Benita and the Night Creatures (Bilingual Tagalog & English)
Mariana Llanos author Cocoretto illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Barefoot Books, Incorporated
Publishing:13th Oct '26
£7.99
This title is due to be published on 13th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
"Young book lovers will relate to Benita's devotion to reading and be amused by the friendly night creatures, who are all based on Peruvian legends" - The Horn Book Magazine
Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them! Now available in bilingual Tagalog and English, this humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters.
- Develop Tagalog and English language skills
- Perfect for spooky autumn nights and brave bedtimes all year long
- Endnotes provide more information on Peru and the creatures featured in the story <
“Creatures from Peruvian folklore try, unsuccessfully, to haunt a young reader . . . An imaginative peek at colorful monsters” – Kirkus Reviews
“Illustrating duo Cocoretto put their own bold folk art stamp on creatures of lore, while play-by-play text from Llanos establishes the child’s single-minded pursuit of reading and the beasts’ comic surprise” – Publishers Weekly
“Young book lovers will relate to Benita’s devotion to reading and be amused by the friendly night creatures, who are all based on Peruvian legends” – The Horn Book Magazine
ISBN: 9798898592523
Dimensions: 248mm x 254mm x 3mm
Weight: 195g
32 pages