A 2024 ALA Notable Children's Book A NYPL 2023 Best Book for Kids - Top Ten Book A Kids' Indie Next Pick Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2023 A BCCB Blue Ribbon List Selection A 2024 Notable Social Studies Trade Book 2024 Bank Street Best Book of the Year "A resonant child's-eye view of grief--and hope." -- Kirkus , starred review "Our young Black protagonist knows the day ahead will be hard, so after getting dressed in his new suit, he makes sure to also put on his bright red cape. He's hoping the cape will hold off any unwelcome memories. Of course, even his best efforts can't stop the grief, and as he finally lets himself remember his father, he also remembers the love they shared." -- Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books , starred review "This book is a very welcome and ­approachable way to discuss grief and death with young readers." -- Horn Book , starred review "Purchase for help with social-emotional learning and to give greater guidance to the trauma of loss for young children; this need not be used solely in cases of extreme grief, but to encourage empathy, understanding, and articulation of loss." -- School Library Journal " Cape takes us there and brings us back, leaving us better and more hopeful than we were before. A necessary read for ever-present grief.

" --Antwan Eady, author of Nigel and the Moon i>, starred review "Purchase for help with social-emotional learning and to give greater guidance to the trauma of loss for young children; this need not be used solely in cases of extreme grief, but to encourage empathy, understanding, and articulation of loss." -- School Library Journal " Cape takes us there and brings us back, leaving us better and more hopeful than we were before. A necessary read for ever-present grief." --Antwan Eady, author of Nigel and the Moon i>, starred review "Purchase for help with social-emotional learning and to give greater guidance to the trauma of loss for young children; this need not be used solely in cases of extreme grief, but to encourage empathy, understanding, and articulation of loss." -- School Library Journal " Cape takes us there and brings us back, leaving us better and more hopeful than we were before. A necessary read for ever-present grief." --Antwan Eady, author of Nigel and the Moon i>, starred review "Purchase for help with social-emotional learning and to give greater guidance to the trauma of loss for young children; this need not be used solely in cases of extreme grief, but to encourage empathy, understanding, and articulation of loss." -- School Library Journal " Cape takes us there and brings us back, leaving us better and more hopeful than we were before.

A necessary read for ever-present grief." --Antwan Eady, author of Nigel and the Moon on.