"Text and paintings alternate between snowy reality and the young narrator's fantasy, and Paradis carefully links the two. The paintings add fanciful details."
     —School Library Journal

"Paradis imaginatively juxtaposes dragons against skyscrapers, for instance, and she captures the way children make magic and then turn it back to reality."
     —Booklist

"A pretty and charming tale about snow, imagination and waiting for Daddy to come home. … The pictures capture all the opalescence of daylight and sunset on a snowy landscape, and Paradis shows a fine sense not only of line and pattern, but of the rhythms of the imagination."
     —Kirkus Reviews

"A visual tour de force … The fantasy pages glow with icy light and feel wonderfully indulgent - Paradis clearly understands how girls daydream. The princess sports a tiara and a puffy, Glinda-style dress, while her animal subjects wear exquisite, individualized attire befitting the supporting cast of a fairy tale. Girls will lap this up like hot chocolate on a chilly day."
     —Publishers Weekly