This book was recognised in the Poetry category by the Beehive Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 8-11 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2004 by Blue Apple Books .

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most famous American poet of his time. Best known for long narrative works and the classic "Paul Revere's Ride," he was a modern languages professor at Bowdoin College and Harvard College, as well as the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy . NAME: Christopher Bing LOCATION: Lexington, MA BIO: Christopher Bing is a highly acclaimed illustrator and editorial cartoonist. His previous works include the 2001 Caldecott Honor Book Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer and The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he currently lives in Lexington, Massachusetts, with his wife and three children, the youngest of whom served as the model for the heroine of this book.