La Noche Before Three Kings Day

Inspired by Clement Clarke Moore’s The Night Before Christmas, this dual-lingual rhyming Three Kings Day story is told from the perspective of a Latinx child, perfect for the holiday season.  

It’s almost Three Kings Day, and while the grown-ups prepare a large meal, the kids prepare their shoeboxes for los Reyes to arrive later that night. Will they stay up late enough to wish the Kings a Feliz Día de los Reyes? Or will the magic pass them by?

Sing along with a great big familia as they fill up their platos, play their favorite juegos, and wait for the three kings and regalitos to arrive.  

This enchanting celebration of a beloved Latinx holiday is brought to life through lively dual-lingual text by Sheila Colón-Bagley with festive illustrations from Alejandro Mesa. 

Sheila Colón-Bagley is a stay-at-home mother of three. As a Puerto Rico native, she’s long dreamed of writing books featuring multicultural characters that children of all backgrounds would love—for her multicultural daughters, and kids like them—to have books about families who look and live like they do. She’s also a member of the SCBWI, was awarded a Spring 2020 Las Musas mentorship, and was a volunteer on the first-ever virtual Latinx Kidlit Book Festival in December 2020. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Temple University and practiced public relations for over twenty-five years before becoming an author. She lives outside of Charlotte, NC, with her family, and their dog, Vade

Alejandro Mesa was born in Soatá, a little town in Colombia. He is an illustrator of children’s books. Alejandro has also been a character designer for animation in the Netflix series, Legend Quest. He works from his small but cozy studio in Bogotá, Colombia, where he lives with his wife and their frenchie Flora.