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A 2012 Caldecott Honor Book A Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner A Horn Book Fanfare Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book A New York Times Notable Children's Book A Booklist Editor's Choice Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book A Kids' Indie Next List Book A 2011 Bank Street College Children's Book Committee Outstanding Book A University of Wisconsin-Madison CCBC 2012 Children's Choices Book A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Book A National Parenting Publications Awards Gold Winner A Booklinks Lasting Connections Book This remarkable picture book is one of the few that speaks, in a meaningful way, to all ages. - Booklist, starred review McDonnell's book is... inspirational. - The Horn Book, starred review Children will appreciate McDonnell's original format and take heart that interests logged in their own diaries might turn into lifelong passions. - Kirkus Reviews, starred review McDonnell's skill as a cartoonist enables him to express Goodall's joy, wonder and satisfaction with a simple stroke of the pen. - New York Times [A] tender homage... engaging... an appealing and satisfying introduction to a well-known scientist and activist. - School Library Journal McDonnell's concentration on [Goodall's] childhood fantasies carries a strong message to readers that their own dreams--even the wildly improbable ones--may be realizable, too. - Publishers Weekly

Patrick McDonnell is the creator of the Mutts comic strip, which recently celebrated its fifteenth anniversary, as well as several bestselling children's books including Wag!, The Gift of Nothing, Just Like Heaven, South, Hug Time, and Art. He has been hailed as 'the next Charles Schulz.