The Secrets of Trees

Massimo Domenico Novellino has a personal passion for plants and biodiversity, as well as travel, photography, and writing. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Padua and teaching assistant at the University of Milan for botany. Novellino authored several books with the university, including a guide of its botanical garden. Ester Castelnuovo has a degree in scenography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy. In addition to her numerous collaborations with publishing houses, she creates animated scenography and illustrated backdrops for notable theaters, such as the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. Valentina Figus was born in Milan in 1986. She has a degree in communication and visual design from Politecnico di Milano. She has worked as a freelancer for several publishing companies, creating digital interactive books, graphic layouts, illustrations, and infographics for educational books.