"this touching picture-book story of love, loss and acceptance is illustrated with glowing tenderness and warmth"
Guardian
"Filled with heart, hope and the joy of creativity"
- Serena Patel,
"A moving portrayal of grief... Mhasane's clever illustrations reflect the boy's sadness, and how life and joy let the colour back in"
The Bookseller
"An extraordinary work for every shelf"
School Library Journal
"Via Sirdeshpande’s restrained but deeply empathic narrative voice and Mhasane’s digitally enhanced colored pencil and pastel pictures, which capture light in almost incandescent colors, this proves a moving tribute to the role of mentors and memory in a young artist’s life, as well as to what “time and attention” can bring about"
Publishers Weekly