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“Vibrant vignettes center the child and possibly-bruja babysitter, both portrayed with tan skin, Freitas depicts the action: the backyard jungle gym becomes a castle under an inky black sky dotted with ghost decorations, while bath time is described as involving ‘a bubbling cauldron with starving COCODRILOS!!!'”
–Publishers Weekly

If Your Babysitter is a Bruja

Written by Ana Siqueira
Illustrated by Irena Freitas
Published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

In this bouncy, bilingual picture book is an enchanting, rollicking read-aloud for small ones with big imaginations.

On the night before Halloween, a new babysitter might be more than she appears. If she wears a black sombrero and cackles like a crow, she might just be a bruja! One little girl is determined not to fall victim to an evil witch or her cats. She knows bath time is really the bruja’s way of putting her in a boiling cauldron, and the only way to keep her at bay is with a magic potion—or is it?

With a boundless imagination and plenty of tricks up her sleeve, the young protagonist may just have the best night ever!

Look for the Spanish version, Cuando tu ninera es una bruja.

Primary ISBN: 9781534488748
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book, Age 4 or older

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