About Anna Sarfatti
Born 1950. Anna Sarfatti is an Italian writer, children's writer, teacher, translator and primary school teacher.
Anna Sarfatti (born 1950) is an Italian writer of children's books.
Biography Sarfatti was born in Florence. She has taught in nursery and primary school for many years. Some of her books have been written in order to help children become conscious of their rights and duties as citizens. The one which has become the most popular in schools is La Costituzione raccontata ai bambini.
Also Fulmine un cane coraggioso, a tale of a dog and his owner during the Resistance in Italy, and L'albero della memoria, the story of a Jewish child and his family during the Fascist regime in Italy (1938–1945), have found a large audience among teachers and school children. Both were written with the historian Michele Sarfatti. ) Ri – trattini, Giunti 2003 Il galletto Maciste, Giunti 2004 (award Verghereto 2005) Guai a chi mi chiama passerotto! I diritti dei bambini in ospedale, Fatatrac 2004 (award Salute Apuane 2005–2006 ) Il Rubagiocattoli, Giunti 2005 and 2013 Una trappola per Maciste, Giunti 2006 La Costituzione raccontata ai bambini, Milan: Mondadori 2006 (award Colette Rosselli 2009 ) Il farfallo innamorato, Giunti 2007 9 titoli nella collana La Calamitica terza E, EDT Giralangolo, (scritta con Barbara Pumhösel) 9 titoli nella collana Oscar dove sei?, EDT Giralangolo Viva la squola alè alè, Giunti 2008 Quante tante donne, Mondadori 2008 Sei Stato tu? La Costituzione attraverso le domande dei bambini (with coauthor Gherardo Colombo), Salani 2009 Chiama il diritto, risponde il dovere, Mondadori 2009 Ziri sulla luna, Giunti Progetti Educativi 2009 La scuola va a rotoli, Mondadori 2011 Fulmine, un cane coraggioso. La Resistenza raccontata ai bambini, Mondadori 2011 (with coauthor Michele Sarfatti) (The Sneetches and Other Stories) La battaglia del burro (The Butter Battle Book) Il gatto e il cappello matto (The Cat in the Hat) Il ritorno del gatto col cappello (The Cat in the Hat Comes Back) Il paese di Solla Sulla (I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew) Il Lorax (The Lorax) Oh quante cose vedrai! (Oh, the places you'll go!)Other translations:
I gatti di Copenhagen (The Cats of Copenhagen) by James Joyce, Giunti 2012 Re Valdo e il Drago (King Jack and the Dragon)'' by Peter Bently e Helen Oxenbury, Il Castoro 2015
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Italian writer of children's books
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Anna Sarfatti was born in 1950 in Florence.
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Anna Sarfatti is a writer, children's writer, teacher, translator and primary school teacher.
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