibly beautiful and enchanting
- Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Today Programme
As gorgeous as the cover suggests... Extremely gentle and elegant... A beautiful thing
- Clémentine Beauvais, author of Piglettes,
You see it, feel it, live it as you read. Lyrical, magical, tender and true, and deeply mysterious.
- Michael Morpurgo, BookTrust Best Children's Books of the Year
I read this in one sitting as I could not put it down. A wonderful book about parental love, friendship, beauty, life and death. Read this one, you will not be disappointed.
ReadingZone
This modern Italian classic, written as a traditional fable in poetic prose, will transport readers, young and old alike, into an enchanting, magical bygone realm
Words Without Borders Best Books of 2022
Unforgettable and unputdownable. Highly recommended for upper KS2 and KS3
School Reading List, Children's Book of the Month