This magical story employs lovely language. Like music to the ear, the text dances, fairylike, off the tongue, demanding to be read aloud. Delicate, lush illustrations emphasize nature’s beauty. Different typefaces are incorporated, often set against soft-blue backgrounds.
—Kirkus Reviews
Cornwall keeps her writing simple but descriptive, ripe for reading aloud, and though the children don’t find a fairy (this time), they nonetheless revel in the magic of the natural world.
—Booklist
Have this on hand for an outside trek to remind readers there’s so much more going on in the natural world than meets the eye.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[A] freewheeling group outing of a work about careful noticing.
—Publishers Weekly
Cornwall’s spare, sensory-rich text honors a child’s perspective, and her digitally colored watercolor, pencil, and collage illustrations embrace the possibility of magic in the natural world. . . . This small-scale adventure celebrates nature and imagination.
—The Horn Book
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