"The eye soars between aerial views and close-ups of old Hamburg in this beautifully rendered and well-thought-out picture book."

– The New York Times Book Review

The sheer beauty of this book is likely to overwhelm the senses. Its greatest asset is its ability to enthrall on contact...Breathtaking and simple all at once, it’s neither fish nor fowl: It’s flying mouse. Not much like anything you’ve ever encountered at all. Certainly it was worth its trip across the ocean to reach us.

– Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal, A Fuse #8 Production

Starred Review. It’s all terrific entertainment...An exceptionally fine debut.

– Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. The illustrations by debut German artist and author Torben Kulmann make this tale of an aviator mouse soar.

– Jennifer M. Brown, Shelf Awareness

Kuhlman’s art is radiant...The art here takes the book to another level, creating a world where you believe that a mouse was the first to fly across the Atlantic. Beautiful and memorable, this picture book celebrates flight, ingenuity and perseverance.

– Waking Brain Cells

Sweeping full-color, full-page illustrations in a realistic style distinguish this amazing story, created as a tribute to brave individuals who lived to open up the sky.

– Midwest Book Review