This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised by the Great Stone Face Book Award. It also was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Keystone to Reading Book Award. It was recognised in the Fiction category by the Beehive Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Black-Eyed Susan Award. It was recognised by the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the California Young Reader Medal. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the William Allen White Childens Book Award. It was recognised in the Grades 4-6 category by the Volunteer State Book Award.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Simon & Schuster .

Betty G. Birney has written episodes for many children's television shows and is the author of over thirty-five picture books. Her work has won many awards, including an Emmy and three Humanitas Prizes. She lives in America with her husband and son. Matt Phelan won the 2010 Scott O'Dell Award for The Storm in the Barn . He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he sometimes sees bears at the zoo. Visit him at www. mattphelan. com.