"Oh Tomie, I just love you!" First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at a reading event, White House- 1997

"...perhaps the friendliest and most popular picture book maker of our time" The Detroit News

"very well known" Good Morning, America, ABC TV

"One of the best read authors in America" The Minneapolis Tribune

"the children's choice" The Reading Teacher

"international star" Publishers Weekly

"You have such a warm and friendly face. Children must just love you." Anchor Donna Kelly, CNN Morning News

"One of the best known and loved authors in the world" New Hampshire Public Television