"These intimate glimpses of the artists and the descriptions of their passions should surely inspire children who read the book to put something of themselves into their own artwork. The artists included represent a complete rainbow of races and cultures from across North America . . . The book is cleverly conceived and elegantly designed, but more importantly it is a book with great heart."
     —Small Press 1998 Book Awards Special Review Edition

"This book, Harriet Rohmer's brainchild, is a brilliant, successful collaboration that will help readers understand artists and inspire children to draw, paint, or simply create."
     —The Five Owls

"This is a wonderful browsing item as well as an excellent teaching tool for those who want to approach their students with the idea that we can communicate with both pictures and words. Both media are legitimate, and they work beautifully in tandem, as this book so beautifully testifies."
     —School Library Journal

"The self-portraits in words and images are accessible, fun, clever, warm, and, most of all, colorful. Moreover, the book is endowed with a sense of both maturity and spontaneity."
     —San Francisco Bay Guardian