A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year "Preschoolers can follow a little brown mouse on its traveling adventures in this engaging color concept book. A wonderful read-aloud . Clean-lined, colorful . Myriad delightful details . The people depicted are diverse both racially as well as in physical ability. Delightful and engaging." -- Kirkus (starred review) Jaunty and interactive . A cheerful there-and-back-again adventure--that's also an excellent color-concept book--perfectly aimed at the very youngest.

" -- The Horn Book (starred review) "Once the book has been read a few times and the mouse found, flip to the end pages for a new game. Match the patches on the endpapers with the related story images throughout the book. Verdict: A fun concept book for the very young with a seek-and-find element for slightly older, more savvy readers." -- School Library Journal "The book calls for engagement on multiple levels: conveying basic concepts of color and counting ("Can you count the petals/ in the garden bed?), building language skills in the rhymes, and playing seek-and-find for the mouse on each spread. Even the travel patch-dotted endpapers spark activity. Appealing [and] educational." -- Publishers Weekly.