The text is wonderfully written and offers a feeling of beauty, love, and anticipation. the artwork is outstanding. --School Library Journal Visually inventive. reassuring verse builds with welcoming anticipation . while illustrations reveal the purpose of the adult's handiwork: a cozy quilt to be shared by caregiver and new arrival. It's a warmth-filled portrait that binds the loving act of making a quilt to one experience of growing a family. --Publishers Weekly In her debut picture book, Sullivan, acclaimed for her YA fiction, brings a gentle, lyrical voice to this contemplation of motherhood, sensitively illuminated with loose watercolor washes and a soft pastel palette by celebrated illustrator Love (Julián Is a Mermaid). A lovely and reassuring read-aloud for a child anticipating a new sibling, this intimate portrait of a mother's bond with her unborn child will also resonate with expectant parents.
--Booklist.