Re-Posted!! Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month this October with these spooky/non-spooky bilingual picks!

 

                                        
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
by Yuyi Morales

Learn to count in both Spanish and English and learn a little about Mexican culture at the same time.




La Llorona: The Legendary Weeping Woman of Mexico by Megan Cooley Peterson

La Llorona is a creepy Mexican folktale about a ghost (La Llorona) who haunts bodies of water and cries out for her long lost children. In this book Peterson lays out all the facts you've ever wanted to know about this spine-chilling ghost. Don't read this one at night...unless you like being spooked!


 
written by Marisa Montes and illustrated by Yuyi Morales
  
In this award-winning poetry book you can learn the Spanish words for all of the things that go bump in the night.


La Viejecita que no le tenía miedo a nada  (The Little Old Lady who was not Afraid of Anything) written by Linda Williams and illustrated by Megan Lloyd

What happens when a little old woman is outside after dark and she's face to face with ghostly articles of clothing come to life? You'll have to check this one out!

(Title is also available in English)



La Llorona: Counting Down/Contando Hacía Atras: A Bilingual Counting Book by Patty Rodriguez and Ariana Stein

Count down in Spanish! Part of the Lil' Libros series which publishes books for 0-3 year olds.




¡El Cucuy! A Bogeyman Cuento in English and Spanish written by Joe Hayes and illustrated by Honorio Robledo 

In this spooky tale two kids learn that the Bogeyman their parents always warned them about is real...(cue spooky sounds).



¡Es La Hora de los Esqueletos! It's Skeleton Time!  By Ana Galán and Rodrigo Luján 

Learn how to tell time in this Costa Rican inspired bilingual rhyming story!




El Chupacabras by Adam Rubin and Crash McCreery

Adam Rubin (Dragons Love Tacos) wrote this book about the chupacabra (goat sucker). Goats may be scared of it but is it really all that bad after all? 

Each sentence in the story is a mix of Spanish and English words so kids can see how the two languages are similar and different. 


                                                                                  

¡Los Zombis No Comen Verduras! (Zombies Don't Eat Vegetables!) By Megan and Jorge Lacera              

Mo Romero is a giant fan of veggies but his parents only eat the typical zombie food. Is Mo still a zombie if he doesn't like to eat brains?

Check out what happens to Mo and perhaps you might just see veggies in a whole new way!

(Title is also available in English)



 La Casa Encantada (Ghosts in the House) by Kazuno Kohara
                   
What would you do if you discovered that your house was haunted? Would you run out of the door screaming? Or would you find clever uses for all of the ghosts that you meet? 

(Title is also available in English)



*¡Fuera de Aquí Horrible Monstruo Verde! (Go Away, Big Green Monster!) By Ed Emberly 

A classic story for kids who are afraid of monsters. See what happens when the monster is no longer in charge!

(Title is also available in English)

*Note: The Spanish title is not available in Central Mass libraries but please contact us for help in getting it for you from somewhere else.


-Iris

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