About us
It all started with a question
“Daddy, who is Frankenstein, really?” asked Bryan, aged 4. From that curiosity, together with a graphic designer and illustrator and an expert in children’s language, Lumo Books was born.

Where to find them
On Amazon, as a full-color paperback and Kindle eBook. For children aged 3 to 10, in 9 languages.
IT · EN · ES · DE · FR · PT · PL · NL · JA
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More gentle monsters coming soon
Doctor Jekyll is brewing a grumpy potion… and other monsters are waiting their turn.

The Vampire and the Red Umbrella
Dracula for little readers
AvailableOur series
- The Gentle Monsters Ongoing
Horror classics made tender. - The Classics Coming soon
Great novels for little readers. - Little Lanterns Coming soon
Gentle stories about life’s difficult topics.
The Gentle Monsters
Frankenstein, Dracula, Jekyll… horror classics become tender stories. Sparky hides in every book: can you find him?


The Giant Who Wanted a Friend
Frankenstein for little readers
Available
Little lights for great books
Welcome
Lumo Books
Illustrated books for children aged 3 to 10: the great classics gently retold, to read together.
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Little lights for great books
Our website is about to light up
Lumo Books tells the great classics to children aged 3 to 10, with tender illustrated stories. The website is coming soon: meanwhile, the first Gentle Monsters books are already available on Amazon.