Good Dream, Bad Dream/Sueño Bueno, Sueño Malo: The World's Heroes Save the Night!/¡Los héroes del mundo salvan la noche!

K-Gr 2—In this action-packed, brightly illustrated bilingual book, a common childhood fear is addressed. Julio's dad reminds him that "for every bad dream you can have a good dream to help defeat your fears," and the boy combats a multitude of multicultural monsters from popular folktales. Though Julio is the initial figure and, in the end, the mightiest hero of all, the enticing illustrations do include girls and boys with different features, hair color, and cultural backgrounds and with their papás and mamás teamed up as the strong heroes and heroines against the mythical foes. Beasts, monsters, and ghouls of different times and places are depicted in detailed comic book-style. On each spread, the mythical creatures face the heroic adult and child, ready to combat what is hurtling at them. The English/Spanish text demonstrates care and attention, allowing readers to access words that appropriately portray the hero given the mythology portrayed, e.g., a "lionhearted warrior (arrojado guerrero)" against the "wild beast (bestia salvaje)." Choices of colors for each spread are distinctive and in line with the characters portrayed; the names of the mythological beasts or villains are included.