Mama Bear, Little Bear

Mania Kaplanoglou is a professor of Folklore Studies at the National University of Athens. In addition to her 15 books and more than 40 scientific papers on the subject of folk tales, she has also published 12 books for children, some of which have received international acclaim. This is Ms. Kaplanoglou’s first book for minedition.

Giuliano Ferri is a graduate of the Urbino Institute of Art where he specialised in animation and the award winning illustrator of children’s books. His work has been exhibited at Bologna International Children’s Book Fair for more than a decade, and in museums around the world. Mr. Ferri also works with young people with disabilities, using animation and comic theater as therapy. He is illustrator of Peekaboo, Brick by Brick and The Snowball, among many others, from minedition.