target 11+, 192 pages with bicolor illustrations, 14x21 cm, paperback with flaps, publication September 2021, ISBN 9788851186692, € 12,90

THE LESSONS OF THE GREATEST TEACHERS WHO HAVE KINDLED THE HEARTS OF GENERATIONS OF CHILDREN AND THE BEST ROLE MODELS TODAY.

 There are heroes and heroines in all fields and places. We are used to see them in sport, politics, medicine, in stories on TV, in movies and in books. Usually they face insuperable obstacles, bringing an epochal change in all our lives.

But what about teachers? Are there any heroes/heroines among them? Of course, there are. We are talking about people like Jadwiga Szczawinska-Dawidowa,  who risked her life to teach, or like Khadija Gayibova who even lost her life to do it. People like Maria Montessori or Friederich Froebel who invented new and better ways to convey knowledge, in fact recreating the very concept of student. People who changed the world around them like Ruth Bader Ginsburg or people who were awarded prizes for it. And not juts in their classroom or school, but also on television, on the net or in the gym. All these people have nothing to envy to the other heroes and heroines. Indeed without them no one would have ever become the heroe or heroine he dreamed of being.

Among familliar names and amazing stories, this book is an illustrated collection of 20 inspiring biographies, showing the greatness and heroism of teachers.

Alessandro Ferrari is a screenwriter of comic books, cartoons and tv series.

In 2016 his graphic novel Star Wars – the original trilogy has been a world best seller in the “New York Times” top ten. The World Disney Company, Lucasfilm, Rainbow, Rai, Luxvide, Zodiak, Riccoli/Lizard. For DeAgostini he published  the best seller YA novel Le ragazze non hanno paura (Premio Selezione Bancarellino 2019, finalista at the XIX edition of Premio Giacomo Giulitto).