Publishers Weekly
A lovely, alive book.

Awards and Honors
1965 Caldecott Honor Book, 1965 ALA Notable Book, New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books

New York Herald Tribune
Complex, highly imaginative drawings ... endless amusing details not mentioned in the text.

Holiday House
A classic volume of nonsense verse with a real story cleverly hidden inside the illustrations, still in print after more than 30 years.