"An amusing story to be read aloud to many a family, 'Bandits' has creative and charming art work from Johanna Wright as she tells the tale, making it an ideal pick for children's picture book collections." -- The Midwest Book Review ".one look at Wright's clothed raccoons, sneaking and creeping, doing just what they please, made me remember just how much I liked raccoons in any books I read as a child." -- BookPage Reading Corner "Working its charm in a thoroughly underhanded manner, this is the sort of quiet picture book that might sneak into a child's pile of favorite books and catch adults unaware." -- Booklist, starred review "Given the chance, these bandits will easily steal readers' hearts with their charming mischief." -- SLJ "An enjoyable take on a nocturnal, urban animal's habits" -- Kirkus Reviews "Readers are meant to cheer for the raccoons against the humans, and they will." -- Publishers Weekly "The text has a gently incantatory rhythm, while the book's twilight colors perfectly evoke the magic hour when shadows deepen even as the lights become more luminous." -- The New York Times Book Review on The Secret Circus "This would serve effectively as a bedtime story or a classroom readaloud for a quiet moment, and the repeated phrases and simple text also make it accessible for beginning solo readers.

" -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books on The Secret Circus "The closing scene, in which a mouse slyly looks at the reader and shushes a finger, engenders a sense of inclusion in the mice's little world, which children will recognize in their own family's happy secrets." -- Booklist on The Secret Circus "Just right for bedtime." -- Publishers Weekly on The Secret Circus "A quiet, comforting debut, best shared snuggled close together." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Secret Circus "The theme of a hidden world, universally popular with children, finds satisfying expression here. A delightful addition to any collection." -- School Library Journal on The Secret Circus.