Make your family tree, ask mum and dad to help you look for old photos of your ancestors and discover your family history!

“Tanto io coltivo a costo zero
un albero genealogico vero.
Coi pennarelli e la mia abilità
e con l’aiuto di mamma e papà,
di nonna, nonno, di zio e zia…
e di tutta la mia fantasia!”

Michał Rusinek, Piccole posie di famiglia

Duration: approx. 30 min
Theme: family, history, origins, nature
Age group: Pre-school, Primary School
Materials: glue, scissors, family photos, colours

THE BOOK

“Piccole poesie di famiglia” by Michał Rusinek, illustrated by Joanna Rusinek, translated by Linda Del Sarto with poetic advice and afterword by Chiara Carminati. 

“My family, seen from the outside, is a bit like any other… But do you think there really is a normal family? I am convinced that in each of us there is some strangeness, each of us has had some adventure, each of us can tell some bizarre anecdote. And the same goes for families! Here you have the complete and extravagant catalogue of my family (of ours, actually, since my sister is the book’s illustrator), told through 50 little poems inspired by our ancestors: there are the kidnappers (which one is the real culprit?), the flight attendant, the tailor, the prisoner and many others!”

A collection of poems written and illustrated in an ironic, fresh and hilarious tone, inviting young readers to look at those around them with different eyes and try their hand at drawing the family tree of their own family.

The ironic and brilliant style of Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska is reborn in the poems of her most trusted friend: Michał Rusinek

WHERE CAN I BUY THE BOOK?

Click here to buy the book. Don’t forget that there is also a digital edition!