Libretto Postale is a quirky mix of things, it’s a bit like a book, a bit like a diary and a bit like a game.
Franco Matticchio has illustrated 16 real postcards and stamps to write on, draw thoughts and feelings on too. You can feel free to tear out the postcards and send them off to friends close by or far away.

If you want, you can hold onto a part of the book that doesn’t come off: it’ll be just like having a private diary with your own correspondences. Or if you wish you can use the postcards and stamps to make the post office game. These richly illustrate postcards can be used to make up a story all of your own. The main characters featured are all kinds of animals who imitate human beings: there’s the kangaroo postman, the elephant who goes hiking carrying a rucksack, the squirrel who prepares an omelette in his wooden hut, the cat who wants to take a photo in a booth and a dog who refuses to answer the phone.
Every now and then a little girl appears alongside the animals and that is when the animals turn into quiet and rather curious playmates.

Franco Matticchio is one of the most highly regarded designers on the Italian editorial scene. Over the years he has collaborated with various magazines, amongst which the New Yorker, he has also designed covers for many publishing houses, and animated credits for the film Il Mostro by Roberto Benigni in 1994. Furthermore, he has published several collections of his drawings.