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Here’s a quickie post in honor of this week’s big celebration over in Bologna. Today is the last day of The Bologna Children’s Book Fair<\/a><\/strong> in Italy, where children\u2019s book publishers from all over the world have been meeting every spring for nearly fifty years, the most prestigious international event dedicated to children\u2019s publishing. Oh how I wish I could see the illustrators’ exhibition<\/a><\/strong>. On Monday, for instance, everyone was treated to an exhibition on contemporary Lithuanian children\u2019s book illustration — at least according to their site. Ah. Envious sigh. And one of my co-authors<\/a><\/strong> even got to meet a 7-Imp contributor<\/a><\/strong>—they live on opposite sides of the world from each other—and that’s just NEAT. <\/p>\n This morning, in the name of celebrating the work of illustrators from all over the world—which I do when I can here at 7-Imp and often with the help of the aforementioned and talented Cristiana Clerici<\/a><\/strong>—I bring you Italian author\/illustrator Caterina Zandonella<\/a><\/strong>, aka Cat Zaza. I’m captivated by her illustration opening this post, and there’s a bit more from her below. As you can see at her bio<\/a><\/strong>, she spent most of her life outside of her home country, has traveled a great deal, and currently lives between Paris and Milan. She graduated from the Istituto Europeo di Design<\/a><\/strong> in Milan, majoring in illustration and multimedia animation. Her first illustrated children\u2019s books were published in France. <\/p>\n Here’s a video about Cat and her illustration, in which you can see way more of her artwork. It is followed by two more pieces from her portfolio. I thank her for visiting. <\/p>\n