The aspiring astronaut

THE UNIVERSE IS BESIDE NOL
YOU CAN SEARCH WHERE VAL IS IN THE MORNING AWAKENING
OR IN THE EYES OF A CHILD...

Nursery rhymes about the different ways we perceive the world, in this case space, through the eyes of a child and an adult. An imaginative journey to the edge of space to demonstrate that the universe is close to the people we love. Recommended reading age: 7 years and up.

Luigi Finucci (Fermo, 1984) has published three children's books, in rhyme, for Giaconi Editore: The Aspiring Astronaut in 2015, The Country of Artisans in 2018 and The World Below in 2021. He has also published two books of poetry: The First Times There Was No Tiredness, Eretica Edizioni in 2016, and The Song of Waiting, Ladolfi Editore in 2018.
In 2022, "CAMMINO - sulle orme di San Francesco" (Walk - In the Footsteps of Saint Francis), an illustrated book of his poems, was published by Giaconi Editore. He won the 25th edition of the "Poesia di Strada" (Street Poetry) competition. He collaborates with several magazines, and some of his poems have been translated into several languages, including Romanian and Spanish.