Promemoria is a special hymn to read and learn by heart. A picture book about peace, love and the power of imagination. Gianni Rodari reminds us that in life some choices are much simpler than
we think, and making war is undoubtedly something we should never do.
The great Guido Scarabottolo illustrated this powerful poetry for us, playing with the reversal mechanism so dear to the Master of Fantasy: the illustrations stand out on the inside, while the whole text is on the cover. The artist used the color of the peace flag and the word “war” is almost erased by a black stain of color. A masterpiece!
There are things to do every day: to wash yourself, to study, to play,
to set the table at noon.
There are things to do at night: to close your eyes, to sleep, to have
dreams to dream, to have ears not to hear.
There are things never to be done, neither by day nor by night, neither
by sea nor by land: for example the war