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Sylvie Bello Author & Illustrator

Valentina Zucchi was born in 1977 in Biella, Piedmont. She first graduated in History of Modern Art and then in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and has been working on the relationship between museums and visitors ever since. Valentina has lived in Florence since 2004, where she devotes herself to enhancing the collection of The Florentine Civic Museum, which is where the idea for this series of books about colours come from. Sylvie Bello is a French illustrator born in Besançon in 1980. Her background is in textile design but she's passionate about drawing and illustration. After her education, she moved to Italy where she started her career with International exhibitions such as the Biennial of Children's Books Illustration in Lisbon and I colori del Sacro in Padua.