★Five-star rated book on Amazon Brazil! More than 100,000 copies have been sold in Brazil!
★Winner of the Best Children’s Book Award from the Brazilian National Book Foundation for Children and Youth (FNLIJ)!
★Winner of the Outstanding Children’s Book Award from the Brazilian Section of The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)!
★“My Greek Grandfather” was selected for the 2014 Bologna Book List!
★The Minister of Education of São Paulo, Brazil’s first city, included it in the Public Schools Government Program project!
★The Minister of Education of Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s third largest city, included it in the Public Schools Government Program project!
★The immigrants who came to Brazil brought with them not only clothes and homesickness, but also their own culture. When they settled here, they also taught us many of their own customs, so that we could understand and respect their traditional culture!
★Illustrated with distinctive regional and cultural characteristics. My experience with grandfather has taught “me”, and will teach young readers about the differences and wonders of the history, culture, food, language, art, customs, and humanities of different regions in different countries, and to gain an accurate knowledge and understanding of the cultural characteristics around the world.

The series includes 10 titles:
My Chinese Grandfather
My African Grandfather
My Arabian Grandfather
My Spanish Grandfather
My German Grandfather
My Jewish Grandfather
My Greek Grandfather
My Italian Grandfather
My Portuguese Grandfather
My Japanese Grandfather

As the holiday approaches, Tito is in for many surprises. He looks at the photos of his grandfather's house once again, learns about his parents' life in Italy, the reasons why they moved to Brazil and how they adapted to the new environment. Recalling the previous stories and experiences, Tito's grandfather also proves to him that there are far more Italians in Brazil than everyone thinks.

[Author]Thiago Lacocca
He was born in 1978 in São Paulo to an Italian family. He is a journalist and writer. Graduated in Journalism from the Catholic University of São Paulo, he currently serves as the editor of Beta Film Magazine and also collaborates with some automotive brands. His first novel, Changeable, was released in 2006. My Italian Grandfather is a book aimed at children readers.

[Illustrator] Horacio del DedoHe
He is originally from Rio de Janeiro but lives in Sao Paulo. His career began with children's comic illustration. He once worked in a comic studio and now create illustrations for books, newspapers, and magazines for both the domestic and international markets. He has been nominated for the National Foundation for Children and Adolescents and awarded for the "April News Award”. He has received a gold nomination for the "Children and Moms' Choice Award" in the United States