The book was well reviewed, receiving starred reviews in
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,
The Horn Book Magazine,
Kirkus Reviews,
Publishers Weekly, and
School Library Journal, who also named it to their list of best picture books of 2018.
The New York Times Book Editor Maria Russo called it an "exuberant... Clarke’s poetically compressed language hurtles joyfully along, while Rudd’s illustrations, made on cardboard boxes with spirited swaths of paint, burst with irrepressible life." It has also been reviewed by
Reading Time,
Books+Publishing, and
Magpies. ==Awards==