Benita and the Night Creatures/Benita et les creatures de la nuit by Mariana Llanos and Cocoretto (French/English bilingual) 4+

A fun story told in both French and English, about a girl named Benita who is trying to read her book before bed. Spooky creatures from Peruvian folklore want to scare her and she refuses to let them scare or distract her from reading her book.

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 French and English, this humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the “scary” out of monsters.

Soft cover, 32 pages

Age 4+