The Great and Mighty Nikko! / ¡El Gran Y Poderoso Nikko!: A Bilingual Counting Book (Bilingual English/Spanish Edition)

by Xavier Garza (Author) Xavier Garza (Illustrator)

The Great and Mighty Nikko! / ¡El Gran Y Poderoso Nikko!: A Bilingual Counting Book (Bilingual English/Spanish Edition)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade

It's bedtime! Join Nikko in this joyous bilingual lucha libre counting adventure by wrestling aficionado Xavier Garza.

¡Es la hora de dormir! Únete a Nikko en esta alegre aventura bilingüe de conteo de lucha libre del aficionado a la lucha libre Xavier Garza.

Nikko loves bedtime. That's because his bed turns into a magical wrestling ring for the masked luchadores he loves. They bounce up and down like crazy. His mom just thinks Nikko is jumping on his bed. But that's not true at all. Here comes luchador number ONE with a silver mask and cape.

Then number TWO shows up wearing a flaming orange mask. And on it goes until Nikko dons his red mask and cape and TEN luchadores end up wrestling on his bed. After defeating all the other wrestlers, and with victory under his belt, it's finally time for the Great and Mighty Nikko to catch some ZZZZZs.

Nikko ama la hora de acostarse. Eso es porque su cama se convierte en un ring mágico para los luchadores enmascarados que él ama. Saltan arriba y abajo como locos. Su mamá solo piensa que Nikko está saltando en su cama. Pero eso no es cierto en absoluto. Aquí viene el luchador número UNO con una máscara plateada y una capa.

Luego, el número DOS aparece con una máscara naranja llameante. Y así continúa hasta que Nikko se pone su capa y máscara roja y DIEZ luchadores terminan luchando en su cama. Después de derrotar a todos los demás luchadores y con la victoria en su haber, finalmente es hora de que el Gran y Poderoso Nikko cambie su enfoque a contar ovejitas.

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Kirkus Reviews

This rambunctious addition to the world of bedtime and early concept books stands out.

School Library Journal

Xavier Garza takes the traditional bedtime story and gives it a festive twist. . . What makes this work particularly distinctive is Garza's art, which is big and bold, with strong colors. The title's art style has a comic book feel, down to the Growls! and Roars! of the wrestlers. This is a book that celebrates not only Mexican culture, but the universal joys of imaginative play.

Publisher's Weekly

Drawing in an unabashedly florid cartoon style, Garza shows a boy named Nikko playing with costumed figurines on his bed. . . the bilingual text and high-octane action give this work bonus points.

Review quotes

"Lucha libre fans who also have little ones to share books with: Rejoice! Garza brings the Mexican masked wrestlers into the home of a boy named Nikko with bursts of comics-style color and a muralist's larger-than-life energy." — The New York Times

Best Children's Picture Books for Summer Reading, Los Angeles Times

Xavier Garza

Xavier Garza is a prolific author, artist, and storyteller whose work is a lively documentation of the dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona, and Washington state. He is also celebrated for his bilingual lucha libre picture books and chapter books, including the award-winning, four-book Max's Lucha Libre Adventures series. Garza lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.

Born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, author and lucha libre aficionado Xavier Garza is a prolific and enthusiastic author, artist, and storyteller. His work focuses primarily on his experiences growing up in the small border town of Rio Grande City and is a lively documentation of the dreams, superstitions, and heroes in the bigger-than-life world of South Texas. Garza has exhibited his art and performed his stories in venues throughout Texas, Arizona, and the state of Washington. He has authored and illustrated fourteen books, and has received such prestigious awards as the Americas Honor Book Award, the Tejas Star Book Award, and the Pura Belpré Honor Book award. Garza was awarded both the NAACS Tejas Young Adult Book Award and the Texas Institute of Letters Children's Book Award, and in 2019, Garza was inducted into the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife Irma and their teen son, Vincent.

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781935955832
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Publication date
August 20, 2015
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV005000 - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men
JUV009030 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
JUV032160 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | Wrestling
Library of Congress categories
Toys
Bedtime
Spanish language materials
Bilingual
Counting
Hispanic Americans
Wrestling

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