★ “With its playful exuberance balancing peaceful contemplation, this is a reflective and whimsical stunner sure to reframe and soothe bedtime anxieties.” — Kit Ballenger, Booklist (Starred Review)
★ “Lyrical language and spectacular illustrations capture a young boy with pale skin on his way to sleep, but not before he has some amazing adventures. The word “if” carries great potential in this poetic text, imagining the possibility for a quilt square to become the open sea, a raft, and even a dinosaur. Lyrical text and highly evocative illustrations create an exciting, soothing adventure. Superb bookmaking artistry.” –John Scott for School Library Journal (Starred Review)
“A quilt becomes a portal to possibility in this reassuring bedtime readaloud from Burgess (Words with Wings and Magic Things) and Forsythe (Aggie and the Ghost)…. Watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil compositions reward lingering: layered in deep jewel tones, folk art patterning, and chalky surfaces, they shift across vivid landscapes that stretch luxuriously across the spreads. The poem’s quiet confidence and the art’s ambitious scope make excellent bedfellows, transforming a familiar premise—conquering nighttime fears—into something genuinely transporting.” –Publishers Weekly
“Burgess and Forsythe validate little ones’ anxieties in this soothing readaloud, offering a gentle invitation to reframe them into hopeful thoughts through their boundless imagination.. Restless readers will return to this visual lullaby again and again, believing in their dreamlike escapades more than their fears right before bedtime.” –BCCB
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