This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Grand Canyon Reader Award. It was recognised by the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.

There are 28 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 2009 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers .

Karen Kaufman Oorloff has written several other children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. Tim Bowers has illustrated numerous children's books and has received praise from The American Library Association. Eileen Spinelli is the author of "Thanksgiving at the Tappletons, "illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler and "Boy, Can He Dance! "illustrated by Paul Yalowitz. She writes poems in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, where she lives wi"