From School Library Journal:
"Skalak uses simple but expressive language in rhyming couplets to describe the action: 'Blue sky darkens, lightning flashes./Boom! Boom! Boom! Thunder crashes.' ...Lively text accompanies richly detailed paintings in this reassuring story."
From the San Jose Mercury News:
"All too rarely are words and art so well paired.... Skalak weaves a tale that belies the book's simple title."
From Cincinnati Library New Stuff for Kids:
"Repetition and beautiful artwork with natural detail make this a winning choice for preschool through kindergarten."
From OC Family:
"First-time children's author Barbara Anne Skalak has a warm, sympathetic way with the rhyming text, and the pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations by Sylvia Long are finely detailed and naturalistic."
From celebritycafe.com:
"This is a warm and delightful story about a mother duck and the five ducklings she hatches.... The rhythm of the text and the sound words like "boom," "glup," and "whoops" make it a great read aloud book...."