"After going to bed as usual and then waking up in an enchanted forest, Leah and her younger brother Alan must rely on the advice of strange creatures, including a talking statue of a frog, to survive and to find their way back home. While this fantastical adventure may remind you of some others, especially Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Leah and Alan's journey is a "surprising, and visually stunning" (School Library Journal) one with detailed, highly imaginative artwork, fascinating characters, and a mesmerizing imaginary world." January 2013 Kids' Books Newsletter http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=5acc8fc1-4e91-4ebe-906d-f8fc5e82a8e0&N=594050

Nytra's drawing skills exceed his narrating skills. It was very nice to look at but only mildly interesting storywise, and rather derivative too.

For all its fun and beauty, the trick to this book will be getting kids to start reading it in the first place. For the true graphic novel diehards this shouldn’t be a challenge, and for emerging readers a simple nudge might be enough. It’s those color-centric kids that will prove the hardest to engage. The ones who eschew The Arrival and even Raina Telgemeier’s Baby-Sitters Club series for brighter fare. Get them interested and you’ll have them proclaiming the greatness of the book to their friends free of charge. And honestly, this is truly a book worth discovering. Beautiful to the core.