“The world of make-believe and fantasy help transform a sand castle at the beach into a kingdom of knights and dragons.  Outstanding text and beautifully rendered pen and ink drawings.”

American Bookseller

“The author/illustrator’s black and white pointillist drawings make the castle look so real that one has to wonder if Sir Christopher, Tamer of Dragons, didn’t scale the tower after all.”

Christian Science Monitor

“Nolan’s poetic construction conjoins two opposing images - short-lived sand-castles and everlasting sands.  Black quill-pen dots form a mosaic that outlines the boy’s micro world, creating photograph-like pictures in halftones that exhibit startling clarity.”

Publisher’s Weekly

“Meticulously drawn full-page pointillistic illustration in black ink on rich cream-colored paper employ unusual perspectives to show the boy, the castle, dragons and knights, and the intruding waves.  Nolan’s book is a charming evocation of a child’s world of make-believe, best shared by an adult, remembering, and a child, imagining.”

School Library Journal