This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Scholastic Paperbacks .

Sarah Stewart and David Small are the author and illustrator of "The Gardener," a Caldecott Honor Book. They live in a historic house in Michigan. Russell Hoban was born in Pennsylvania in 1925. He went to art school before serving in World War II and was a freelance illustrator eight years before taking up full-time writing. His many works of fiction and poetry for both adults and children have won him many awards. The Mouse and his Child has been hailed as one of the great children's classics of the twentieth century.