Dear friends and colleagues,
The second half of 2025 was full of satisfaction and awards, and many of the books we published have already been very successful.
We are delighted to share them with you.
For any information or curiosity, we are at your disposal. In addition, a new Bologna Children’s Book Fair is approaching: if you would like to organise a meeting, please write to us!
You can write at rights@sabireditore.it.
PICTURE BOOKS
STORY OF TWO STRANGE TOOLS FOR THE MINDS
A story that spans human history to reveal where brilliant ideas come from and how to clear your mind of negative thoughts!
Written by Eleonora Cattogno, illustrated by Silva Mori
ISBN: 9788831460880
SIZE: 21 x 29,7 cm
PAGES: 44
AGE GROUP: 6+
THEMES: CREATIVITY, INSPIRATION, ENCOUNTERS
SEPTEMBER 2025
A man wanders through space and time with a strange instrument: the Inspiration Duster.
By sprinkling them with golden dust, he has brought men many brilliant ideas for great inventions and works of art. But for some time, he has had some problems at work. One day, he accidentally meets the woman with the Mind Brush, a device that frees minds from bad thoughts. From the moment they meet, the two begin a cordial but resolute battle until they understand that both their instruments are necessary to humanity.
TOMORROW
The story of a small revolution that will happen tomorrow…
Written by Valentina Maselli, illustrated by Valentina Andaloro
ISBN: 9788831460903
SIZE: 29,7 x 21 cm
PAGES: 44
AGE GROUP: 6+
THEMES: MEETING, UNDERSTANDING, WELCOMING
OCTOBER 2025
Tuesday, Dog will ask Cat: “What does your tail do? I don’t understand it.”
Even though they both have a tail, they speak different languages and they don’t know it yet. But tomorrow something extraordinary will happen. Tomorrow, they will try to understand each other, and they will try to explain what they do with their tails. Some Mondays are very long; they seem to be never-ending. But sometimes, it doesn’t take much for tomorrow to arrive. Sometimes a simple question can light a small revolution, a new story told by many voices. Or by many tails. A picture book that blends a surprising all-future narrative with illustrations conceived as an amazing cinematic sequence plan.
DONNO
A story to encourage the shy and remind us of the importance of taking the floor and – why not? – of singing.
Written by Guia Risari, illustrated by Andrea Oberosler
ISBN: 9788831460910
SIZE: 21 x 29,7 cm
PAGES: 48
PRICE: € 17.00
AGE GROUP: 7+
THEMES: SHYNESS, EVOLUTION, SHARING
NOVEMBER 2025
In the village of Who-knows-where, in the year Who-knows-when, there lived a puppy named Dunno. He was a quiet type. When he was born, he came into the world with a beautiful silence stamped on his lips. This caused some surprise, but the little one was healthy and every now and then he would make a little sound…
The book tells the story of Dunno’s metamorphosis, a boy so reserved that, by never opening his mouth, he risks losing it.
One morning, he wakes up without it and, little by little, sees the rest of his body disappear too.
It will be his desire to smile that saves him.
GROWING
A light poem and at the same time sharp, in the unmistakable style of Antonio Ferrara
Written by Antonio Ferrara, illustrated by Veronica Pia
ISBN: 9788831460927
SIZE: 21 X 29,7 cm
PAGES: 40
PRICE: € 16.00
AGE GROUP: 8+
THEMES: ADOLESCENCE, GROWTH
DECEMBER 2025
The stages of growth: from early childhood to the threshold of adulthood. Alongside the texts, the illustration Veronica Pia, young but with an immediately recognizable, dense, and material style. There are no half measures in the text, which addresses all the moods of a growing child, through the description of single moments, snapshots of moments that mark, in their simplicity and everydayness, the passing of the years.
But it is with the arrival of adolescence that the poetry slows down, it lingers, to tell the chaos, the tumult, the difficulties, but also the wonder of that middle age that can be magnificent and tremendous at the same time. The second part of the album draws on the entire growth process to outline those who are approaching adulthood, without rhetoric and without drawing ideals that have little to do with the reality that Ferrara has encountered for years working with kids in schools throughout Italy, but with the affection and trust that kids need most when facing the world.
So burn, boy / it burns, burn and blaze / lick your hand, bite / offer your paw / and go.
