Description: "A group of kids come together to create a spontaneous work of art on a blank wall, using chalk, spilled ice cream, and a lot of imagination to turn mistakes into magic"-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: Collaborators Martinez-Neal and Idle (I Don't Care), both Caldecott Honorees, let their co-creative chemistry loose on these kraft-paper-colored pages, using a palette of eye-popping neons and saturated brights that evokes the irresistible promise of a fresh bucket of sidewalk chalk. . . . It's an artful team effort about team efforts.
--Publishers Weekly
--School Library Journal There's room enough for every reader--and every hue--in this charming ode to creativity.
--Kirkus Reviews Set against a textured brown background, vibrant hues fill graphite outlines embellished with smudged textures. With hints of cut paper edges, the art's two-dimensional vibe manifests a spacious world of endless possibility. Enhanced by creator bios and dialogue, this imaginative long-form book offers ample space for playful visuals to stretch out within a familiar narrative, yielding an affirming celebration of creative collaboration.
--Booklist [T]he characters, made from intensely colored paper cutouts, seem to positively glow, as does the art they make.
--The Horn Book [Idle and Martinez-Neal's] hand-drawn and collaged images explode with silliness and glee, turning what could be just another reminder about working together into a positively Ruth Krauss-ian homage to the power of collaborative creation that honors the weirdness of kids. . . . With language that could be drawn directly from the mouths of kids and vibrant, dynamically designed imagery that erupts off the page, this book will start conversations about making things and could even act as a showstopper for any teacher nipping a potential classroom brawl in the bud.
--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books