"The voice is pitch perfect."—The New York Times
"Finding the transcendent in the ordinary . . . The story's central emotions about familial love and joyful, daily milestones will speak to children everywhere."—Starred, Booklist
"A preschooler's ingenuouslength narration of her day is a catalogue of the sweetly ordinary sights and events that make up the lenght and breadth of her reassuringly stable world."—Starred, Kirkus Reviews
"Radiant mixed-media art by a debut illustrator captures the warmth and candor in Jenkins's sparkling slice-of-life tale."—Starred, Publishers Weekly
“Castillo’s slightly impressionistic mixed-media illustrations give viewers a real feel for the youngster’s Brooklyn neighborhood.”—School Library Journal
“It's a valentine to the city and the pleasures of everyday life.” —Bloomberg News
"Readers . . . will be glad to be reminded of the joy to be found in everyday routines."—The Christian Science Monitor
"A sorting... of a full and busy life in a familiar neighborhood...this offers [kids] a model of how they might map their own days and ways."
—Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books
