On the lives of lemurs

Have you ever heard a lemur sing? And did you know that in the morning they sunbathe in a position reminiscent of yoga? With a strictly invented story and many completely true facts, Andrea Antinori takes us on journey to discover the habits and quirks of one of the funniest animals on the planet. A story that begins 50 million years ago, when they left Africa on board a sperm whale and landed in Madagascar...



Andrea Antinori was born in Recanati in 1992 and lives in Bologna. He studied at the ISIA in Urbino and at the Escola Massana in Barcelona. Since 2013, he has worked with many Italian publishing houses. For Corraini Edizioni he published Is this a moose? (2015), A book about whales (2016), Christ’s entry into Brussels (2017), L’arrivo di Santa Lucia (with Noemi Vola, 2018) and The great battle (2019). In 2017 and 2020 he was among the illustrators selected for the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. In 2019 The great battle won the Best Picture Book award at The China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair.