This book was recognised by the Caldecott Award. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

This book is part of a book series called Weston Woods .

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1993 by Orchard Books .

Chris Raschka is a writer-illustrator of over sixty books for children. Among them are Charlie Parker Chris Raschka is the illustrator of more than 20 highly praised books for children, including Yo! Yes?, a Caldecott Honour Book. His other titles for Walker Books are Table Manners, with Vladimir Radunsky and A Poke in the I, the concrete poetry collection edited by Paul B. Janeczko. Bill Martin Jr and Michael Sampson are both literacy experts and authors. Bill has written more than 300 books. The International Reading Association named him one of the "Greats of the Century".