This super cute dog was invented by Francersco Tullio-Altan in 1975 for his daughter Chicca. In Pimpa’s world (like in every child’s), all the animals, plants or objects talk like human beings. Pimpa has many adventures; she travels very far, meets new animals and sees new countries. What is nice and unique is that these adventures are always very “normal” — there is no drama at all… no bad guy, no witch, no war, no scary wolf. Pimpa is so nice that she makes new friends wherever she goes.
Her adventures were first published in 1977 with weekly stories on the “Corriere dei Piccoli”, a weekly children’s magazine, and they were immediately a big hit. She now has a monthly magazine full of stories, games and colouring inserts.

I loved her when I was a child, and my 3 year old son loves her now. It is a classic for Italian children — her adventures are now found in books, DVDs and even theatre shows.
Unfortunately nobody seems to have noticed her outside of Italy, so no translation of any sort seems to be available. Having said that, the stories are very simple so you and your children will be able to appreciate them even if your knowledge of Italian is not great. But who knows, Jip and Janneke’s stories were translated in the end…

-Michela