Tight and purposeful as a fable, The List of Dangers gives us sorrows and warnings from a world imbalanced by beasts and little beauties. The images are precise as a child's playroomâ€"keyholes, miniature candelabra, the ’trebly notes' of wrens and gypsiesâ€" but perilous in their tender transformations."" - David Baker, author of Midwest Eclogue