“Four nostalgic stories . . . show how life used to be, with its pleasures simple yet satisfying, and stress how love is the real heart of happiness . . . A childlike innocence suffuses the soft-toned pen-and-ink and watercolor pictures, which are arranged in blocks like sections of a large comic strip. The girls have big, expressive faces and short bodies, making them appear especially vulnerable. The city scenes are carefully detailed, and the artwork enhances the tender stories.”

“CCBC Choices”

“Four tender reminiscences feature Mimmy and her younger sister, Sophie . . . Storyboard panels in somber colors depict the old-fashioned stories with innocence and simplicity; the understated, wholesome adventures don’t rely on fast-paced action or antics, but small, rounded conclusions that have the veracity of real life.”

“This is a lovely, old-fashioned picture book in four chapters that grandmothers especially will find hard to resist for reading aloud to their grand offspring . . . The author evokes the period without sentimentality, and the artist recreates a Brooklyn neighborhood as it must have looked in the days of trolley cars, safe neighborhood streets to play on, and autos with rumble seats.”