The main research fields investigated are: the history of Italian children’s literature and its main authors, like Bruno Munari; ecopedagogy, ecocriticism and environmental literature for children; design, architecture, domestic geography and the metaphorical role objects have in literature and fairy tales; a specific genre of children’s and young adults’ literature, such as biography; picturebooks and visual literature.

Furthermore, qualitative research on pre-readers and early readers has been developed with a reader-response methodology.

There is also a strong interest in fostering research projects on teaching children’s literature in higher education.