"Philip Fracassi has performed a truly special sort of magic—he has written a story that is, indeed, for young readers, but which also manages to be for everyone. The Boy with the Blue Rose Heart is a fairytale and a dream and a story full of truths about what it means to be kind in a world that may not ask for kindness but very badly needs it. A beautiful book children and adults alike will return to time and again for both the gentle, surreal story and for Luke Spooner’s gorgeous illustrations—it belongs on the shelf next to your favorite bedtime stories." – Lora Senf, author of The Clackity "A Delicate and haunted with warmth and wonder, Fracassi’s prose and Spooner's ephemeral illustrations remind young and old that generous dreams can make the real world a better place." - Emmy Award Winning TV Writer and Author, Joshua Pruett