TONIGHT IS KRAMPUS NIGHT!

OCTOBER 2025

Better watch out! Something delightfully dreadful lurks in the shadows cast by holiday lights.

From Alpine Austrian and German folklore, Krampusnacht (Krampus Night) is when the Krampus—a horned and hooved Yuletide beast—clomps door-to-door to carry away naughty children in his basket. In this beautifully illustrated ode to old European holiday tradition, a little boy named Felix awaits a visit from the Krampus and a festively frightful cast of characters from folklore, including the Yule Cat, Marley’s Ghost, Mari Lwyd, and Frau Perchta. To round out the cultural experience, the back of the book includes a glossary of winter folklore characters.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Zoe Persico is an author and illustrator with a love for the wild, the wondrous, and the whimsical. She has illustrated the best-selling Hazy Dell Flap Books, Mothman Baby! and Krampus Baby!, and her debut middle grade graphic novel, How to Talk to Your Succulent, publishes in 2025 with Tundra Books. When she's not working, she enjoys playing board games, imagining in tabletop RPGs, admiring a passing thunderstorm, hovering the kitchen in pickleball, hunting for good finds at the thrift store, and petting her dog, Zombie.