Little wonder, then, that Dami has sold more than million books worldwide. The children react well to the friendship that is on every page," she says, ahead of her appearance at the Sharjah International Book Fair , where she will be joined by an enormous, real-life Geronimo Stilton.
Those last words are particularly poignant for Dami, who discovered many years ago that she was unable to have children. It was during this difficult period of her life that she began to volunteer at a children's hospital in Italy. Seeing that the patients responded well to her silly stories, Dami started to put her ideas down on paper. And Dami believes that a mouse is the ideal animal to convey this message of hope to young children.
Geronimo Stilton, who lives in New Mouse City, has already travelled the world, with Dami setting her books in far-flung places such as Niagara Falls, Easter Island and even outer space.
She is now considering sending Geronimo Stilton to sniff around Sharjah, which Dami visited for the first time this year during Sharjah Children's Reading Festival. I will probably write a book about it, so children all over the world can enjoy the beautiful emotions I experienced when I visited. It is a fantastic place on Earth. Elisabetta Dami is an Italian children's books author known for creating the character Geronimo Stilton.
With all good intentions, and often with encouragement from the media, parents often begin much earlier, by offering children activities such as using letter tiles and applying letter names when they are as young as two years.
Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis March 7, Who is the real author of Geronimo Stilton? Does Elisabetta Dami still write books? How old is Elisabetta Dami? What Sight words should kindergarteners know? How many sight words should a kindergartener know? I started to volunteer in pediatric hospitals. It was at that time I heard about Patch Adams, the physician who dressed a clown to bring humor to children in hospitals.
That is how I started to tell children stories that were funny and adventurous but also full of good values of a shy, tender and clumsy mouse: Geronimo Stilton!
Today they are published in 49 different languages, and have sold million copies all over the world. That is why I can say that mine is truly a happy ending story: I made my dream come true, and I have become the mother of millions of children all over the world. I was born in Milano, the daughter of a father who adored books, Piero Dami.
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