There are 48 pages in this book. 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 2005 by Hyperion .

Pascal Lemaitre illustrated Toni and Slade Morrison's bestselling Who's Got Game? series and Doctor Ted and Hush, Baby Ghostling by Andrea Beaty. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, and Brooklyn, New York. Slade Morrison was born in Ohio and educated in New York City. He studied art at SUNY Purchase and collaborated with his mother, Toni Morrison, on five books for children.