After the success of the first title IO GOMITOLO TU FILO on mother – child relation, a poetic and delicate narration to tell the special bond that unites every father to its child .

Fathers understand to be such when they hold for the very first time their small newly born baby.Confused and happy, fearful and proud, they ask themselves: “And now, what shall I do with this baby in my hands? How shall I hold it right? And what if I hurt it?”A father’s hands protect its baby and push it towards the world, building their relation by physical contact.At the beginning they are safe hands, learning tenderness, and then they become strong hands that will sustain a child through its main growing stages.Besides the maternal embrace that holds each child next to the heart, loving it and keeping it safe, the father’s hands open to the external world, towards new horizons and explorations.A tender journey with words and illustrations that explores the father-child relation through the symbol of the hands.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALBERTO PELLAI is a doctor and a psychotherapist of the  evolutionary age as well as a researcher at the department of bio-medical sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano. In 2004 the Ministry of Health awarded him the silver medal of merit. His books have sold more than 150.000 copies only in Italy. Among his best seller titles for parents, children and teachers Tutto Troppo Presto, Girl R-evolution, I Papà Vengono da Marte, le Mamme da Venere, L’Età dello Tsunami, Il Metodo Famiglia Felice, all published by DeAgostini. Among the latest titles published Le Cose che Nessuno ha il Coraggio di Dirti prima dei 10 anni and Mentre la Tempesta Colpiva Forte.His innovative series on the evolutional changes for small kids and their parents Piccole Grandi Sfide has been translated in 10 languages and also by the American Psychological Association. All his parenting books have been translated in several languages.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR ILARIA ZANELLATO is an Italian illustrator that works with several publishing houses, in Italy and abroad. For DeAgostini she illustrated the book “TUTTI DIVERSI”, 2020. She was awarded several prizes, among which the Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition 2018, China and the 1st Little Hakka International Picture Book Competition.