Exhibition that presents the best of children's picturebooks around the globe, curated by Grazia Gotti, one of the world's experts on children's books, creator of numerous programs and exhibitions at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, member of the IBBY Council, founder of booksellers' Accademia Drosselmeier and a wonderful bookstore Stoppani on the main square of Bologna.

Outstanding is a really fitting adjective for the 1001 books that make up this collection. One might say "separated" from the rest reflected in the quality of the selected titles, from average production these books experiment, find new solutions, review and renew the traditions of children's storytelling. The twelve sections of the exhibition invites you to look with an open mind, without forgetting where all this work comes from.
Books for toddlers and poetry, alphabet and picturebooks, classics and silent books, knowledge books and comics, books on art, architecture, music, theatre, feminism present the diversity of worldwide contemporary book publishing.
16 titles of the exhibition were created in Russia.

Grazia Gotti is one of the international experts on children's books, the author of many programs and exhibitions. An expert of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, an expert at the IBBY International Council, the founder of schools for booksellers, the Drosselmeyer Academy and the wonderful Stoppani bookstore on the main square of Bologna. Grace - curator of the exhibition "Drawn Worlds: 1001 outstanding book." She gave an introductory lecture at the exhibition and held two guided tours in it.

After she graduated in Pedagogy, in 1983 Grazia Gotti founded the Cooperativa Culturale Giannino
Stoppani with a group of kindergarten and primary school teachers and educators she had been working or was still working with.
The Cooperativa run an independent children's book store, organize exhibitions of children's books illustrators as well as training courses for teachers and educators.
Grazia Gotti currently collaborates with many publishers, scouting for books and curating book series. She also runs her own publishing house.
Since 2003 she is a member of the Board of Education of the Accademia Drosselmeier, a study centre and research and training school for teachers, educators, librarians, book sellers.
In 2013 she published her first book: A scuola con i libri. Avventure di una libraia-maestra,Rizzoli. In 2015 her second book Ne ho vedute tante da raccontar. Crescere con i libri is published by Giunti Editore .
In 2016 her third book 21 donne all'Assemblea is published by Bompiani.