“The day’s events are wordlessly and beautifully conveyed in watercolor and gouache … This impressive and eloquent tale is recommended for all picture book collections.”

“The highly dramatic paintings [...] are sure to stimulate a range of emotions, encouraging readers to return again and again … This wordless picture book, with its breathtaking paintings of the sea, does a splendid job of helping young readers realize that our planet must be shared.”

“It is a book with an agenda — and it is also breathtaking.”

“Lanan tells her wordless tale in strong, confident watercolors…[her] cinematic storytelling pace never flags. She distills the global problem of sea life trapped by nets into a tightly focused narrative in which those who caused the damage are able to save the animal they hurt.”

“Lanan’s wordless narrative pulls viewers right into the choppy waves of her gouache-and-watercolor world… This compelling fictional introduction raises awareness and empathy for a very real environmental problem.”

“Lanan’s watercolor and gouache paintings are expansive and cinematic [...] a compelling tale worth sharing.”