Los Gatos Black on Halloween was written by Marisa Montes and the unique illustrations were done by Yuyi Morales. Right from the beginning I liked this book. I knew that english and spanish would both be incorporated into the story and I love the aspect of bringing the two cultures together. The writing is done in a way that the spanish words are closely followed by the english words for children to better understand the spanish terms. There is also a glossary in the back with the meanings. I loved how the book led up to all the "creepy", "crawly" characters in the story who are not usually liked by humans, were ultimately scared of kids trick-or-treating. It is very likely that I will read this aloud to my classroom one day-maybe when they are all heading out the door on Halloween night!
2 comments:
Madeline: I can really appreciate your take on this title, especially the part about the turning of the tables on Halloween: the monsters being afraid of the children. That might make a big difference in whether we decide to read it to a group of younger students: it is all in the set up, and letting them know in advance that there will be a sort of trick (or treat) ending would be the way to accomplish this.
Hi Maddy! I just wanted to say that I agree with you about this book! I liked all the illustrations and the creativity that comes out of it. I do think that it might scare the little ones just because of some of the pictures, but if read to an older grade it can be such a fun story. Keep up the good blogging! =)
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