“Catching the sun, catching some air” won Piccolo Galileo Award in Italy

The book Catching the sun, catching some air (“Prendere aria, prendere il sol“) published in Italian by Hopi Edizioni won Piccolo Galileo Award in the “Stranger” category.

After being submitted to the evaluation of a scientific jury the book made it to the three finalists of the category and ended up as the winner after being voted by the youth jury, composed by children between 7 and 12 years old!

The award was established in 2022 and focus in scientific literature for young readers. The “Stranger” category, one of the three categories of the award, is dedicated to international books printed for the first time abroad, translated to Italian for reader aged 7 to 12 years.

Hurray!