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Silvia Vecchini.

Writer · Italy · b. 1975

Silvia Vecchini: Italian author of A Difficult Thing (with Sualzo on art); spare, near-wordless comics about honesty, forgiveness and early emotional literacy for ages 3 to 6.

Silvia Vecchini is an Italian writer of picture books, poetry, novels and comics for children, born in Perugia in 1975. In this corpus she writes A Difficult Thing: The Importance of Admitting Mistakes, a spare, near-wordless two-tone comic, illustrated by her longtime collaborator Sualzo, about the quiet courage it takes to say sorry and put a mistake right. Vecchini's work is understated and emotionally honest, favouring small, everyday moments over drama and pairing gentle storytelling with room for reflection. A thoughtful contemporary Italian author for the youngest readers, around ages 3 to 6, and the adults reading alongside them, particularly on themes of honesty, forgiveness and early emotional literacy.