A Toy for Christmas

This is the way I imagined the shop where the Gianni Rodari tale "A Toy for Christmas" starts. 

One day a man wakes up, go to the bath-room, looks at himself in the mirror and yells: his nose is not on its place. His face is flat! ('The escaping nose' by Gianni Rodari)
Odd situation, isn't it?

Another one from a Gianni Rodari tale

'The blue traffic lights' is the tale by G.Rodari from which I designed the illustration.

More from Gianni Rodari's tales

Here are two more illustrations I'm working on for my exhibition starting next March 19. The previous one is from 'The path who led nowhere', the next one is from 'Pulcinella's flight'.

From a Gianni Rodari's tale

From 'The Bells War' by G. Rodari
This is the second work I made from this tale. The first was posted on November 23, 2009.
All these illustrations are made for an exhibition of my children's works, mainly about Gianni Rodari tales., that starts on March 19 at Libreria Trame in Bologna.

From a Gianni Rodari's tale

From 'A lift to the stars' by G. Rodari

From a Gianni Rodari's tale

From 'When you play with a walking stick' by G. Rodari

From a Gianni Rodari's tale

This is from Gianni Rodari's "The comic book mouse"

From 'Sulla spiaggia di Ostia' by Gianni Rodari

As promised some days ago, here is the final coloured version of my 13th november post made for the Gianni Rodari celebratory contest.

From 'La guerra delle campane' by Gianni Rodari

A new illustration made for the Gianni Rodari's celebratory contest - http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/bcbf09_internal1.asp?m=107&l=2&a=&ma=366&c=4114&p=1072009 -. This one is from a short tale titled 'La guerra delle campane'.