Thanks: First, I must express my gratitude to all who have helped me with the content and assembly of these pages, especially the following folks:

• Alberto and Carlotta Guareschi, Giovannino Guareschi's son and daughter, who have so generously provided articles, images, and answers to my endless stream of questions about their father.
• Frank Schmelzer, Vajrang Parvate, Roland Hirsch, David Jones, and all the other fellow Guareschi fans who have shared information, comments, and encouragement since I began construction of this website in 1998.
• And last, but never least, my husband and technical advisor. His many, many contributions to this neverending project have included making the wallpaper for the site; showing me how to use Microsoft FrontPage, PaintShop Pro, and various other applications; and not balking when I decided I just had to have a domain name of my own. Thanks, honey!

Next, the legal stuff: Drawings by Giovannino Guareschi, and any lyrics and other excerpts from his writings, are included at this site on the understanding that they are the property of the Guareschi family, whose permission I have to use them here. Photographs of Giovannino Guareschi (and of his family prior to 1968) belong to the Guareschi Archive and are also used here with the permission of his heirs.

Oh, and all of the original text at this site (i.e., everything except for the attributed quotations), as well as the color photos (unless otherwise indicated), are copyright 1998-2002 by me, Karen Welbourn.

Finally, any material appearing in these pages that isn't somehow covered under one of the above paragraphs is used solely for the purpose of enhancing this tribute to Giovannino Guareschi; it is not my intention to infringe on anyone else's copyrights, and I make no profit from this or any other website.