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.[1][clarification needed]
Anna Sarfatti has been in contact with the
"Anna Meyer" Children's Hospital in Florence, collaborating in their project to make children feel happier in hospital and not being frightened of their health problems (see the book Guai a chi mi chiama passerotto! I diritti dei bambini in ospedale).
Two short stories for adults have been published in Decameron 2013, published by Felici 2013.
L'albero della memoria. La
Shoah raccontata ai bambini, Mondadori 2013 (with coauthor Michele Sarfatti)[1]
Cuore mio e La rete in Decameron 2013, Felici Editore 2013
L’isola delle regole, Mondadori 2014
Il pianeta nel piatto. Il diritto all’alimentazione raccontato ai bambini (with coauthor Paolo Sarfatti), Mondadori 2015
Che differenza c’è tra un libro e un bambino?, Nord-Sud 2015
Tutti a scuola, Giunti 2015
Diversi in versi, Giunti 2015
Come stai, fiume?, Giunti 2015
Guai a chi mi chiama passerotto!, Giunti 2015
Sempre le regole!, Giunti 2016
Se vuoi la pace, Giunti 2016
A braccia aperte. Storie di bambini migranti, Mondadori 2016 (AA.VV.)
Il regno degli errori, Mondadori 2016
Sono Stato io! Una Costituzione pensata dai bambini, Salani 2016 (with coauthors Gherardo Colombo and Licia Di Blasi)
Translations
Anna Sarfatti has also concentrated her work on Theodor Seuss Geisel, known as
Dr. Seuss, translating into Italian 10 of his books, published by
Giunti Editore: