This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised by the Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award. It also was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. It was recognised by the Monarch Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Minnesota Book Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 36 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 2004 by Harcourt Children's Books .

Harry Bliss is an award-winning, nationally syndicated cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker . He is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling books A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech and Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider , both written by Doreen Cronin. Mr. Bliss lives with his family in northern Vermont. Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of both adult and children's books. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota