This is a cute book. Telling kids to follow their dreams, and I got a bit teary-eyed while reading it.

Pretty ilustrations and a story that makes you want to keeping reading to see how Sydney Songbird will make her dreams comes true.

What a sweet book about believing in your dreams and working hard to acheive them. I like this book because it shows that even if others don't think your goals are accessible or right for you, you can still work hard to overcome obstacles and get what you hope for. And I like that in the book Sydney's goal is not easy to accomplish. She had to work hard every day to do it. So many valuable lessons for all of us, not only children, in this book. Plus, the illustrations in this book are so beautifully done. They draw the reader in. I recommend 100%!

This is such a cute book with great illustrations! It’s very encouraging for kids to read and hopefully follow their dreams like Sydney!

Such a sweet book! The illustrations are gorgeous! Besides, details about Central Park, Lincoln Center, the New York Philharmonic, and classical musicians add realism and interest for children viewing or reading the book. Appropriate suggestions for adults to use in discussing the book’s theme are a thoughtful addition.. The one error this reviewer and former teacher noticed was the informal spelling “alright” used for the correct editing, “all right.” One hopes that correction can be made before publication.

Charming, pretty, and (to an adult at least) highly amusing book for young audiences. You'll all know the joke about 'how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice!', well for Sydney getting to the Lincoln Center just involves flapping her wings, for she is a sparrow so enamoured of classical music she wants to conduct the orchestra. Whether or not she can make this cockamamie dream come true is the subject of this piece. And it's as winsome and bright and colourful and warmly heartfelt as you could wish. Practically speaking, the text can look a little dense – there might be a thousand words here, I have no idea, but it's no tiny read for tiny people. Visually the design is wonderful, if a little heavy-feeling on the inked outlines a couple of times. The moral, of allowing everyone to at least fail at their dream if chasing it at least gets them somewhere, is really nicely done. Four stars and more.