“Any par­ent who’s ever wres­tled a recal­ci­trant, wrig­gling child into his clothes will smile in sym­pa­thy with this patient and play­ful moth­er who decides to use light­heart­ed dis­trac­tion as a means to get duds like ‘the sweater, itchy and hot / that cov­ers the T‑shirt, / wrin­kled a lot / that snaps over the dia­per, / often a mess, / … on[to] the baby / who hates to be dressed.’ And even though mom does seem to suc­ceed, and even to coax the glim­mer of a grin out of her grumpy lit­tle guy, you can just bet that he is deter­mined not to stay dressed for long. ‘No! No! Nooo!’ Smith’s naive and rosy-cheeked char­ac­ters, cozy tex­tures, and cray­on-box col­ors are a per­fect accom­pa­ni­ment to Flem­ing’s well-con­struct­ed, cumu­la­tive, ‘House That Jack-Built’ pat­terned sto­ry that pos­i­tive­ly insists on read­er inter­ac­tion, whether one-on-one, when it’s fun to hunt for the end­pa­per-pic­tured ele­ments that appear through­out, or with a great big group, who will gig­gle and grin and sure­ly join in the oh-so-famil­iar game (which would make for won­der­ful flan­nel­board fun, too). Add this pleas­ing piece to your accu­mu­la­tion of sto­ry­time tales.” (Kathy Kras­niewicz, School Library Jour­nal)