Esteban de Luna, Baby Rescuer/Esteban de Luna, ¡rescatador de bebés!

K-Gr 2—A sweet bilingual picture book that tells the story of Esteban, a little boy who loves his superhero cape and wears it everywhere. The only problem is that "his cape cannot do anything" ("su capa no hace nada")—it won't let him fly, become invisible, or make things disappear—and he has trouble actually being a superhero. Esteban decides to sell his cape, but before he is successful, he takes a detour with his family to the park and "rescues" a baby doll left behind by another child and takes her home to care for her, which makes him finally feel like a superhero. Children will no doubt sympathize with Esteban, in part because of the earnest illustrations. A few of the sentences are rather stiff (in both languages), but overall, this is a well-crafted picture book that young readers will relate to.