"One of the best new picture books of this year"
- Amanda Craig, The Times
"Strikingly bold and vibrant illustrations bring the market place in Timbuktu vividly to life."
Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids, Book of the Month.
"The story is fun and the artwork vivid"
Irish Times
"A bright and appealing book with a multicultural flavour . . . A great book for sharing."
The Bookbag
"A blaze of high key colour, the frames pulsate with animal energy . . . Young viewers can go goggle-eyed counting all the human and animal participants."
The School Librarian