This book was recognised in the Boty-Budget over 10K category by the Benjamin Franklin Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.

There are 119 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin .

Ellen Weiss has written many tie-in books such as Shrek and Chicken Run. She is also an author of her own titles for younger readers. Chris van Allsburg lives in Providence, Rhode Island and lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a sculptor and artist.