La Noche Before Three Kings Day
by Sheila Colón-Bagley; illus. by Alejandro Mesa
Preschool, Primary    Harper/HarperCollins    32 pp.
9/23    9780063234321    $19.99

This Spanglish take on “The Night Before Christmas” shares a family’s traditions for “la noche before Three Kings Day” (Día de los Reyes or Día de Reyes in Spanish), which celebrates the arrival of the Reyes Magos on the sixth day of January. Cheerful digital illustrations with a mid-century-esque flair show the family decorating shoeboxes to leave out for gifts and candy from the Reyes Magos, eating “scrumptious comida,” and dancing. The elaborately drawn Reyes Magos shine—literally—when they finally arrive, and the whimsical spread depicting them flying off on camels is a fitting finale.

From the November/December 2023 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.