★ "[An] engaging and mesmerizing ode to reading...delightful and appealing." – ALA Booklist (starred review)
★ "A linguistic and visual feast." – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
★ "A beautiful book not to be rushed through, but to be enjoyed morsel by tasty morsel." – School Library Journal (starred review)
"[This] love poem to literacy conjures up startling, luscious images...By turns dreamy and ecstatic." – Publishers Weekly
"This is a party for a select (but hopefully large) list of like-minded young literati, who know how to 'squeeze every morsel of each plump line until the last drop of magic drips from the infinite sky' and revel in their fandom." – Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
★ "Readers who will want to head right back to the beginning and soak in this lovingly rendered testimonial more than once...Sweet's distinctive hand-lettered text, which itself becomes another part of the artwork, is a perfect complement to Alexander's prose." – BookPage (starred review)