FICTION
THE MIDNIGHT WORKSHOP
There is a workshop where the fears, dreams and desires of people are stored in ampoules. It only appears at midnight, in the most secret corners of every city.
Written by Eleonora Traverso
ISBN: 9788831460897
SIZE: 14,5 x 21 m
PAGES: 170
PRICE: € 15.00
AGE GROUP: 10+
THEMES: FEARS, GROWTH, SHAREDNESS
NOVEMBER 2025
Anna and Matilda are always arguing siblings, and because of their father’s new job, they move to Green Hill: a tiny village situated on the Scottish hills. Here, anything seems to go in the right way.
Anna is targeted by her new schoolmates, and Matilda starts having nightmares that make her wake up in the middle of the night. But thanks to that, she finds out about a workshop that appears every midnight, and together with Anna and their friends Tom and Nive, she decides to explore it. Fear is the common thread that links the guys who are able to collaborate, solve their conflicts, and, in the end, grow as individuals.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
THE FOURTH SPIRIT
Nobody knows (not even Mr Charles Dickens knew it), that the spirits of Christmas are actually four! Three of them became famous in his “A Christmas Carol”, but the fourth, what happened to him?
Written by Roberto Grassilli, illustrated by Francesco Faccia
ISBN: 9788831460934
SIZE: 17 x 24 cm
PAGES: 110
PRICE: 15.00 €
AGE GROUP: 9 +
THEMES: CHRISTMAS CAROL, VALUES, FAMILY
NOVEMBER 2025
Three of them became famous in the pages of his A Christmas Carol, but the fourth, because of his disorderly and unpredictable ways, was only given a reserve
role. Propitius, that is his name, for decades has watched his colleagues go on missions to warn, frighten, and redeem human beings whose lives had taken the wrong direction. Christmas after Christmas, he remained on the bench until a serious emergency called him back into service. The Time Weavers, the organization he is a part of, hastily sent him to Earth to “save” the mayor of Vanverana from a choice that would cause sorrow and suffering to his entire community, including the animals that live in the beautiful city park. Luckily, to support Propitius in this mission, there is Ezi, “Egizia”, the young daughter of the mayor, who would like to save the park but also find the harmony she had with her dad…
NONFICTION
STORYBUILDER: WHAT ARE YOU PLOTTING?
After the essay Creativologia Sergio Olivotti returns to the bookshop with a practical tool: a pack of cards to stimulate the imagination, also perfect as a party game
Created by Sergio Olivotti
ISBN: 9788831460941
SIZE: 8 x 12 cm
PAGES: 83 CARDS DECK
PRICE: € 19.00
AGE GROUP: for everybody
THEMES: CREATIVITY, MAKING-UP STORIES, EDUCATIONAL GAME, PARTY GAME
OCTOBER 2025
Who has read Creativology (Sabir, 2024) have appreciated and cheerfully tested the exercises Olivotti proposed in chapter five, “Break the toy”.
The author tells “stories are everywhere, we are surrounded by them, and we meet them all the time, even in everyday life…”. Long story short: we are surrounded by creative ideas. So, what if we mix these inspirations into a deck of cards with the most varied combinations? 83 cards as a story-making guide, divided into 4 categories:
fantastic ploy, cast, location, script.
By drawing a card from each category, you will be given the right inputs to always create a different story and probably a high rate of comedy.
Check our complete rights catalogue here. It’s updated with releases until the end of 2025
NEWS FROM SABIR EDITORE
We won the ERNESTO FERRERO PRIZE-CRT Foundation! It is the prize established by the Salone Internazionale del Libro of Turin in recognition of the publishing houses that have distinguished themselves most for innovation and experimentation during the year.
Animals wins the DEMETRA PRIZE for kids. Demetra is an Italian literary award that enhances independent authors and editors who deal with environmental issues, sustainability, climate change, ecology, and ecological transition, both in narrative works, essay writing, and graphic novels.
Delfo ghost dog wins the 2^ place at NATIONAL LITERARY PRIZE G. ARPINO (in age group 10-12).
Here is a short list of securities whose rights were purchased abroad during 2025
– For China: I want 100 light bulbs (simplified Chinese)
– For Taiwan: The wise king (complex Chinese)
– For English-speaking: The wire wanderer
– For Greece: A dog named dog
– For Albania: The island of animals
– For Belarus: My voice and What is important
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