The following unabridged reviews are made available under license from their respective rights holders and publishers. Reviews may be used for educational purposes consistent with the fair use doctrine in your jurisdiction, and may not be reproduced or repurposed without permission from the rights holders.

Note: This section may include reviews for related titles (e.g., same author, series, or related edition).

From Publisher's Weekly

July 18, 2016
Three-time Caldecott Honorâ€"recipient Willems celebrates the allure of fresh-baked bread in this tale of good intentions. Nanette is a French schoolgirl in a quaint straw hat and plaid skirt. (Ce n'est pas gentil to depict her as a frog, peut-être, even if the national allusion is lost on the readership.) Her mother hands her a coin and sends her to the bakery: "Getting to get the baguette is Nanette's biggest responsibility yet. Is Nanette set to get the baguette? You bet!" She sees four friends, but cannot linger: " 'Gotta jet! I've got a baguette to get,' says Nanette to the quartet." Baker Juliette sells Nanette a loaf, and the girl samples a warm bite. Across four explosive spreads, punctuated by the "krack! krack!" of crunching, Nanette devours the treat, then droops home "beset with regret." Willems builds multimedia collages of cut paper, comic illustrations, and photos, escalating from calm rectangular panels to pointed, starry shapes. His goofy wordplay and onomatopoeic display type amplify the hilarity, and temptation is demonstrably forgiven in a funny coda: Nanette's mother finds baguettes just as irresistible. Ages 3â€"5. Agent: Marcia Wernick, Wernick & Pratt.

From Kirkus

Who can resist the smell of freshly baked bread? Certainly not author/narrator Mo Willems, who has had the tantalizing experience of living beside a bakery in France. With enthusiasm and anguished pauses to savor the fragrance, Willems and family members Cher and Trixie detail Nanette's lucky day. This is the day that she has been granted her longstanding wish to purchase a baguette from the nearby bakery. Such delight. And it's even better that the baguette seems to be lasting and keeping its luscious aroma as the day goes on. How many delights can one loaf of bread bring to Nannette? Could anything possibly go wrong? The production concludes with an interview with Willems. He shares his personal experience with baguettes as well as his visual and written creative processes. A.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine