The Story of a Moonfish

ANIMALS

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The book, “The Story of a Moonfish,” is a tale of companionship, discovery and sea wonders.

This tale is about a group of marine creatures: Lunatic the Moonfish, Vattelapesca the foreign seaweed in the dancing seaweed valley, Observer the perplexed young worm and his very curious gossiping friend Zompa, the wandering Peter fish, the shy Conchillina and the Magic Turtle.

Their adventures as a group of friends travelling together take them through many seas: the Red Sea, the Australian Coral Reef, the Arctic, and the Depths of the Ocean until they return to the Mediterranean to deal with the pollution in their home waters.

The inspiration for the tale comes from the author’s childhood by the Mediterranean Sea.

The original illustrations came from Annalisa’s artist’s book with etchings and calligraphy that she completed in 1977 and is currently in the V&A and in the Museum of the Book in The Hague.

Deeply connected to the sea since childhood, Annalisa Colombara’s work reflects her ongoing fascination with and appreciation for intricate aquatic landscapes, and her desire to preserve them for future generations.

Through her work Colombara seeks to emphasise the devastating effects pollution can have on marine ecosystems and our will to restore life to the sea.

“The sea is the beginning of life,” said Colombara. “The sea is in us, is part of us. We have a responsibility to it and we need to pass on this respect, for the sea, and nature, to our children.”