This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Minnesota Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin .

Harry Bliss is an award-winning, nationally syndicated cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker . He is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling books A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech and Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider , both written by Doreen Cronin. Mr. Bliss lives with his family in northern Vermont.