Flaps and volvelles are the first devices of paper engineering in movable books, with a long tradition in technical and scientific fields. In Italy, between the end of the 19th century and the mid-20th century, their presence in the extracurricular sector is quite strong, while it is underrepresented and slow to appear in contemporary children’s books, for which it takes on new forms. The contribution, in addition to questioning the possible reasons for this delay, presents a review of titles aimed at children published in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s that contain flaps or wheels, mostly of local creation.
Alette e volvelle costituiscono i primi dispositivi di animazione cartotecnica libraria, con una lunga tradizione in campo tecnico e scientifico. In Italia fra la fine dell’Ottocento e la metà del Novecento la loro presenza in ambito parascolastico è ben viva, mentre risulta sottorappresentata e tarda nella coeva produzione rivolta all’infanzia, per la quale acquista forme nuove. Il contributo, oltre a interrogarsi sulle possibili ragioni di questo ritardo, presenta una rassegna di titoli rivolti ai bambini pubblicati in Italia negli anni Trenta e Quaranta contenenti flap o dischi mobili, per lo più di creazione autoctona.
Alza o gira, segui la storia e ammira. Alette e dischi mobili nei libri italiani per l’infanzia negli anni Trenta e Quaranta del Novecento / Pollone, Eliana Angela. - In: JOURNAL OF INTERACTIVE BOOKS. - ISSN 2785-6569. - 4(2025), pp. 1-17. [10.57579/2025.1]
Alza o gira, segui la storia e ammira. Alette e dischi mobili nei libri italiani per l’infanzia negli anni Trenta e Quaranta del Novecento
Pollone, Eliana Angela
2025
Abstract
Flaps and volvelles are the first devices of paper engineering in movable books, with a long tradition in technical and scientific fields. In Italy, between the end of the 19th century and the mid-20th century, their presence in the extracurricular sector is quite strong, while it is underrepresented and slow to appear in contemporary children’s books, for which it takes on new forms. The contribution, in addition to questioning the possible reasons for this delay, presents a review of titles aimed at children published in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s that contain flaps or wheels, mostly of local creation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


