This book was recognised by the Newbery Award. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 221 pages in this book. This book was published 1991 by Penguin Putnam Inc .