The Book of February

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

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 AUGUST

1st, 1662, TW, Koxinga and Duthc treaty

2nd, 1925, US/CAN, Groundhog Day

3rd, 1972, IRN, deadliest snow blizzard

4th, 1912, FR, Flight of “Flying Taylor”

5th, 1984, MEX, El Santo dies

6th, 1963, IT, death of Piero Manzoni

7th, 1871, US, patent of dental drill

8th, 1865, CZ, Mendel’s heredity theory

9th, 1986, W, Halley comet perihelion

10th, 1863, US, patent for fire estinguisher

Publication date: January 2027

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 & Illustrator

Davide Calì (author) 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)

Anna Aparicio Català is a Spanish illustrator with a degree in Fine Arts (UB), trained at the Escola de la Dona in Barcelona. Published in the field of children’s and youth literature by major publishers in Spain and abroad.