Praise for Geraldo Valério and At the Pond: Honourable Mention, Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award, 2020 New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2020 A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, 2021 Booklist Top 10 Wordless Picture Books of the Year, 2019 "[A]n important story for readers of all ages to reflect on love and what is required to earn and keep it." -- School Library Journal, starred review "A provocative drama inviting readers to question their own behaviors toward all of the creatures in their orbits." -- Kirkus, starred review "[A] poignant and timely story." -- The Globe and Mail "Full-bleed double-page complex illustrations move the story from monotones to brilliant colors, creating a magical world of joy." -- Booklist "[Geraldo] deftly explores the nature of true friendship and love in his newest creation with a beautifully presented story that will be enjoyed by children ages 3-7 and will be considered a unique and prized addition to family, daycare center, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book collections." -- Midwest Book Review "[At the Pond] can be used to foster imagination and to teach about respect for the natural environment as well as domesticated pets." -- CM Review of Materials"[A] wordless masterpiece about the intersection of empathy and nature." -- Let's Talk Picture Books blog "Valério has devised a visual narrative around the leash that can function as an accessible metaphor for the destructive role of humans in the natural world, but it also raises much bigger philosophical questions in a child-friendly way.
" -- Quill & Quire" Praise for Geraldo Valério and Friends: "Gentle humor and a sense of wonder pervade this joyful aquatic fantasy." -- Kirkus, starred review Praise for Geraldo Valério and Blue Rider: "Valério excels at conveying the pure joy of color and form and, not incidentally, the ability of art and books to lift us up and away." -- Kirkus, starred review "It's a dazzling vision of the way art transcends the everyday." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "A sumptuous wordless tale . From the start, the use of color is so sophisticated you can almost hear it ." -- New York Times.