Erin Stead's lovingly handcrafted illustrations perfectly accompany the deep nostalgic devotion and love the narrator expresses for the equine Tony, and metonymically, a time long past. The limited color palette (warm yellow and minty green) printed over pencil sketches heighten the bright anticipation of the narrator (whom readers never see on the page) as they wait for the wagon Tony pulls to deliver milk & eggs each morning. An exceptional book to share with young readers who have a special animal in their life (or want one)!