“Lea's plainspoken New England voice has benefited from its multi-genre development, making the poems here easy in diction, resistant to lyric flights and focused on making sense of things.”—Publishers Weekly
“Like his mentor Frost, Lea vividly contextualizes . . . his beloved rural New England.”—Library Journal
“Like his mentor Frost, Lea vividly contextualizes . . . his beloved rural New England.”—Library Journal
[Lea’s] elegant book [is] rhythmically satisfying, with its jazz-like riffs . . . by a man at the top of his game.”
—Ploughshares
“Kochalka’s simple line drawings and bright crayon colors stand.”—Booklist
“Kochalka remains the cheery, sentimental, earthy, creatively goofy guy. . . . Extremely stuff”—Booklist
"Bright and very busy panels take readers through a roller-coaster ride of guffaws, gaffes, and giggles.”
―Kirkus Reviews
Kochalka's signature blend of bonkers storytelling and pencil, ink & digital illustrations has its fans and they will definitely enjoy this volume in this bizarre, yet endearing series.”
—School Library Journal
