This book was recognised by the Parents' Choice Award.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

This book was published 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Nikki Grimes (nikkigrimes. com) received the Coretta Scott King Award for Bronx Masquerade , and has also received five Coretta Scott King Honors. She has written more than fifty books, including The Road to Paris , Jazmin's Notebook , the Dyamonde Daniel series, and the New York Times bestseller Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope . She lives in Corona, California. Betsy Lewin is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. www. betsylewin. com