Gaetano and the Brave Children: A Fairy Tale Collection Inspired by the Rights of Childhood

"Gaetano and the Brave Children" by Massimo Andrei is a colorful collection of fairy tales inspired by the Charter of Children's Rights with original illustrations by Daniela Pergreffi, published by Colonnese in a beautiful bound volume. The book will be presented tomorrow, Tuesday, March 12, at 11 am in the Sala Filangieri of the State Archives of Naples (Piazzetta del Grande Archivio, 5 - Naples); introduced by Candida Carrino (director of the State Archives of Naples); the author will discuss with Stefano de Stefano (journalist of the Corriere del Mezzogiorno); with interventions by Emilia Narciso (president of the UNICEF Regional Committee Campania); Nino Daniele (writer and politician); Daniela Pergreffi (illustrator). In these pages, aimed at very young readers, Massimo Andrei takes on the role of Gaetano Filangieri, the Neapolitan philosopher who was the first, in the eighteenth century, to have the intuition of the "right to happiness". And he lightly tells children some of their fundamental rights - equality, family, opinion, health, education, play - through the imaginative and colorful stories of the child Pino, the wise Evelino, Yellow Paperottolo, the Happy Serpent, the sheep entrusted to the wolf, Ciretto Folletto Dispetto. Which take shape in the beautiful illustrations of the talented Daniela Pergreffi, specialized in "Art Graphics" and teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples. Massimo Andrei, actor, director, and author of cinema and theater, is an expert interpreter of traditional tales (especially Giambattista Basile) and has edited numerous fairy tales. Award-winning for the films Mater Natura and Benur, a gladiator for rent, he is the face and author of the web communication campaign Snack, a snack for reflection (WebFest Italia award). For Colonnese, he has edited the Neapolitan Legends by Matilde Serao and has published the fairy tale collections The Fire Dog (2020) and The Fire of the Pit (2023).