This book was recognised by the Charlotte Zolotow Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Christine Davenier lives in Paris. She has also illustrated the Very Fairy Princess books by the actress Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton. Linda Ashman has written more than 20 books for young readers. Michael Chesworth is the prolific illustrator of more than 40 children's books.