“Beautiful realistic watercolors mirror the plot and let the reader in on the secret. This will make a great read-aloud, and youngsters will love chiming in with the call-and-response, ‘eh kwik eh kwak.'” — Booklist

“Gorgeous, lifelike illustrations of Caribbean rainforests and a Dominican-American family bolster the appeal of this tale…Honoring the grandparent-grandchild relationship and family heritage, this book will be a new favorite for imaginative youth.” — Foreword

“A lovely celebration of the grandparent and grandchild relationship… a story whose characters’ feelings are so vividly rendered readers may recall seeing such expressions in real life… it will also make a walloping read-aloud, with its West Indian cadences…” — Kirkus Reviews

“Many children’s picture books aim to quieten childish terrors — it goes with the territory — offering the equivalent of a soothing nightcap before bedtime. But in this picture book reassurance comes with several new slants. ‘Look Back!’ by Trish Cooke and Caroline Binch even has the confidence to remind children (and parents) that fear is an inevitable part of life. This is a beautiful book with painstaking, lifelike illustrations that pull you into the story from the start. Cooke tells a West Indian grandmother’s tale about a predator no one has ever clapped eyes on-Ti Bolom. We meet the grandmother as a little girl with furrowed brow and braided hair, standing in a tropical wilderness and turning to look back at… nothing. Sometimes that is the nature of fear: the predator you never see but continue to believe exists. And I love the way the exploration collides here with a celebration of the rapport between a grandmother and her grandson: family, at its best, the ultimate tonic.” — The Observer