Los Gatos Black on Halloween, written by Marisa Montes and illustrated by Yuyi Morales is a vocabulary rich book written as a poem. Even for the English speaker, this book can be easily understood with it's beautiful, eerie, and colorful pictures that illustrate the written words that seem to float on the pages. This book is rich with Spanish words describing Halloween characters such as pumpkins, esqueletos, black gatos, and fantasmas. There are enough English words on each page to help the reader understand what is being said in both languages. This is a great book to use during Halloween for middle to upper elementary children.
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