(Review of A Swim Through the Sea, A Fly in the Sky, and A Walk in the Rainforest, ) Yet again, Dawn Publications has encouraged a talented young writer/illustrator to test her wings and fly, with remarkable results. These three paperbacks encompass animal-alphabet teaching which young children will enjoy for the rhymes, while older readers delve into the fascinating facts included on every page. My young students delighted in reading aloud to each other the repetitions in each letter (five fuzzy feasting fruit bats), helping them to learn about basic biology. Teachers everywhere will appreciate these helpful volumes, reminiscent of Judy Sierra’s “There’s A Zoo in Room 22,” and will add Pratt’s titles to their classroom shelves. Highly recommended.
— Hutton Book-Review Service – Linda Hutton (April 2003)
Another ABC book that takes the reader on a fun flight to ecological enlightenment is Kristin Joy Pratt’s A Fly in the Sky. On a damselfly’s flight, readers see the importance of the “silent, invisible ocean flowing around us.” While offering fascinating facts about many inhabitants of the air, the book encourages readers to use “clear thinking” and “decisive action” to clean up the air.
— The Fresno Bee
Pratt’s bold illustrations provide a colorful backdrop for her alphabet of winged things, from albatross to zebra butterfly. Daphne the Damselfly is the reader’s guide to this world of birds, bats and insects.
As each is introduced with an alliterative sentence – “watch a wonderful, winging, Whydah” or “linger along a line of little Ladybugs” – Pratt follows up with a paragraph of more detailed information, set in smaller type, for parents or older readers
— Kidstuff – The Medina Gazette
To awaken young people to the global problem of unclean air, the author, through the eyes of Daphne, the Damselfly, introduces the reader to many unfamiliar airborne birds, insects and other animals. The descriptions are succinct, informative and fascinating. The illustrations are colorful and bold. It’s interesting to note that the author/illustrator is a teenager.
— Children’s Literature – Pat Metz