My autistic 3 year old, who has never let me read him a single page of a story, ever (although I've tried many many times) finally let me read this book to him tonight, in its entirety, with nothing but happiness and excitement the whole time. This has never happened and I believe it had something to do with the beautiful illustrations being really complex but in an organized way so there's a lot to look at, but not in a cluttered overwhelming way.. The main character is a girl who is shy or "likes to play alone in a quiet place" instead of with all the other noisy wild kids.. Almost like maybe she could relate to my little babe. I really loved the story and how it made my little one so happy. He wanted to sleep with the book in his bed and look at the pictures while he fell asleep. Really awesome experience.

Our entire family loves this book and look forward to reading it. The story is beautiful, the characters are diverse, and the illustrations are just magical.