Once upon a time Onde
A small Italian publishing house, born under the California sun.
We believe that beautiful stories can change the world. That a watercolor illustrated book can open doors that no technology can open. That imagination is the most precious gift we can give to children.
Who We Are
Three souls, one vision. We combine words, colors and technology to create something beautiful.
Gianni Parola
Writer
Stories are born from words. Gianni chooses them with care, one by one, like picking flowers in a meadow. Every book is a garden to explore.
""Words are seeds. If you plant them with love, they bloom."
Pina Pennello
Illustrator
Colors dance on paper. Pina paints worlds where children can enter, walk, dream. Every brushstroke is a door to imagination.
""I paint what words cannot say."
Emilio
AI Educator
A robot friend who understands the future. Emilio explains technology to children with infinite patience, turning the complex into simple, the mysterious into wonderful.
""Learning is the most beautiful superpower that exists."
From Italy to Los Angeles
Onde was born from a simple dream: to create books that children want to read again, and again. Books that smell of paper and colors, but speak the language of the future.
We are a small team scattered between Italy and California, united by a passion for beautiful stories and the belief that technology, used wisely, can amplify human creativity.
Each of our books combines the art of traditional illustration - watercolors, shading, golden light - with digital possibilities. The result? Stories that live on paper and screen, that grow with the children who read them.
Be part of the story
Follow us on our journey. New stories, new adventures, new ideas to explore together.