Janette Lart’s latest book “Home, casa“ on display at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair (8-11 April 2024, Hall 29).
The author who reached 93rd position on Amazon for the English-only ebook of Home, casa, has published a print version in two languages, Italian and English, and now awaits the publication of the Italian version on Audible.
Home, casa is a fantasy for very young children, in the Middle Grade age range of 11 to 13. Using her experience as an English language teacher, the author produced something that was also educational and instructive, so if you read in English, you learn Italian, if you are Italian, you learn English.
The story is also compelling with all the right ingredients for a narrative, full of values.
The main character is immediately established by his diversity. He is a talking fish, a vegan, born in an aquarium and alone without the origin family from which he was separated. And it doesn’t end there; his best friend is a male fish who will become a female, he meets a family of seahorses and discovers that the male is expecting babies, not the mate. Finally he falls in love with a sea star, promised to another.
This is not just a good story in the rediscovery of the family. It is a book that documents the flora and fauna of the Mediterranean Sea that bathes the coast of Sicily, the author’s homeland.
The Bologna Book Fair is the largest and most important fair for publishing, addressing not only children but also teenagers. It is an international meeting place for all professionals in the field. “Seeing my book on display means to me, ‘I am there too’, it means giving my work the visibility it deserves,” Janette Lart says.
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Home-casa-Multilingual-Janette-Lart/dp/B0C9W997QM/
Author’s biography
Born in Italy, in 1965, Janette Lart publishes in 2020, Chunks of Poems, a collection of short poems, in audiobook. After a month, “Buon giorno, mondo, ci sono anch’io!” and “Freedom I deserve”, both in Italian and in English. In September she publishes “Cyberstalker, Erika’s diary”, in the same year, the poetry collection “Coffee & Tea”. In November 2021 it is published the poetry collection “Elegiadramente”. In February 2022 the romance “Quei fiori” is released and in October 2022 the romance “Il cordone di fiori”. In February 2023 she publishes the first edition of “Among Petals and Thorns”, in English, exhibited in the showcase of London Book Fair 2023. In June the bilingual English-Italian fantasy “Home, casa” is released.
She has received numerous awards literature for poetry and novel. She obtained the recognition of Dame of the Order of Dante Alighieri.
“Il cordone di fiori” is evaluated and accepted for the exhibition in May 2023 by Il Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino.
