The New York Times says Captain Louie captures "the sound and rhythm of music that runs through childhood fantasies." This songbook features all ten tunes from Stephen Schwartz's family musical based on The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats: Big Red Plane; Captain Louie; Finale; Home Again; Looza on the Block; New Kid in the Neighborhood; Shadows; Spiffin' up Ziggy's; Trick or Treat and A Welcome for Louie , plus a plot synopsis by Anthony Stein, who adapted the book for the stage.