This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Storyteller category by the Spur Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. 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 Scholastic Press .

Claudia Rueda is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books, including Bunny Slopes , which had 8 foreign editions. She lives in Bogota, Colombia. Pam Munoz Ryan is the recipient of the NEA's Human and Civil Rights Award and the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award for multicultural literature. She has written more than thirty books which have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpre Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. Pam lives near San Diego. You can visit her at www. pammunozryan. com.