I seem to be having a run on picture books with horrible protagonists lately. That being said, this is a retelling of a folk tale that I've never heard of before, so it was interesting to read a new one, and the illustrations are undeniably lovely - full of colour and birdlife. I like that it's bilingual as well - not that I can read the Spanish, but this is the sort of thing more picture books should be doing, to get kids interested in other languages early.