La Noche Before Three Kings Day

Inspired by Clement Clarke Moore’s "The Night Before Christmas," La Noche Before Three Kings Day is a perfect holiday tale.  

It’s almost Three Kings Day, and while the grownups prepare a large meal, the kids prepare their shoe boxes 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 holiday is brought to life through lively rhyming dual-lingual text by Sheila Colón-Bagley with festive illustrations from Alejandro Mesa. 

Sheila Colón-Bagley is a stay-at-home mother turned children's book author. Her debut picture book, La Noche Before Three Kings Day, is illustrated by Alejandro Mesa. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sheila draws on her bicultural and bilingual experience as inspiration for her books. She is motivated by a desire to provide multicultural children with more stories about families that look and live like they do. Previously, she was a public relations specialist and freelance writer-editor before staying home after the birth of her third child and then becoming an author. Sheila holds a BA in journalism from Temple University and lives in North Carolina with her family and a spoiled Havanese dog named Vader. 

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.