“A good, green read … A fanciful approach to raising children’s consciousness about conservation … Moved by the orangutan’s plight, the child writes letters to corporations asking them to curb deforestation, and back matter provides readers with practical, accessible steps to do the same.”

– Kirkus Reviews

“Rhyming couplets convey the story of a small brown-skinned girl who discovers a rambunctious orangutan in her room. The child orders the disruptive creature to leave, but, first, asks why she had come to be in the house in the first place. The hairy orange ape explains she decided to live there because her rain-forest home is being destroyed and she doesn’t know how to stop that from happening … This title informs children and encourages them to get involved in saving the world’s rain forests and their inhabitants.”

– Booklist

"The moving illustrations and story show the plight of orangutans, the dangers of deforestation, and what we can do to help."

– South Wales Evening Post