This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Lloyd Alexander is one of America's most distinguished authors. He has won the Newbery medal and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from Parents' Choice and another from the World Fantasy Convention. Judith Byron Schachner has written and illustrated several books for Dutton. She lives with her family and their cats in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.