Antonella Abbatiello is an Italian illustrator, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. She has illustrated eighty children's books, and of many of them she is also the author and creator of the project. She has collaborated with major Italian publishers and her works have been translated and published in fourteen countries. In 2001, one of her books was awarded the UNESCO Honorable Mention for Peace Education. Author's website: https: //www.antonellaabbatiello.it/