This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers .

Author Harvey Kidder, a resident of Westchester County, New York, originally wrote The Kids' Book of Chess for his son. Illustrator Kimberly Bulcken Root is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. She made her picture book debut with A Bed for the Wind. Her illustrations have appeared in The Nation, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. She and her husband, the illustrator Barry Root, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Barry Root is the illustrator of many books for children, including Gumbrella, which he also wrote; Dream Big ; By My Brother's Side ; and Game Day , which received a Christopher Award in the category of books for young people. He lives with his family in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.