How Books for Children Are Affected by a World so Chaotic that Adults Do Not Understand

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At the Bologna fair there are books and colors on each corner, except in one. Stories about unicorns, mysterious schools, and any other subject spring up everywhere. But the only empty stand of the main event dedicated to children’s and youth literature tells a very different story. Two plastic tapes cordon the space, which barely features a table with a small paper on it: it proves that the company in charge completed the cleaning. Cruel irony:…