Who said that meeting a writer can't be both fun and interesting, even though their books deal with extremely serious topics like bullying, emigration, and drug use?

Antonio Ferrara, educator, illustrator and children's author, has demonstrated the exact opposite to the children of the fourth and fifth primary school years e First, second, and third year of the lower secondary school of the Oxford Institute of Lecce.

Following the greetings from the director Anna Grazia Buttazzo, amidst banter and jokes, the blast of a small trumpet to trigger applause after a speech, and the funny glasses worn at the end of the meeting – “Why do I see you with different eyes now”– he listened to their questions and prompted their thoughts, provided answers and stimulated discussion on the themes of the books that the students had previously read and discussed with their teachers, and on many other aspects related to adolescence and its critical issues.

An engaging afternoon, meticulously organised by the Italian teacher, which saw attentive and participative girls and boys and which concluded with the unmissable copy firm and the souvenir photos of a day that the students will not forget, which amused them, as well as making them a little more mature and aware.

To conclude The third-year middle school students went to dinner with the writer. And, between a fried snack and a Coca-Cola, they talked about their passions, their dreams, their fears, and planned new workshops. An evening dedicated to beauty and literature.

of Teresa Romano (Oxford Institute Teacher)