Pumpkin, bone and Fur. Where is Santa?

BUT DO MONSTERS LIKE CHRISTMAS?

They all rush to see what’s under the Christmas tree, but strangely…

THERE’S NOTHING…

Fur: Santa didn’t bring us anything!

Bone: Maybe he hid the presents behind the armchair…

Giorgio: Or maybe he left them outside the door…

Rag: Could he be stuck in the chimney?

Nope. Nothing at all.

At Pumpkin, Bone, Fur and Rag’s home, Christmas preparations are in full swing and, with Giorgio’s help, the house and the tree are decorated, delicious cookies are baked, and Zucca creates the traditional special Advent calendar—entirely made of sweets. This year too, after leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus and carrots for the reindeers, our monsters will try — unsuccessfully! — to stay awake to meet Santa. But when they wake up on Christmas morning, something strange catches their attention: there are no presents! How can that be? Could Santa have gotten lost? Is he sick? Has he been kidnapped? There’s only one way to find out: go and look for him at the North Pole! So, aboard their wonderful monster-camper, the five friends set off on an unforgettable adventure that, as always, will end with a fun and surprising twist.

The missing Christmas adventure in the most loved monster’s series.

Author & Illustrator

Davide Calì (author)

Davide is a cartoonist and children’s author and his books have been published in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Canada and then translated in more than 30 countries. He has published more than 170 illustrated books, comics and novels, and received many awards in France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, USA. Several companies in France, Belgium, Italy and Japan have adapted his books for children’s theatre (L’ennemi and Moi J’attends). He collaborates regularly with several French monthly children’s magazines, including “Mes Premiers J’aime lire”, “Toboggan” and “Tralalire”.

Davide Cali was awarded as Best Writer – Italian Andersen Prize 2025.

Stefano Martinuz (illustrator)

Stefano is an illustrator from Brescia born in 1996. Since he nurtured a passion for art and drawing since childhood, he decided to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, specializing in comics and illustration and graduating with honors. Stefano won the comics competition “Rodragon” for debut authors organized by Rovigo Comics in 2015 and was the third-place winner of the competition “Annual 2018 – Italian illustration in Dublin”. He currently collaborates with several publish – ing houses such as Erickson Edizioni, Rizzoli Education, Pearson Italia, Sergio Bonelli Editore, Alice Édition. He loves to juggle jobs as concept artist and character designer for editorial projects, companies and animation studios, to range beyond his comfort zone and explore new approaches useful to consistently enrich his artistic career.