The thing I loved most about this book was all of the vivid colors and wacky drawings. Most of this book takes place in the dreams of a little girl named Katie, where she meets this "baku". Baku's eat bad dreams so people do not have to endure them. I think the plot of this book was inspired and original. It was also written by "Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado, which I find to be really cool. The illustrations do not have one "color scheme", they are all over the place, sometimes in the same object of drawing. It makes every page feel like a celebration, which is very fun! The only thing I have to critique is that I did not really know what the theme of the story was. It could be that friendship is stronger than anything, or the bond of friendship can bring you back from the darkest of times, but I'm honestly not sure. ( )

This was a very interesting book. My favorite part about the book is the illustrations. There are some really beautiful and colorful illustrations that do a great job of telling the story themselves. The details and thought that went into the illustrations in this story kind of blew me away the first time i opened the book. The story was comical because a lot of the story took place in Katie's dreams. The story also had a little bit on Japanese culture in it which was interesting. ( )