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

This book was published 2003 by Farrar Straus Giroux .

Karen Hesse won the Newbery Medal in 1998 for her ovel Out of the Dust. Her other acclaimed books include Witness, winner of the Christopher Medal; The Music of Dolphin's; Just Juice and Come on Rain (all Scholastic USA). Wendy Watson has written and illustrated many acclaimed books for children including Father Fox's Penny Rhymes, which was nominated for a National Book Award in the USA.