The book of December

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY? AND THE DAY YOU MET YOUR GREAT LOVE?

Calendar/Almanac book: each double spread, a day. Whether you are celebrating an anniversary, a birth, or simply remembering a special moment, this book is for you. Because a date is never just a date, and a number and a day can mean many things in the intangible interconnection between humanity, time and space.

Featured main events The Book of December:
1st, 1990, FR/UK, French and English workers meets under Manica Channel
2nd, 1950, US, first publication of I, Robot
3rd, 1992, UK, first SMS in history
4th, 1872, PT, Mary Celeste finding
5th, 1950, UK, The Great Smog
6th, 1877, US, first recorded sound, etc

Key selling points:

– all the 365 (+1) days of the year featured, month by month

– events of all the centuries and from allover the world

– best known team of writers and illustrators
– no page numbers: just a date display
– multidisciplinary topics
– each day: one main event told and illustrated + other mentioned

Author & Illustator:

Davide Calì is a cartoonist and author for children, his books have been published in France (Sarbacane, Rue du Monde, Little Urban, ABC Melody, Elan Vert, Gallimard, Actes Sud), Italy (Kite, Edizioni Clichy, Orecchio Acerbo, Biancoenero), Spain (Nube Ocho), Portugal (Bruàa), USA (Chronicle Books, Harper Collins), Canada (Comme des Géants, Tundra Books) and translated in over 30 countries. He has published more than 200 illustrated books, comics and novels, and has received as many awards in France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, USA. Several companies in France, Belgium, Italy and Japan have adapted his books (L’ennemi et Moi j’attends) for children’s theatre . He regularly collaborates with several French monthly for children, including “Mes Premiers J’aime lire”, “Toboggan” and “Tralalire”. He’s the winner of the 2025 Italian Andersen Prize for the Best Writer. (The book of December – The book of January – The book of February)

Francesca Gastone is an architect and illustrator. Always passionate about all forms of art, photography played a decisive role in her education, to the point of setting up a black and white development laboratory at home. The Polytechnic in Milan then provided her with a design method that from then on she would pour into every aspect of her life. After a master’s degree in editorial illustration (MiMaster) she began collaborating with important publishing houses, newspapers, agencies, private companies and cultural institutions . Collage is his favourite technique because allows the coexistence of both analogue and photographic elements. She has illustrated for Corraini and Mondadori and her works have been selected and mentioned in the most prestigious competitions, including: Autori di Immagini, Premio Livio Sossi, Golden Pinwheel, Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition. (The book of December)