I wanted to write and speak with the voice of a child, dream like a child dreams, and fantasize like only a child can. I wanted to search the world over and look for differences in the children's stories. I wanted transient time and spaces and to traverse a world that only children understand. I wanted to speak the language of children in many different languages. And so I did it, with my stories. But in so doing, I too became a child; and like a child have learned. The lesson? Ho Ever so simple: I learned that it is in the fantastic world of a child's dream that we find our soul, the true...

The grassland savannas of Africa where wild animals roam is the setting for this thoroughly delightful children's story. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the main character, but whoever heard of a short-necked giraffe? What's more important to a giraffe than to have a beautiful long neck, which allows him/her to eat leaves and fruit from tall trees? One can only imagine what happens when the young giraffe Jerome refuses to do his neck-stretching exercises and ends up with a short neck. Jerome, the Short-Necked Giraffe is the result Born in Italy, Urbano Salvati now resides in Las Vegas,...

A master storyteller is at work here.

Urbano Salvati presents his latest book The Legend of the Wishing Pearl.

In it, a beautiful young Japanese young girl named Orica lives in a small fishing village.

Orica's heart is full of love and she adores everyone and everything around her. The story enfolds from when she was very young and loved her garden, to when she started school and had to learn to deal with bullies.

The cherry blossom story is a famous Japanese fairy tale. As Orica grows up, she learns about the mysteries of the sea and...