“Sprightly, busy watercolor illustrations showcase sturdy, smiling, white Lumber Jills clad in gum boots, green berets, green sweaters, and green trousers while toting axes and logs and capture the forest venue as well as wartime atmosphere. Inclusion of background posters promoting women’s participation in war work adds relevant period detail while a concluding historical note offers commentary on the vital role women played in the lumber industry during the war. A rousing, upbeat introduction to the camaraderie and contributions of the “unsung heroines of World War II” who cut 10 million trees for Britain.”—Kirkus Reviews
"Illustrations by Hickey (Once upon a Magic Book) use washes of color and a loose line to capture the bustle of a women-filled lumber camp and make canny use of small details (the ridges of corduroy pants; the bumps of a knit sweater). Posters calling out the National Service, the Women’s Land Army, and ‘Women Work for Victory’ evoke a bygone era.”—Publishers Weekly
