"This small and simple concept book describes the colors in a spring
morning, a summer day, a fall evening, and a winter night. Four specific
scenes lead up to each panoramic double-page spread that features a
farmhouse with a girl and a boy, a cat and a dog. Siddals's
appropriately straightforward and economical text is brought to life by
Mather's folksy watercolors. . . . It is well done without being
overdone, and the size is just right." --School Library Journal
"Cheerful yet elegant, spare yet satisfying, compact yet enveloping:
these are hardly the words usually associated with simple concept books
for the youngest children. But words and paintings combine to create a
season book that surprises to the end. . . . Both author and artist
capture the seasons with poetic intensity and wonder, finishing after
'Winter night' with the simplest yet pleasing conclusion: 'Good
night.'"--ALA Booklist
"A book of simple but deeply gratifying pleasures." --Publishers Weekly