"I loved this book! If only it had been around when my daughter Melissa was little, maybe I would have made something for dinner other than reservations!" -- Joan Rivers "Iwai's writing debut beautifully depicts the loving relationship between a mother and daughter. Ordinariness made extraordinary." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "A perfect meal and a perfect book." -- School Library Journal "Idyllic and cozy with colorful, textured illustrations, the book also offers a perfect recipe for tiny hands." -- Associated Press "The brightly colored illustrations--combining acrylics, fabric and paper collage, and digital elements--offer plenty of familiar elements for young children to identify and new ones to explore, such as six kinds of pasta pictured on one page. Satisfying for reading aloud." -- Booklist.