THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY

✨ 𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 ✨

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𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 in conversation with 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 about 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐘 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢 — a timeless guide to creativity, storytelling, and the art of wonder.

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📅 Friday, September 26 6pm

📍 SULLALUNA – 41, Carmine Street - 10014 NY

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Written in 1973, The Grammar of Fantasy is a playful and profound guide to imagination: 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬, 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. Rodari believed that fantasy is not a privilege but a right—a vital tool for growth, learning, and freedom.

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✨ 𝐀 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 💫

“Holds great value for the adults who teach kids and the adults who write for them.“ —Mac Barnett, U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, for the New York Times

“The ultimate synthesis of Rodari’s exuberant knowledge, a book of both pedagogy and poetics, poetry for teachers and pedagogy for poets.” —Italo Calvino

★ “A must-have for educators and librarians looking to inject creativity into their classrooms. Rodari provides a thoughtful, informed approach to how imagination and play can foster critical thinking.” —School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW!

“I hope this small book,” writes Rodari, “can be useful for all those people who believe it is necessary for the imagination to have a place in education; for all those who trust in the creativity of children; and for all those who know the liberating value of the word.”

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