''Il giornalino della Domenica'' was ‘the prototype of the modern periodical for children in Italy’.
[Katia Pizzi]
(paper presented at the 15th Biennial Congress of the International Research Society for Children's Literature, 2001). The magazine which was a high-quality publication was published between 1906 and 1927.
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History and profile
Founded in 1906Florence
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by ‘Vamba’, a pseudonym of the journalist Luigi Bertelli (1858–1920),patriotic
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and irredentist
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.[Sabrina Fava. (2008)]
''Percorsi critici di letteratura per l'infanzia tra le due guerre''
(Milano: Vita e Pensiero), p. 48. (in Italian).[Mario Isnenghi. (1996]
''L’Italia del fascio''
(Firenze: Giunti), p. 42. . (in Italian) Publication was initially weekly and its cover price of 25 centesimi made it distinctly more expensive than its rival the '' Corriere dei Piccoli'' which was launched two years later.
''Il giornalino della Domenica'' targeted urban middle-class
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children.[ Its goal was not teach them to write or read, but to recognize their fantasies and desires through stories, ]poems
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and essays
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.[ Contributors included many of the most prominent ]Italian
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writers of the period as well as leading exponents of the graphic arts
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and Benito Mussolini
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See also
* List of magazines published in Italy
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1906 establishments in Italy
1927 disestablishments in Italy
Defunct children's magazines published in Italy
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