• "BEST NEW SUPERHERO...Al Dente, aka Noodleman: the Pasta Superhero" - Book magazine, Best of 2002
  

• "Sayre's established gift for nonfiction does not preclude her success with fiction and humor. Perciatelli-thin Al Dente accidentally saves the floundering family pasta business (everyone wants pizza) by creating \"the world\'s first adjustable, portable, fresh-pasta maker: any noodle, any shape, any size!\"...This tale cooks up the fun, just right.\" - School Library Journal
  

• "Sayre's (Shadows, p. 189, etc.) enjoyable introduction to pasta is couched as a quick-thinking, tongue-in-cheek adventure yarn . . .Wildly playful artwork, from its Mediterranean colors to its characters\' dreamy eyelids, melds with Sayre\'s goofy story, which will surely inspire readers to experiment with noodle shapes and-beware-to play with their food. (Picture book. 4-7)\"- Kirkus
  

• "A new kind of caped crusader . . .Sayre's outrageous food puns, paired with Stephen Costanza's delectable illustrations, are a treat for children of all ages." - Heidi Henneman, Bookpage
  

• "I love Noodle Man because it was so funny! Plus I love pasta! The wording was fantastic! It is just hilarious!" - Stephanie, 5th grade, SC
  

• "Your Noodle Man book is very, very good. I like it so much I can't even quit thinking about it." -Raylee, Kindergarten
  

• \"I hope that you get your book Noodle Man turned into a movie. It would be funny cause at the end people would get ravioli all over them.\" -Brooke, KY