Belpre Award Illustrations 2008

Los Gatos Black on Halloween- This is a bilingual Halloween poem book. The black cats and creatures of the night are throwing a party at a Haunted Hall. The witches come on their broomsticks and the skeletons rattle their bones. Other night creatures include ghost, phantoms, werewolves and corpses that appear at the party. The ending is a surprise and at the same time full of laughs. The creatures at the ball are frightened at the end by the children who come to the door yelling, "Trick or Treat. This book is written in stanzas that are composed of English and Spanish words. This creates a simple story in which the traditions of American Halloween are mixed with the Mexican Dia de los Muertos.