This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

This book was published 2002 by Grosset & Dunlap .

Jess Brallier is the publisher of Planet Dexter and the author of more than 20 books. He lives in Reading, MA. Jan Greenberg has taught creative writing and art appreciation classes at schools and colleges in America. She lives in St Louis, Missouri. With Sandra Jordan she is the author of several distinctive books about art, including, Vincent van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist , which was named a Sibert Award Honor Book in 2001. To visit Jan's website click here Robert Andrew Parker is a fine artist and printmaker whose work often appears in publications such as the New Yorker . He has illustrated more than 70 books for children. His Pop Corn and Ma Goodness was a Caldecott Honor Book and in 2002 he won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his picture book, Cold . Mr. Parker lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut.