School Library Journal Starred Review (Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 CDT 2018)

PreS-Gr 1 Far from dragging her heels, Amelie eagerly looks forward to bedtime"wrapping up in her favorite blanket" and listening avidly to stories read by her dad. She simply loves to dream. Beginning with an image of the tiny girl racing through the house toward bed with a blanket streaming behind like a superhero's cape, the book captures one of the joys of childhood. Richly colored and softly shadowed digitally created art presents little Amelie's determined search for dream-filled sleep, carrying the moon like a beloved stuffed toy through blanket. Passing shapes within the shadows, ticking clocks, and train whistles, she searches the world until she finds her own dreams in slumber. This title skillfully communicates the persistence of Amelie's search with text and detailed images that reveal the adventurous energy and imagination of a young child. VERDICT A recommended first purchase for all libraries. Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX

Horn Book (Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2019)

Amelie is the rare picture-book kid who likes bedtime. That's mainly because she loves to dream, although her dreams can be elusive; usually, "Amelie had to set out in search of them." Digital art semi-successfully masquerading as watercolors shows pajama-clad Amelie night-trekking across snow, clouds, etc., until she "stumbled upon slumber." The poetic text will sweep listeners along with Amelie.

Kirkus Reviews

A bedtime book for little dreamers.This isn't your typical bedtime book about a child who resists going to sleep. No, "Amelie loved everything about bedtime." The girl snuggles up close to her father to listen to stories and doesn't protest or stall his departure because "more than anything, she loved to dream." The tension in the story arises because "her dreams were often hard to find." At this point in the book, the watercolor-and-ink illustrations depart from the realistic depiction of Amelie's bedroom to show a forest growing therein, à la Where the Wild Things Are. Amelie searches for dreams in varied landscapes, leading readers to wonder if this searching is itself the dream she chases. The ambiguity may frustrate some readers but will doubtlessly charm others, who will follow her through the melding of pieces of her room into fantastic dreamscapes, with a home-again resolution that shows her smiling in her sleep because she's "found herself in her favorite dreams." Amelie and her father both present white.Dreamy, indeed. (Picture book. 3-7)