Longlisted for the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens 2015 list ".a cumulative contagion of catastrophe.with teeming action on every page." – Kirkus Reviews "Follow the bouncing red ball, from the top of the hill to the subterranean depths at its bottom: a perfect example of illustrated cause and effect. This title has multiple uses for language arts curriculum tied to a fantasy-based plot. A first purchase." –  School Library Journal ".an amusing calamitous fantasia.

with seek-and-find appeal in the ongoing trajectory of various items and critters and in surprising takes on the town both above and belowground." – Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "The story is a feast of pratfalls, pileups, unexpected trajectories, and collisions with soft foods . satisfyingly silly." – Publishers Weekly.