This book was recognised by the Charlotte Zolotow Award. It was recognised in the Younger Readers category by the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

There are 32 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 2011 by Candlewick Press, U. S. .

Susan Campbell Bartoletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books, both fiction and nonfiction, for children. Her fiction includes the novels The Boy Who Dared , Dear America: A Coal Miner's Bride , and No Man's Land , as well as a number of picture books. She won the Newbery Honor for her nonfiction book Hitler Youth . A former eighth-grade teacher for 18 years, Bartoletti now writes full-time and lives in Pennsylvania with her family. Phyllis Root has written many books for children, including "Big Mama Makes the World" and "Rattletrap Car". She was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Valparaiso University. Holly Meade is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children. She lives in America.