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☆Publishers Weekly: “hidden sheep to find, nursery rhyme characters to identify, and a nursery rhyme newspaper on the endpapers to read"
Booklist: “gentle humorous take on Little Red Riding Hood”
Kirkus: “a game of cat and mouse ensues in comic-book–style spreads and panels”
The Red Book
Caldecott Honor Book
ALA Notable Book
Junior Library Guild Selection
New York Times Bestseller
Premio Andersen - Italy
Booklist: "[a] wordless mind trip for tots"
Horn Book: “will challenge young imaginations and intellects.”
☆School Library Journal: "captures magical possibility"
Red Again
A Junior Library Guild Selection
☆Booklist: “A twist ending that will blow many young minds”
☆Publishers Weekly: “Möbius strip of a story.”
☆School Library Journal: “magical…the end brings the story to a breathtaking circle.”
☆The Horn Book: “opportunity to..ponder mystery”
Rainstorm
Kirkus Best Children's Books of 2007
ALA Notable Book
New York Public Library 100 Titles for reading and Sharing 2007
Junior Library Guild Selection
☆Kirkus: "Another surrealist triumph from a vigorous emerging talent."
☆Publishers Weekly: "a magical adventure"
☆School library Journal: "will stir the imagination"
Trainstop
2008 Parents’ Choice Award
Junior Library Guild Premier Selection
A 2008 Parent’s Choice Gold Award
A Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year
Horn Book: "extraordinary”
Kirkus: "storytelling in (a) masterly fashion...mind-bending.”
☆Publishers Weekly: “a playful challenge"
Museum Trip
A CCBC Best-Book-of-the-Year
A 2007 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book
☆Booklist: "Another winning picture book that blurs real and imagined worlds."
☆Kirkus: " A playfully subtle celebration…. entirely worth several lengthy visits."
☆Publishers Weekly: "Young readers will find endless satisfaction"
The secret b0x
Best Children's Book of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews
Junior Library Guild Selection
✫Kirkus: "invites readers to feel the tenuous bonds of child life loosen. Wonderful!"
✫Publishers Weekly: "A provocative example of the complexity that can be conveyed using only pictures."
Booklist: "an ingenious visual puzzle"
words by Alison Paul:
The plan
✫Kirkus: "Warmhearted and joyful."
✫Booklist: "hearts will soar with the characters as they fly away in their lovingly restored plane."
✫Publishers Weekly: "This lovely story blends a sense of rootedness with the spirit of exploration—a rare combination."