This book was recognised by the Buckaroo Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the North Carolina Children's Book Award.

This book is part of a book series called Life And Times Of .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

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 2005 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Candace Fleming is the author of several picture books for children. She lives with her husband and two sons in a suburb of Chicago.