Edizioni EL’s production ranges from cloth books for very young children and fiction for young adults, to fictional series and picture books of strong visual impact. Along with its production in Italian featuring the best Italian authors, Edizioni EL regularly translates the best foreign production from the international markets.

Edizioni EL has been operating uninterruptedly for over thirty years and has structured its catalogue with particular care, in order to offer beautiful, entertaining books suitable for readers of all ages, so that each can choose what is best for them and make reading a major part of the process of growing up.

The design and editorial features of each product strives to combine novelty and tradition: evidence of this lies in the many best-selling titles from the 1970s which are still available in our backlist and which have become well-known classics.

Edizioni EL’s backlist features the most important works by Gianni Rodari, the only Italian author ever to be granted the international “Hans Christian Andersen Award”, as well as novels, poetry and stories by acclaimed writers Roberto Piumini, Beatrice Masini and Angela Nanetti. Not to mention illustration masterpieces, ranging from the classic works of Francesco Altan’s to the new, exciting art by contemporary artists Alessandro Sanna, Anna Laura Cantone and Valeria Petrone.  Gianni Rodari (1920-1980), the greatest Italian author of children’s books of the Twentieth century.