About me

Alice Barberini, born in 1977, is a writer and book illustrator for kids and lads and she lives in Rimini. She graduated from the Art School "Pier Luigi Nervi" in Ravenna and from the “School of Art and Restoration Palazzo Spinelli” in Florence. After working for some years in the field of Restoration, in 2007 she discovers the world of children's literature, and she attends several illustration courses. In 2021 and 2022 Alice is one of thefinalists of the illustrators’ exhibition of the “Bologna children's book fair”. Her first book, "The dog and the moon" published in Italy with Orecchio Acerbo publisher, it has been translated into French and Korean. In 2016 “The dog and the moon "wins the Juliet Award for best 0/6 years book and the "Critici in Erba" Award in the literature section for the first and very early childhood. Alice participated at the "Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls" project, first and second volumes, which was translated into several languages and published in Italy by Mondadori. In 2017 the second picture book comes out again with Orecchio Acerbo, with the title "Hamelin, the city of silence". In 2018 “Hamelin” wins the “Luzzati, il Gigante delle Langhe” Award as best picture book. In 2020 she illustrates "Miracle" for Edizioni Primavera publisher, written by Zita Dazzi, and the September of the same year she publishes "In the tube" with Orecchio Acerbo, first Alice’s silent book in colors. "In the tube" was translated into Chinese and nominated for the “Andersen” award as the best silent book of 2021, and she turned out as a finalist of the “Malerba” Award 2021 edition. In March 2022, the new book "Ernest e Biancaneve", illustrated by Alice and written by the author Luca Tortolini, will come out in Italy with Orecchio Acerbo publisher.