The Automaton is based on a story told to Paolo Ventura as a child. It centers on an elderly Jewish watchmaker living in the Venice ghetto in 1943, one of the darkest periods of Nazi occupation and th
A picture book account of Mother Teresa's extraordinary contributions to the world describes how she developed her vocation of serving the poor, her establishment of the Missionaries of Charity, her r
Using the author''s own childhood memories, beautiful miniature figures and sophisticated sets, this title re-envisions a simpler time in 1930s Italy with its shadowy backdrops and retreating figures
Paolo Ventura’s Short Stories are whimsical narratives told through pictures―tales of love, war, and family―where things magically appear or disappear, set in an imaginary past of World War II Italy.
