Silvia Vecchini – författare

A moving tale about a brave hearing-impaired teen losing his vision, told through the perspective of his loving sister in poetry, prose, and the sign-language alphabet.Carlo is a teenager who happens to be hearing-impaired and can see only out of one eye. Now that eye is failing, and Carlo must have an operation to try to save his vision. His fierce and funny sister Emma, Carlo’s closest companion, begins writing poems that express the fear she works hard to hide, while his seeing-eye dog Lulù remains steadfastly at his side. But even with the support and affection of his family, how can Carlo face such uncertainty? And what will happen if he can no longer communicate with them? Before Nightfall is a book about trust, imagination, empathy, and language, narrated through the poems Emma types and through prose passages told from multiple perspectives and illustrated with sign-language alphabet, drawn by the Italian artist Sualzo. Despite the immense challenges Carlo and Emma face, their story is one of hope and wonder.

Todos los juguetes están preocupados: El Nuevo está a punto de llegar. ¿Los dejará Niño de lado? Nada de miedos: les espera una sorpresa muy, pero que muy grande.

Les joguines estan molt amoïnades. El Nou està a punt d''arribar i tenen por que el Vailet els deixi de banda. Però no cal patir: la sorpresa que els espera és molt i molt gran. Una història tendra i divertida per preparar els infants davant l''arriabada d''un nou germà a la família.