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From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

“Summer days, so warm and bright, / Paint my room in morning light.” A small Asian girl describes her activities over the course of a single summer day in a quietly engaging narrative that sees her butterfly-chasing in the morning followed by a dip in the wading pool, then on an afternoon picnic with her parents. Nighttime finds the hot, restless child looking out the window and then heading out for a discovery-rich walk in the moonlight with her dad. “Across the field, on past the gate … My eyelids droop, it’s getting late.” Wong Herbert Yee’s story is perfectly sized for the hands of toddlers and preschoolers, with a gentle ambience that is both playful and reassuring. The illustrations have a softness and warmth that add to the comforting feel, as does this realistic family, which includes a pregnant mom and a dad clad in chinos, undershirt, and fedora. (Ages 2–5)

CCBC Choices 2013 © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2013. Used with permission.

From School Library Journal

July 1, 2012

PreS-Gr 1-This companion to Tracks in the Snow (2003) and Who Likes Rain? (2007, both Holt) continues the story of an Asian girl's exploration of the seasons. Youngsters will relate to the concrete, sensory images of the simple, rhyming text told in the child's voice. The soft-focus colored-pencil illustrations capture the universal pleasures of summer. A knowing balance is depicted between those activities that the child can independently enjoy (catching butterflies, sipping cool lemonade, listening at her window to the night sounds) and those that require a modicum of parental involvement and reassurance (filling up the splashing pool, playing hide-and-seek after a picnic supper in the park, listening to nocturnal hoots and noises out of doors). The layout varies pleasingly from portraitlike vignettes to spot art surrounded by white space to full-page bleeds, all encased in a small trim size just right for small hands. This understated gem is equally perfect for a storyhour or a cozy bedtime tale that will inspire summertime dreamers.-Kathleen Finn, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, VT

Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

From Horn Book

July 1, 2012
The same Asian American girl who explored winter in Tracks in the Snow and spring in Who Likes Rain? here celebrates summertime. She tries to catch a butterfly, drinks lemonade, jumps into a pool, picnics with her parents, then takes a walk before bed. The colored-pencil art's meticulously layered and blended colors convey both the warmth of sunshine and the coolness of tree shade.

(Copyright 2012 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

From Publisher's Weekly

March 12, 2012
This lilting picture book stars the same winsome heroine as Yee's previous seasonal outings, Who Likes Rain? and Tracks in the Snow. Nostalgic and old-fashioned, it envisions a place where a child can tiptoe through a meadow of daisies, observe insects, hear a mouse rustle, and spot a barn owl in a tree. The first-person narrative nicely encourages readers to discover these natural treasures along with the main character: "Buzz-buzz-buzz!/ What's this I see?/ A black-and-yellow bumblebee!" Yee's hazy and delicate colored pencil illustrations are gemlike (a quality enhanced by the book's small trim size) and suffused with the warm light of summer. A dazzling yet quiet introduction to the world of nature experienced by an inquisitive toddler. Ages 2—6.