Esperanza Caramelo, the Star of Nochebuena

by Karla Valenti

A festive nochebuena treat for little ones who believe in the magic of Christmas (and the deliciousness of cake)!

On the night before Christmas, a spark of magic lights up Lita's Pasteler?a, and Esperanza Caramelo blinks open her eyes. Esperanza is a spun-sugar ornament, meant to sit atop the Nochebuena cake--but tonight she whirls through the bakery, singing and dancing, throwing a fiesta with all the other ornaments until . . . disaster...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593488687
• ISBN13: 9780593488683
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3