Benita Y Las Criaturas Nocturnas (Benita and the Night Creatures)

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Annotation: Creatures from Peruvian lore try to scare a child who's so absorbed in her bedtime reading that she comically rebuffs their attempts.

Genre: [Foreign languages] [Humorous fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #385984

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Publisher: Barefoot Books

Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 09/05/23

Illustrator: Cocoretto

Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)

ISBN 13: Publisher: 979-88-88590-41-6 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-6453-2

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2023933954

Dimensions: 25 x 26 cm

Subject Heading:
Monsters. Juvenile fiction.
Books and reading. Juvenile fiction.
Monsters. Fiction.
Books and reading. Fiction.
Spanish language materials.
Monstruos. Novela. slem.
Libros y lectura. Novela. slem.
Materiales lectura en idioma espanol. slem.

Language: Spanish

Reading Level: 1.0

Interest Level: K-3

Pura Belpré Honor Book! -¡Buuu! -gritó Cuco, y el árbol afuera de la ventana tembló. -Tú también - dijo Benita, y volteó la página On a dark, dark night, Benita is just settling in to enjoy a nice book before bedtime when all of a sudden... Boo! Spooky creatures from Peruvian lore jump keep interrupting her! To the creatures' disbelief, she doesn't look up from her book. Why isn't Benita afraid? Why is she so cranky? And what is this thing called a book? This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters. Spanish edition. Perfect for spooky autumn nights and brave bedtimes all year long Endnotes provide more information on Peru and the creatures featured in the story

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