This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Americas Award. It was recognised in the Illustrator category by the Pura Belpre Honor for Illustration. It also was recognised in the Author category by the Pura Belpre Honor for Illustration. It was recognised in the YA category by the Oregon Book Award.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Amazon Publishing .

Eve Bunting and David Diaz are the creators of Smoky Night, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal. They both live in Southern California.